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The Philippines

The Philippines. By: Jacob Aloia, Brian Malmgren , and Brandon Mendonca. US Involvement in the Philippines. Spain controlled the Philippines since the 16 th Century American ships destroyed Spanish fleet in Manila Bay US forces and Filipino rebels forced Spanish surrender

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The Philippines

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  1. The Philippines By: Jacob Aloia, Brian Malmgren, and Brandon Mendonca

  2. US Involvement in the Philippines • Spain controlled the Philippines since the 16th Century • American ships destroyed Spanish fleet in Manila Bay • US forces and Filipino rebels forced Spanish surrender • The Treaty of Paris was signed where Spain ceded the Philippines to the US for 20 million dollars

  3. Motives Justifications v. • Wanted to gain control of Philippines to • Expand their empire • Wanted more accessible trading (Asia) • Show their military muscle to the world • Have more American friendly ports open to refuel • To save the Filipinos from the oppressive rule of the Spaniards • To establish the freedom of the Filipinos • Educate and enlighten the Filipinos

  4. The reaction of the Filipinos • The Filipinos felt that they deserved their independence • Congress would not pass a law giving the Philippines their independence • Tension mounted between American troops and the Filipino population • “Approximately twenty thousand armed and disciplined American troops [were stationed] in the city of Manila and vicinity, controlling a [Filipino] population” –Felipe Agoncillo

  5. Final Result • The tension peaked on February 4th, 1899 • Open insurrection erupted, led Emilio Aguinaldo • The American people were skeptical of the Philippine-American War • Filipinos only asked for freedom, the American dream

  6. Superman or Mafia Don • The U.S. was the Philippines mafia don • The Filipinos believed America would bring them freedom • Instead, America waged war with the Philippines, and the Filipinos lost approximately a million casualties • “The Filipinos had much to lose and nothing whatever to gain by a conflict with American forces”

  7. Affects to Region • The Philippines were negatively affected by the US presence • Although the US brought school, and education, the limited Filipino freedom • Filipinos lost hundreds of thousands in the Philippine- American War

  8. Citations • "American Imperialism of the Philippines." 10 Oct 2010. <http://asms.k12.ar.us/classes/humanities/worldstud/97-98/imper/philippines/usa.htm>. • Blumentritt, Ferdinand. "America and the Philippines .” 10 Oct 2010. <http://www.univie.ac.at/voelkerkunde/apsis/aufi/bluma01.htm>. • "American Imperialism in Pacific." N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct 2010. <https://wikis.nyu.edu/ek6/modernamerica/index.php/Imperialism/AmericanImperialismInPacific>.

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