Had the Teller Amendment been applied to the Philippines and Cuba, how would it have changed the Spanish-American war?

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The Teller Amendment pledged that the United States would not annex Cuba, and if it had also been applied to the Philippines, it would have prohibited the United States from annexing the archipelago. This would have likely led to a different outcome for the Spanish-American War, as the United States may not have fought as aggressively to gain possession of the Philippines if annexation was off the table. The Filipino nationalist movement may or may not have emerged, as the exact course of events is unclear without U.S. occupation and presence in the archipelago. Cuba may have still become an associated territory, but that is not directly impacted by the Teller Amendment. The involvement of Germany in the war does not relate to the Teller Amendment.

Had the Teller Amendment Been Applied to the Philippines and Cuba