The United Sates gained control of the Philippines during the Spanish-American War in 1898. They gained possession of the Philippines by winning the battle with Spain and also by signing the treaty of Paris with Spain.
The United States granted the Philippines Independence on July 4, 1946. The first time that they tried to get their independence was in 1521, which led to more wars that lasted more than a hundred years.
 In 2013 Typhoon Haiyan was known to be the strongest tropical storm that the whole world has seen. It killed more than 6,000 people. The storm travel to the Philippines and other place and it cause a lot of damage in the Philippines.They know it as "Yolanda"

                                                   Destroyed homes and took lives

                                                                  Took his family

Where is the Philippines?