Nyorai kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Muna 1898, United States yakapinda munhambo inenge yamakore makumi mashanu yokutonga kwechikoloni muPhilippines. Hondo yeSpain neAmerica (Kubvumbi-Nyamavhuvhu 1898) yakapedza kutonga kweSpain munharaunda iyi, uye Philippines yakapiwa kuUS muChibvumirano cheParis. Ikoku kwakateverwa neHondo yePhilippine-America
(1899-1902), umo varwi vorusununguko vePhilippines, vaitungamirirwa naEmilio Aguinaldo, vakarwa nemauto eAmerica. Hondo yacho yakanga ine utsinye, uye chiverengero chavagari vemo vePhilippines 200 000 vakafa. Zvichakadaro, hurumende yeUS, pasi paWilliam Howard Taft, yakatanga chirongwa chekunyaradza kuti ikunde rutsigiro kubva kuvakuru vePhilippines, muna 1900. Ikoku pakupedzisira kwakabetsera kukurira masimba okuzvimirira kwePhilippines, uye hondo yacho yakaguma pamutemo muna 1902.