When the United States took control of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War in 1898, one of the first things the U.S. did was send in American teachers.

当美国控制了1898年美西战争后的菲律宾时，美国人要做的重要的一件事就是：送美国的教师来。

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The Philippines shares a long history with the United States. The islands became a U.S. colony at the end of the 19th century in the wake of the Spanish American War.

菲律宾和美国有很深的渊源，19世纪末随着美西战争的爆发成为了美国的殖民地。

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Despite the acquisition of Cuba and the Philippines in the Spanish-American War of 1898, America was not a colonial power.

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True, the United States Navy under Admiral George Dewey had ousted Spain from the Philippines in the Spanish-American War of 1898.

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