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How do you think Filipinos felt about the US buying the Philippines from Spain at the end of the Spanish American War, given that they were in the midst of fighting Spain for independence?

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Many Filipinos felt betrayed by the U.S. government after the Spanish-American War because the Filipinos thought they would be granted independence and did not want their homeland annexed by the U.S. Their leader, Emilio Aguinaldo, ordered his troops to attack American troops in the Philippines.

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