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Why did the United States pay 20 million dollars to Spain for the purchase of the Philippines

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Spanish commissioners argued that Manila had surrendered after the armistice and therefore the Philippines could not be demanded as a war conquest, but they eventually yielded because they had no other choice, and the U.S. ultimately paid Spain 20 million dollars for possession of the Philippines.

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they bout the Philippines for land

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