Still more controversial was the Treaty of Paris of 1898 through which the United States bought the Philippines and took control of a people that did not want to be ruled by them. ... In contrast, the Philippines, whose natives had revolted against American rule, were not granted this status of "statehood-pending." ... The American acquisition of the Philippines in the Spanish-American War provided the United States with a base of operations in the Orient, from where they could theoretically enforce such a policy. ... It is thus the responsibility of said...

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