American Colonial Period (1898-1941)
- The American operations of May-August 1898 to conquer the Philippines from Spain during the Spanish American War; see "Philippines" under "Pacific" at Spanish-American War#Theaters of operation
- The Philippine–American War (1899-1902), sometimes known as the Philippine War of Independence, an armed military conflict between the Philippines and the United States
- The Moro Rebellion (1899-1913), a military conflict between Muslim Filipino revolutionary groups and the United States
Read more about this topic: Philippines Campaign
Famous quotes containing the words american, colonial and/or period:
“In the American metaphysic, reality is always material reality, hard, resistant, unformed, impenetrable, and unpleasant.”
—Lionel Trilling (1905–1975)
“In colonial America, the father was the primary parent. . . . Over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers has had less authority than the last. . . . Masculinity ceased to be defined in terms of domestic involvement, skills at fathering and husbanding, but began to be defined in terms of making money. Men had to leave home to work. They stopped doing all the things they used to do.”
—Frank Pittman (20th century)
“A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavour to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)