None of those were official Territories.
Neither was the Philippines.
It was never a "territory" as the US uses the term. Although that was the first name, as that was the name it was known as when Spain ruled it.
In the US, it was an "Insular Government, as it was an unincorporated territory. Just as Guam, Puerto Rico, etc, etc, etc. Then it became a US Commonwealth.
So you are trying to claim what, because you seem to be trying to argue two different things here. That Philippines was unique because it was a "territory", even though it was never really a "territory". And the Philippines had been on a path to independence since the US took it from Spain. Just as was the case with Cuba. Or when it took administration of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, because it did not want to see a repeat of France when they put an Austrian Archduke in as Emperor of Mexico.
In short, in general use in the US a "Territory" is any other grouping that is not a state. And they range from small plots of land with no inhabitants, to larger ones that want an association with the US but are largely independent. Others are somewhere in between, like Guam and Puerto Rico.
The biggest those two areas have is that neither one has as of yet passed a Provisional State Constitution that passes the court system. Both Guam and Puerto Rico have submitted draft State Constitutions, but they were both declared invalid. Then you have others like Samoa who want statehood also.
