(A) ** The US paid 20 million dollars as set out in the Treaty of Paris
(B) George Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet in Manila
(C) Filipino freedom fighters defeated the Spanish army
(D) Congress accepted responsibility for the islands
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Spanish commissioners argued that Manila had surrendered after the armistice and therefore the Philippines could not be demanded as a war conquest, but they eventually yielded because they had no other choice, and the U.S. ultimately paid Spain 20 million dollars for possession of the Philippines.
Concept note-2: -Representatives of Spain and the United States signed a peace treaty in Paris on December 10, 1898, which established the independence of Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the victorious power to purchase the Philippines Islands from Spain for $20 million.
Concept note-3: -U.S. victory in the war produced a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Cuba, and to cede sovereignty over Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States.
Concept note-4: -Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain (Treaty of Paris), signed in Paris, December 10, 1898. A Proclamation. Spain relinquishes all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba.
Concept note-5: -The Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, commonly known as the Treaty of Paris of 1898 (Filipino: Kasunduan sa Paris ng 1898; Spanish: Tratado de ParĂs de 1898), was a treaty signed by Spain and the United States on December 10, 1898, that ended the Spanish–American War.