Filipino leaders who had fought versus colonial rule declared independence, forming the 1st Philippine Republic, but President William McKinley refused to acknowledge the government and imposed a US administration with confined self-government. A guerrilla war broke out in 1899 towards US troops that resulted in greater than 200,000 deaths from https://philippinessocialjusticec42847.techionblog.com/27023647/philippines-investigative-reporting-no-further-a-mystery