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The United States acquired the Philippines as a result of the Spanish-American war.
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- The Spanish American war was the result of the dispute among the states in 1898.
- The war was ended by signing the 'treaty of Paris'. This treaty included that the power to rule Philippines along with 'Cuba Puerto Rico', and 'Guam', was shifted to US.
- This treaty also involves that the shifting of sovereignty of Philippines to US needed a compensation of 20 million to Spanish government.
Although John Cabot (ca. 1450-1499) established an English claim to the North American continent as early as 1497-1498, more than half a century elapsed before Englishmen turned their attention to the new lands.
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You have to remeber that in this period of US history there is no "republican". There are the Whigs and the Democrats. Democrats wanted to expand and spread slavery, while the Whigs were from the North, against mass expansion and against slavery. Do with this information as you will.
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