Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Paris

  -          Signed on December 10, 1898

  -          End of the Spanish Empire in America and the Pacific Ocean

  -          Marked the beginning of an age of United States colonial power

  -          In accordance to with the Protocol of Peace signed on August 12, 1898, Five Americans and Five Spanish commissioners were appointed to meet in Paris to discuss the final peace terms between Spain and United States
• October to December 1898

  -          The Peace Commission met in Paris and negotiations were made
• December 10, 1898

  -          The Treaty of Paris was signed

  -          It provided that Spain would cede the Philippines to the US for $20,000,000
• Ratification

  -          The controversial treaty was approved on February 6, 1899 by a vote 57 to 27, only one vote more than the two-thirds majority required
• Treaty Provisions

  ·         Gave up all rights to Cuba

  ·         Surrendered Puerto Rico and gave up its possessions in the West Indies

  ·         Surrendered the island of Guam to the United States

  ·         Surrendered the Philippines to the United States for a payment of twenty million dollars