WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The war can be seen as a continuation of the Philippine struggle for independence that began in 1896 with the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule. The Philippines becomes an unincorporated territory of the United States and, later, a U.S. Commonwealth (until 1946).

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Crisis Phase (December 10, 1898-October 31, 1899): The United States government formally acquired the Philippines from Spain with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898. The U.S. government declared military rule in the Philippines on December 21, 1898.

Detailed explanation-4: -To run America’s new possession, President McKinley implemented a policy of “benevolent assimilation, ” under which the United States would control the Philippines temporarily while it oversaw the transition to self-rule and independence.

Detailed explanation-5: -The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1946.