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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
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. Once again ...
the Philippines in the Treaty of Paris in December 1898, and on February 6, 1899, the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty. However, two days before the treaty's ratification, fighting broke out in the out-skirts of Manila between American troops and Aguinaldo's army. After having fought to expel Spain, the leaders of the Philippine
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
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.
Voices in the US Senate. Full text of the treaty. 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.
