The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American War that saw the United States claim the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico as part of their territory. Also Cuba became independent of its colonizers(spain) which was mostly one of the reasons for the war as America fought to free them from the rule of Spain. Spain was also compensated $20 million dollars in losses suffered. However shortly after United States take over of the Philippines, there was a resistance from Filipinos stemming from the critic of United States' hypocritical stance in seizing a territory for itself while after critizing Spain and other European powers for colonization. The resulting war saw over 4000 American casualties.
The indigenous Aborigines have recently received an apology from the "Australian" government, since years of colonization led to great human abuses against the native people.
It was the "west" that was the region of the United States that experienced the greatest increase in population by percentage from 2000 to 2004, since many people found it more affordable to move.
