Uncover the complex story of how America took control of the Philippines, tracing the history from the Spanish-American War through brutal conflict, colonization, and eventual independence from ...

When the US annexed the Philippines at the end of the 19th century, it was mainly because of the opportunity provided for projecting American naval power onto the vast Asian land mass. The ...

The US military’s first appearance in the Philippines came in the form of a navy squadron commanded by Commodore George Dewey, who sailed into Manila harbor on May 1, 1898 and within hours sank ...

That’s when the Philippines declared its independence, but Spain ceded its colonial claim to the United States, which then occupied the Philippines for almost 50 years.

Baguio City in the Philippines. Photo by: Chi Balmaceda Gutierrez. Baguio City in the Philippines. Photo by: Chi Balmaceda Gutierrez. Before the Philippines became a US colony, they were ...

For instance, under the heading “U. S. Philippine Commission” (Report for 1903, part 3, page 431), it is seen that $21,067 United States currency and $189,924 Mexican currency were disbursed ...

Then the United States colonized the Philippines for about 50 years until 1946. During this time, Americans introduced a universal education system, the English language, and Protestantism.

As U.S. Secretary of State during the Philippine-American War, John Hay was one of the men primarily responsible for the American colonization of the Philippines, calling the slaughtering of at least ...

The dissolution of Philippine resistance forces in 1902 meant the start of America’s foremost overseas colonial experience, which, despite forming an integral part of U.S. global identity in the ...

Since 1960, 150,000 Filipino nurses have come to work in the US. It began with the US colonization of the Philippines under the guise of “benevolent assimilation” and has increased due to a ...

But after the United States captured the archipelago following a war with Spain in 1898, the colonial administration reinforced the uneven control of soil through trade policy.