1) Those relationships were in place before the Spanish American War of 1898.

2) Garrisons established to protect colonies acquired in the Spanish American War and kindred annexations.

3) In 1898, the U. S. Navy won the Spanish American War.

4) The political psychological state of Creole Elite Class in the process of Spanish American Independent Movement was contradictory and complex.

5) 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.

6) During the development of literature history of Latin American literature, the decade BOOM in Spanish American Literature reached its culmination and realized unprecedented literature prosperity.