English: 1899 political cartoon by Winsor McCay. Uncle Sam (representing the United States), gets entangled with rope around a tree labeled "Imperialism" while trying to subdue a bucking colt or mule labeled "Philippines". A figure representing Spain, bearing a sack labeled "$20,000…" walks off over the horizon. Reference to the United States taking control of the Philippines from Spain at end of the Spanish American War and the subsequent Philippine-American War . The terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 included a payment of $20 million from the United States to Spain.