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5 days ago · The 1898 Treaty of Paris not only ended the Spanish-American War, it brought about the sale of the Philippines from Spain to the United States for $20 million. However, this sum was to be but a small down payment for a war of colonial conquest, the Philippine Insurrection of 1899 to 1902, that would eventually cost $200 million and more ...
- Chris Ellis
- 2020
5 days ago · How did the Fourteen Points seek to change the world? While half of the Fourteen Points addressed specific territorial issues between the combatant countries, the remainder were a vision for peace.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- The Fourteen Points were a proposal made by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in a speech before Congress on January 8, 1918, outlining his vision for...
- While half of the Fourteen Points addressed specific territorial issues between the combatant countries, the remainder were a vision for peace. The...
- In October 1918 Germany requested an armistice based on the Fourteen Points. Though the Armistice and Treaty of Versailles did not adhere to the id...
- In negotiating the Treaty of Versailles, the representatives of Britain, France, and Italy wanted to strengthen their own positions and felt it nec...
20 hours ago · The Philippine–American War, [13] known alternatively as the Philippine Insurrection, Filipino–American War, [a] or Tagalog Insurgency, [14] [15] [16] was fought between the First Philippine Republic and the United States from February 4, 1899, until July 2, 1902. [17] Tensions arose after the United States annexed the Philippines under the ...
4 days ago · This collection at the University of Hawaii at Manoa includes letters, military orders and official government programs and invitations during the Philippine Revolution (1896-1898) and the Philippine American War (1899-1902).
20 hours ago · After occupying Lisbon in November 1807, and with the bulk of French troops present in Spain, Napoleon seized the opportunity to turn against his former ally, depose the reigning Spanish royal family and declare his brother King of Spain in 1808 as José I.
5 days ago · Simón Bolívar penned two political treatises—the Manifiesto de Cartagena (“Cartagena Manifesto”) and the Carta de Jamaica (“Letter from Jamaica”)—encouraging the people of South America to rebel against Spanish colonial rule.
3 days ago · Some folks questioned the historical accuracy of the event. They pointed out that the Kawit declaration of independence was never recognized by the United States, which had assumed sovereignty over the Philippines by virtue of the Treaty of Paris, signed with Spain on December 10, 1898.
