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5 days ago · American troops were in possession of the city, but Filipino insurgents controlled the rest of the country. The Treaty of Paris (1898), signed by representatives of Spain and the United States in December, transferred Philippine sovereignty from Spain to the United States.
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Feb 9, 2010 · Two days later, the U.S. Senate voted by one vote to ratify the Treaty of Paris with Spain. The Philippines were now a U.S. territory, acquired in exchange for $20 million in compensation to...
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After the incident of February 4, 1899, word reached the U.S. that the Philippine-American War was triggered by a violent attack by the natives. This lie served its purpose—two days after the incident, the U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty of Paris.
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Tensions arose after the United States annexed the Philippines under the Treaty of Paris at the conclusion of the Spanish–American War rather than acknowledging the Philippines' declaration of independence.
The Spanish–American War began on April 25, 1898, due to a series of escalating disputes between the two nations, and ended on December 10, 1898, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. It resulted in Spain's loss of its control over the remains of its overseas empire.
Filipinos did not recognize the treaty, however, because it called for Spain to cede the Philippines to the United States (for a sum of twenty million dollars) rather than allow them their promised independence. Critics in America and abroad accused President William McKinley of imperialism.
In Paris on December 10, 1898, the United States paid Spain $20 million to annex the entire Philippine archipelago. The outraged Filipinos, led by Aguinaldo, prepared for war.
