{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Treaty of Paris (1898) – Part 4: A World Remade and the Price of Victory","description":"When the dust settled after the Treaty of Paris, the world looked very different. The United States awoke to find itself the unexpected steward of distant lands, while Spain faced a future stripped of empire. But peace on paper was only the beginning—the true battles were just starting.\r\n\r\nThe transfer of the Philippines to American control brought not relief, but a new war. The Filipino people, long yearning for independence, now faced another foreign power. In February eighteen ninety-nine, the Philippine-American War erupted. Tens of thousands of combatants died, but the true cost was paid by civilians—famine, disease, and violence swept the islands. The American military, victorious on the battlefield, now confronted the perils of occupation and the contradictions of imposing freedom by force. The echoes of this conflict would linger for generations.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/treaty-of-paris-1898","author_name":"The Archive Network"}