1987 â The Black Dragon Fire burnt a total of 72,884 square kilometres (28,141 sq mi) of forest along the Amur river, with three million acres (4687.5 square miles) destroyed on the Chinese side.
The US acquired Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico as a result of the Spanish-American War.Spain forfeited sovereignty over Cuba, although Cuba was controlled by the United States for four years.he Spanish-American War was mainly fought for Cuban independence. The Americans fought with the Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Filipinos against the Spanish. The American side wo â¦ n and then the US acquired three Spanish territories: the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
This treaty provided that: 1. Spain gave to the US it â¦ 's territories in the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico; 2.The US paid Spain the sum of $20 million; 3.Cuba was given independence.uam was a Spanish colony from 1565 until 1898 and was governed from the Philippines by the Spanish but was not a part of the Philippine Islands, it is in fact the largest of â¦ the Mariana Islands. Following the Spanish-American war the United States took control of Guam as part of the Treaty of Paris.