What Western nation gained control of the Philippines in the late nineteenth century?

When the first Phillipines republic objected the terms of the treaty of Paris, the United States took possession of the Phillipines from Spain after the Spanish-American war 1898

Spain gained control of the Philippines in the late nineteenth century, they converted the Filipinos and Austronesian peoples to become Christian and also assimilated them into the West even though they're in East Asia. This is also an example of Western Imperialism.