AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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immigrated in large numbers to the United States.
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voted immediately for a governor.
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took up arms against the United States.
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held a week-long celebration.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Filipinos felt betrayed by the U.S. government after the Spanish-American War because the U.S. told the Filipino people that they were helping them achieve their independence from Mexico and yet when the war was over the U.S. annexed the Philippines and did not allow them to have their independence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tensions arose after the United States annexed the Philippines under the Treaty of Paris at the conclusion of the Spanish–American War rather than acknowledging the Philippines’ declaration of independence, developing into the eruption of open battle.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Philippine-American War, war between the United States and Filipino revolutionaries from 1899 to 1902, an insurrection that may be seen as a continuation of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule.