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On 4 February 1899, four Filipino soldiers refused to answer the challenge of an American sentry. Shots were fired and soon the U. S. Army, acting on prearranged plans, began to attack rebel positions encircling the capital city. The Philippine insurrection had started.
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The Treaty of Paris, signed by the U.S. and Spain in December 1898, ended the Spanish-American War. 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.
Philippine Revolution, (1896–98), Filipino independence struggle that, after more than 300 years of Spanish colonial rule, exposed the weakness of Spanish administration but failed to evict Spaniards from the islands.
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Feb 9, 2010 · 1898. Philippine independence declared. During the Spanish-American War, Filipino rebels led by Emilio Aguinaldo proclaim the independence of the Philippines after 300 years of Spanish rule.
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The Treaty of Paris (1898), which concluded the Spanish-American War, transferred Philippine sovereignty from Spain to the U.S.; but it was not recognized by Filipino leaders, whose troops controlled the entire archipelago except the capital city of Manila.
With the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898, Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States. [1] . The interim U.S. military government of the Philippine Islands experienced a period of great political turbulence, characterized by the Philippine–American War .
The 1898 Treaty of Paris between Spain and the United States discussed the terms ending the Spain-US war. This Treaty of Peace ceded the Philippines to the United States for $20,000,000. The Treaty is a tale of three cities: Manila, Washington and Paris.