Why did the united states become involved in the philippines’ affairs?

i know it's not a so i am not including it as one of the options.

b)to fight the spanish-american war
c)to create a base there during world war ii
d)to fight a dictatorship there

the federal constitution of the united mexican states of 1824 was enacted on october 4 of 1824, after the overthrow of the mexican empire of agustin de iturbide. in the new constitution, the republic took the name of of united mexican states. it was replaced by the federal constitution of the united mexican states in 1857.

the sugar act, also known as the american revenue act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the british parliament of great britain in april of 1764. the earlier molasses act of 1733, which had imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of molasses, had never been effectively collected due to colonial resistance and evasion.