Buying Alaska from Russia and buying Philippines with Spain, but this time the United States was lost.
The Philippines area, in fact, can be divided into three phenanthrene, and the northern Philippine island of Luzon is deeply influenced by Chinese culture and many Chinese are Chinese. China's Taiwan and Hongkong area, there are many Filipinos to do housekeeping, the so-called "maid", mainly from the north of the philippines. Namphy Arabs, Islam of many people. China and Philippines have always been the poorest places in Philippines, and the sense of existence is not strong.
Today, Philippines's administrative divisions, so the North Luzon region, known as the Philippines Philippines called Visayan region, called the old South mindanao.
In the great nautical age, the Spaniards came in. The Spaniard, in the name of Prince Philippe, named the archipelago in Philippines in the name of the islands, began the process of their invasion and unification of Philippines.
But the South Mindanao island and Ma Jinda Laura kingdom of Sultan and other countries, has never been conquered spain. Because of this, the north and the Philippines Philippines follow the Spanish Catholic faith in Christ, is the most namphy adherents of Islam.
The Spanish, complete with fist to conquer Philippines, they are powerless. The chief editor of the Spaniard's dominion strategy was turned into a force to force the separatist forces to make money, and the power of management was still underneath to the warlords.
As a result, a lot less resistance, the Spaniards sit north and the Philippines Philippines position of hegemony. But the South Arabia Islamic rule, does not buy the Spaniards face, Spain did not receive a penny. The Spanish Islamic Arabs called Moro, the name continues.
The time came in 1898, the war between the United States and Spain, and the loss of Spain. But between the great powers have the tacit understanding, second only to the U.S. Hispanic Anglo American, so the lessons of Spain, or down to negotiate.
Spain is at a price of $20 million, the whole of Philippines to the United States, note that the whole of Philippines, including the Philippines, the Philippines, South North in three major areas.
In terms of this price, the United States bought alasas California from Russia in 1867 at a price of $7 million 200 thousand. Assuming that the dollar's purchasing power is reduced by 3% per year, then this 7 million 200 thousand to 1898 is equivalent to about 13000000. That is to say, the price of Philippines is more expensive than Alaska.
Alaska is near the United States, with an area of 1 million 717 thousand and 900 square kilometers, close to 6 times as much as Philippines, and is less populated and easy to manage. So Spain sells Philippines to the United States, and the price is high. In order to raise prices, the Spanish no control namphy, also painted into the sale of the map.
In this way, Philippines returned to the United States. The war between the United States and Spain was agreed with the local lords of Philippines. In Filipino view, the United States came to help them run the Spanish rulers. In the face of such a chance to turn over, the warlords in Philippines are particularly powerful.
When the Spaniards left, the Filipinos found that not only did the Americans leave, but they wanted to continue to be their rulers. When the news of the twenty million United States bought Philippines, the Filipinos were angry, and the warlords in various places launched the anti American military confrontation.
The war fought for 4 years, until 1903, with us casualties among thousands and tens of thousands of people in Philippines, and millions of civilian casualties.
North Philippine and the Philippine warlords can not carry the warlords, surrender to the United States, they continue to be rulers, the United States is the supreme ruler. But those namphy Islamic Arabs, is also the Spanish population in Moro, meaning no surrender.
In 1904 the United States announced a land policy, where the northern Christian Catholic church people to Mindanao, can receive 24 hectares of land for free. Americans make full use of religion and pull the huge Catholics of the Philippines and the Philippines into their own front.
The war lasted for 9 years, to 1913, the Americans finally in the military control of the island of mindanao.
中文版：
菲律宾地区，实际上可分为三菲，北菲吕宋岛深受中华文化影响，华裔很多。我国台湾、香港地区，有不少菲律宾人前来做家政服务，即所谓“菲佣”，主要就来自北菲。南菲阿拉伯人多，信伊斯兰教的人多。中菲一直是菲律宾最穷的地方，存在感不强。
今天菲律宾的行政区划，也是这么分的，北菲称为吕宋区、中菲称为米沙鄢区、南菲称为棉兰老区。
大航海时代，西班牙人来袭。西班牙人以王子Philippe之名，为这片海域的群岛冠以菲律宾之名，开始了他们入侵和统一菲律宾的过程。
不过南菲的棉兰老岛以及岛上的马巾达瑙苏丹王国等国，从来没被西班牙征服过。正因如此，北菲与中菲跟随西班牙人信了基督天主教，南菲则是伊斯兰教的信徒居多。
西班牙人少，完全以拳头去征服菲律宾，他们有心无力。西班牙人的统治策略主编变成，以迫使各地割据势力交份子钱为主，管理权仍下方给各个军阀。
如此一来，抵抗少了很多，西班牙人坐实北菲与中菲的霸主之位。但是南菲的伊斯兰阿拉伯统治区，根本不买西班牙人面子，西班牙一分钱没收到。西班牙人将伊斯兰阿拉伯人称为摩洛人，这个称呼一直延续下去。
时间来到1898年，美国与西班牙大战，西班牙输了。但是列强之间天生就有默契，美国的西班牙裔仅次英裔，所以美国教训了西班牙，还是做下来谈判。
西班牙就作价2000万美元，把整个菲律宾卖给了美国，注意，整个菲律宾，是包括北菲、中菲、南菲三个大区的。
来说说这个价格，美国在1867年从俄罗斯买了阿拉斯加州，价格720万美元。假设美元每年购买力降低3%，那么这720万到1898年相当于1300多万。也就是说，菲律宾的价格，比阿拉斯加还贵。
阿拉斯加距美国本土近，面积171.79万平方公里，接近菲律宾的6倍，而且人口少，便于管理。因此西班牙卖菲律宾给美国，价格是偏高的。为了抬高价格，西班牙把完全没有控制的南菲，也画进了出售地图上。
列强纸上谈兵，就这样菲律宾归了美国。美国和西班牙打仗，是与菲律宾当地各方诸侯有协议的，在菲律宾人看来，美国是来帮他们打跑西班牙统治者的。面对如此翻身机会，菲律宾各方军阀特别卖力。
等西班牙人离开，菲律宾人发现，美国人不但没离开，还想继续做他们的统治者。当美国两千万买下菲律宾的消息传开，菲律宾人出离愤怒，各地军阀纷纷发起反美军事对抗。
战争打了4年，一直到1903年，美军伤亡在万人上下，菲律宾各方损失战士数万，平民伤亡百万上下。
北菲与中菲的军阀扛不住了，向美国投降，他们继续做统治者，美国则做了最高统治者。但是南菲那些伊斯兰阿拉伯人，也就是西班牙人口中的摩洛人，根本没有投降的意思。
1904年美国宣布了一个土地政策，凡北方基督天主教的人到棉兰老岛，都可以免费获得24公顷土地。美国人充分利用宗教，将北菲与中菲的庞大的天主教徒，拉入了自己的阵线。
战争又打了9年，到1913年，美国人总算在军事上控制了棉兰老岛。