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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...
- Missy Sullivan
- 3 min
Feb 9, 2010 · On December 10, the Treaty of Paris officially ended the Spanish-American War. The once-proud Spanish empire was virtually dissolved, and the United States gained its first overseas empire.
- Missy Sullivan
Feb 9, 2010 · Dewey’s decisive victory cleared the way for the U.S. occupation of Manila in August and the eventual transfer of the Philippines from Spanish to American control.
- Missy Sullivan
- 3 min
- Spanish-American War: Background
- Battle of Manila Bay: May 1, 1898
- Battle of Manila Bay: Aftermath
The Spanish-American War had its origins in the rebellion against Spanish rule that began in Cuba in 1895. The repressive measures that Spain took to suppress the guerrilla war, such as herding Cuba’s rural population into disease-ridden garrison towns, were graphically portrayed in American newspapers and inflamed public opinion. In January 1898, ...
On April 30, Dewey’s lookouts caught sight of Luzon, the main Philippine island. That night, under cover of darkness and with the lights aboard the U.S. warships extinguished, the squadron slipped by the defensive guns of Corregidor Island and into Manila Bay. After dawn, the Americans located the Spanish fleet, a group of out-of-date warships anch...
Dewey’s decisive victory cleared the way for the U.S. occupation of Manila in August and the eventual transfer of the Philippines from Spanish to American control. In Cuba, Spanish forces likewise crumbled in the face of superior U.S. forces, and on August 12 an armistice was signed between Spain and the United States. In December, the Treaty of Pa...
May 14, 2010 · Treaty of Paris . The Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish American War was signed on December 10, 1898.
- Missy Sullivan
- 3 min
May 11, 2020 · Prisoner exchanges were critical to a ceasefire in the Korean War—but a peace treaty was never signed.
Nov 2, 2009 · Treaty of Paris. The Seven Years’ War ended with the signing of the treaties of Hubertusburg and Paris in February 1763. In the Treaty of Paris, France lost all claims to Canada and gave ...
