Why was the united states interested in the philippines?

ANSWER:

after the spanish-american war when they signed the treaty of paris since phillipines were under the control of spain and the U.S defeated the spanish, phillipines went to the control of the U.S and were they bulied a their base which later on someone will try to kick out the US out of phillipines (which comes in wwII)

~batmans wife dun dun dun...aka ~serenitybella

wait history, who want to talk about history, boring.

the  wilmot proviso  was designed to eliminate  slavery  within the  landacquired as a result of the mexican war (1846-48). fearing the addition of a pro-slave territory, pennsylvania congressman david  wilmot proposedhis amendment to the bill.