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- Causes of The War
- How The War Was Waged
- Casualties and Atrocities
- Philippine Independence
Since 1896, the Philippines had been struggling to gain its independence from Spain in the Philippine Revolution. In 1898, the United States intervened by defeating Spain in the Philippines and Cuba in the Spanish-American War. Signed on December 10, 1898, the Treaty of Parisended the Spanish-American War and allowed the United States to purchase t...
On February 4-5, 1899, the first and largest battle of the Philippine-American War, the Battle of Manila, was fought between 15,000 armed Filipino militiamen commanded by Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo and 19,000 U.S. soldiers under Army General Elwell Stephen Otis. The battle began on the evening of February 4, when U.S. troops, though orde...
While relatively short compared to past and future wars, the Philippine-American War was especially bloody and brutal. An estimated 20,000 Filipino revolutionaries and 4,200 American soldiers died in combat. Also, as many as 200,000 Filipino civilians died from starvation or disease or were killed as “collateral damage” during battles. Other estima...
As the first war of America’s “imperialistic period,” the Philippine-American War marked the beginning of a nearly 50-year period of U.S. involvement in the Philippines. Through its victory, the United States gained a strategically located colonial base for its commercial and military interests in the Asian-Pacific region. From the beginning, U.S. ...
The Philippine–American War, known alternatively as the Philippine Insurrection, Filipino–American War, or Tagalog Insurgency, was fought between the First Philippine Republic and the United States from February 4, 1899, until July 2, 1902.
- American victory, American occupation of the Philippines; dissolution of the First Philippine Republic
Spanish-American War. Major Events: Battle of Manila. Philippine-American War, war between the United States and Filipino revolutionaries from 1899 to 1902, an insurrection that may be seen as a continuation of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 16, 2014 · Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American & Philippine-American wars. by. Jerry Keenan. Publication date. 2001. Topics. Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Encyclopedias., Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902 -- Encyclopedias. Publisher. ABC-CLIO.
Library of Congress. Congress approved President McKinley's request for a declaration of war on April 25, 1898; yet the Spanish-American War was the culmination of decades of pressure toward...
