Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vanhu vokuPhilippines, avo vakabatsira mauto eUnited States kurwisa vanhu vokuSpain, vaida kuva nyika yakazvimirira uye, musi waJune 12, 1898, vakazivisa rusununguko rwavo kuSpain. Muna 1899, kurwisana pakati pevaFiripi vezvorudzi neU.S. kwakatanga; zvakatora U.S. anenge makore gumi namashanu kuti itonge zvizere vaFiripi
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.