Troops on the march, Spanish American War. Artist Glackens ... Admiral George Dewey's exploits in the Philippines also captured the public's imagination and in the long run proved more significant.

Aguinaldo defeated Spanish forces in several battles and ... By the end of the Philippine War in 1902, more 40,000 Filipinos and 4,000 American soldiers were dead.

Furthermore, the Filipinos had no desire to trade Spanish rule for American rule and violently resisted occupation by U.S. forces. The notably dirty Philippine-American War that followed from 1899 ...

The Philippines was the valuable Spanish colony in Asia. The British were able to capture both ports, but they held limited ...

Following its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain relinquished the control of its colonies located in the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States at the Treaty of Paris on ...

Following their victory over Spain in the Battle of Manila Bay in May 1898, the U.S. acquired the Philippines through the Treaty of Paris, ending the Spanish-American War. 4. Philippine ...

After the defeat of the Spanish in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Cebuanos stormed the fort and raised the Philippine flag aloft. The square is now known as Plaza Independencia. Scattered ...

when the American Veterans of Foreign Service and the National Society of the Army of the Philippines were organized to secure rights and benefits for veterans of the Spanish–American War (1898 ...