Yes.
The Philippines was part of Spain until the Spanish/American War, when America gained the Philippines as a territory, then in 1946 they became an independent nation
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If the Spanish won the Spanish American war, Cubans would not be independent and they would still be part of Spain.
Yes, Cuba was independent because the U.S. won the Spanish-American War. Before the war started the U.S. wanted Cuba to be independent, so when they won the war,they let them go.
North America is constituted by three (independent) countries; once one had Spanish colonisation (MEXICO), so we simply have THE USA and (part of) CANADA as Anglo-American.
Cuba and the Philippines both eventually became independent nations.
America
America won the Spanish-American war.
The Spanish naval forces in Manila, Philippines were annihilated by the American fleet. Spanish forces on Cuba were defeated. The results were that Cuba and the Philippines were freed from Spanish rule. Cuba became independent in 1902, while the Philippines became an American protectorate, becoming independent after World War II.
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America's ONLY rival in the Spanish-American War was Spain.