Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - VaPhilippines, avo vakabatsira mauto eU.S. mukurwisana navaSpain, vaida kugadza nyika yakazvimirira uye, pana June 12, 1898, vakazivisa rusununguko rwavo kuSpain. Muna 1899, kurwisana pakati pevaFiripi vezvematongerwe enyika neU.S. kwakatanga; zvakatora U.S. anenge makore gumi nemashanu kuti ipedze kupandukira
. U.S. yakatumira mauto 70 000 ndokutambura zviuru zvavakarasikirwa. Vapanduki vePhilippines, zvisinei, vakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru zvikuru kupfuura vaAmerica. Vakawanda vakafa muhondo vaiva vanhuwo zvavo vaifa zvikurukuru nezvirwere.