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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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Spain; the United States did not recognize the First Philippine Republic. December 1898 – Treaty of Paris ends the Spanish-American War, the Philippines ceded to the United States after the U.S. pays Spain $20 million. March 1901 – U.S. Army General Frederick Funston captures Aguinaldo through a ploy
Boundary of the Philippines based on Treaty of Paris (1898) shown in green lines . The Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, commonly known as the Treaty of Paris of 1898, was signed by Spain and the United States on December 10, 1898, that ended the Spanish–American War.
- April 11, 1899
- Paris, France
- December 10, 1898
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 the...
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The resultant Treaty of Paris, signed in December 1898, formally ended the Spanish–American War. Its provisions included the cession of the archipelago to the United States, for which $20 million would be paid as compensation.
After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris.
