Treaty of Washington (1900)
| Treaty Between Spain and the United States for Cession of Outlying Islands of the Philippines | |
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| Signed | November 7, 1900 |
| Location | Washington D.C. |
| Effective | March 23, 1901 |
| Condition | Exchange of ratifications |
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| Citations | 31 Stat. 1942; TS 345; 11 Bevans 623 |
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The Treaty of Washington of 1900 was signed in Washington, D.C., on November 7, 1900, and came into effect on March 23, 1901, when the ratifications were exchanged. The treaty sought to remove any ground of misunderstanding growing out of the interpretation of Article III of the 1898 Treaty of Paris by clarifying specifics of territories relinquished to the United States by Spain.
Both the 1898 and 1900 treaties were incorporated in the first article of the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines concerning the scope of the national territory.