Philippine–American War

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The Philippine–American War, known alternatively as the Filipino–American War, Philippine Insurrection, or Tagalog Insurgency, was a conflict from 1898 to 1902 between the United States and Philippine nationalists after the Spanish–American War. The United States ultimately prevailed, and maintained control of the Philippines until independence in 1946, other than a period of Japanese occupation between 1941 and 1945. In 1898, the United States annexed the Philippines from Spain after the Spanish American War, under the terms of the December 1898 Treaty of Paris. The Spanish Empire had controlled the Philippine Islands since 1565 as the Captaincy General of the Philippines. After the defeat of the Spanish Empire, Filipino nationalists had proclaimed independence in June 1898 and constituted the First Philippine Republic in January 1899. The United States did not recognize either event as legitimate, and tensions escalated until fighting commenced on February 4, 1899, in the Battle of Manila...

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