Spain sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million dollars. The Filipinos rebeled after the Treaty of Paris because it called for annexation of the Philippines. A war broke out, Filipinos suffered, and the Philippines moved toward independence as a result.
Fighting broke out between the United States and the Philippines in Februrary of 1899. Emilio Aguinaldo led the Filipinos. The United States tactics were to control certain areas and forced Filipinos to lice in certain spots. The places where the Filipinos were forced to stay were not clean, there was hardly any food, and there was disease. About 200,000 Filipinos did because of the harsh conditions. It took the United States almost 3 years to defeat the Filipinos. There were 20,000 Filipinos died fighting. It also caused 4,000 American people to die, and it costed $400 million(20 times what the US paid for the island).
The United States then set up a government. The US president would appoint a govenor. The govenor would appoint the upper house of legislature. Filipinos would elect the lower house. The Philippines slowly moved toward independence. On July 4, 1946, the Philippines became a republic.
I think that it isn't fair the 220,00 Filipinos died in the war, and only 4,000 Americans died. That is 55 times more than the Americans. Which I guess is good for the US.
Sources: The Americans Reconstruction to the 21st Century - by: McDougal Littell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War
Picture Sources:
http://www.scandidivers.com/images/map-region.gif
http://www.nndb.com/people/152/000098855/emilio-aguinaldo-1.jpg
Comments
Good but a bit brief.