Kammala wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1898, Amurka ta shiga kusan shekaru hamsin na mulkin mallaka a Philippines. Yaƙin Mutanen Espanya na Amurka (Afrilu-Agusta 1898) ya kawo ƙarshen mulkin mallaka na Mutanen Espanya a yankin, kuma an ba da Philippines ga Amurka a cikin Yarjejeniyar Paris. Wannan ya biyo bayan
Yaƙin Philippine-American (1899-1902), wanda mayaƙan 'yancin kai na Filipino, wanda Emilio Aguinaldo ya jagoranta, suka yi yaƙi da sojojin Amurka. Yaƙin ya kasance mummunan, kuma jimillar fararen hula Filipinos 200,000 suka mutu. A halin yanzu, gwamnatin Amurka, a karkashin William Howard Taft, ta kaddamar da yakin neman zaman lafiya don samun goyon baya daga 'yan Filipinos, a 1900. Wannan a ƙarshe ya ba da gudummawa ga cin nasarar sojojin 'yancin kai na Philippines, kuma yaƙin ya ƙare a hukumance a 1902.