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      • Under the terms of the Peace Protocol of August 12, 1898, the United States was authorized to “occupy and hold the city, bay, and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a Treaty of Peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines;” and under the terms of that Treaty, concluded on December 10, 1898, Spain ceded to the United States the archipelago known as the Philippine Islands.
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  5. Nov 25, 2017 · By 1934, when the Philippines seemed to be a strategic millstone and the United States chose a path to full independence for the islands, the majority Democrats in Congress led the way, eager to gain American “freedom from the colony.” 2.

  6. In the Philippines, the U.S. replaced Spain as colonial ruler, despite the fact that rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo had written a Declaration of Independence modeled after the U.S. declaration of 1776. Andrew Carnegie, the steel titan, offered to pay the U.S. government $20 million not to keep the Philippines.

  7. Nov 12, 2013 · US interest in the Philippines goes back to the late 19th century, the classic age of great power politics. US naval strategiests were keen to project US naval power into the Atlantic and Pacific to protect the US mainland from invasion and protect US commerce, and also just to plant the flag when empires were planting flags all over the world.

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