THANKSGIVING EVE!, nelson went and did the phillippines. then taylor. then cody wentPHILLIPPINES-US wanted to control because it was south east asiaMay 1, 1898 The Spanish American War started in the Philippines. The U.S. invaded Manilla Bay capturing the Spanish naval base that was established. It took 5000 U.S. troops to capture the base. In 1901, the U.S. bought 410,000 acres of Filipino land, which was almost half of Manila. Every year from 1907, the Philippines people would try and get independence, but that stopped during WW1, to support the U.S. against Germany.In 1919, the Philippines passed a bill that gave freedom to Filipinos, and the U.S. would give the country over as soon as a stable government was established. In 1935, Manuel Quezon was elected President of the U.S. contolled Philippines. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in WW2, the Japanese attacked Cities on the Philippines, occupied by the Japanese. In 1946 with the re-occupation of U.S. forces in the Philippines, independence was granted the the Filipinos.Ever since 1946, the Philippines has not been part of the U.S.Teddy Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prizeroosevelt help end the war, resulting in his nobel peace prizeTreaty of portsmouth-- ended the war in 1905got the Nobel Peace Prize from all his nogotiations. The Russo-Japaneese War was between Russia Japan. Russia shoulda won, but Japan did.US issues with Mexico???
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