Treaty of Paris Signed: Spanish Empire Ends
Spain officially surrendered its colonial empire in the Americas and the Pacific, ceding Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States while receiving $20 million for the latter. This exchange transformed the U.S. into a global imperial power overnight and extinguished centuries of Spanish dominance outside Europe.
February 6, 1899
127 years ago
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