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There was consideration during the Spanish-American War that the United States would only annex Luzon and the associated islands (I assume this would mean Palawan and Mindoro).

What if the US had done so, letting the remainder of the Philippines go off on its own as a number of small statelets under US domination similar to the US relationship with the nations of the Caribbean.

Sultanate of Sulu, Republic of Negros, and Republic of Zamboanga would likely continue to exist. A Republic of Visayas and a Republic of Mindanao could also be possibilities, although given the Visayan settlement of Mindanao I could see otherwise. Maybe a Federal Republic of Visayas would be established?



I include this in the post-1900 section because even though the Spanish-American War and capture of the Philippines was in 1898, the bulk of the effect is post-1900.
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