Two months of hard bargaining in Paris and London resulted in a draft accord under which the British accepted American independence and fixed boundaries. Other provisions of the treaty resolved ...

This article is based on Article III of the 1898 Treaty of Paris. It set the boundaries of Philippine territory as follows: “Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago known as the ...

On Dec. 10, 1898, the Treaty of Paris was signed, which ceded Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines to the United States. They got the Philippines to the tune of $20 million.