We remember today The Treaty of Paris signed in 1898. It concluded the short Spanish American War of the same year.
The Spanish Empire came to an end: Puerto Rico and Guam were lost, the Philippines Islands were bought for $20 million, and Cuba became a US protectorate until independence in 1902.
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