Essay About Annexation Of The Philippines
Annexation of the Philippines
Dear my Great Americans, After reading various letters from honorable people in society I have made up my mind to disregard annexing the Philippines. Relieving the Philippians from Spanish rule was a great deed by America and we should feel righteous for our actions instead of trying to compensate for them. America is familiar with being under control by an overseas government. We fought honorably and heroically for our independence. Are we really going to jeopardize our honor and become hypocritical? Annexing the Philippines means taking advantage of an oppressed nation. America is already a world power and the Philippines are aware of that. They do not have a substantial army and even if they wanted to rebel …show more content…
This quote justifies my action being against annexing the Philippines.
Nowhere in the constitution can we find a provision that allows us to take actions and annex the Philippines. The constitution is a solid document that was crafted to serve the fair and equal purpose of all the American people. If we make acceptations to the constitution it will cause uproar and be a leeway in the future for even more violations of it.
Although John Beverage believes it is our manifest destiny to annex the Philippines I can tell you it is not. We believed it was our destiny to expand westward and we did. This drove out many Native American’s from their homeland. How do you think they feel about that today? Let’s avoid an angry and resentful nation of people and instead, aid them.
America is the melting pot. We should respect that other counties want to keep their culture and independence. Making a country change leaders so quickly, means they will have to assimilate to the American way of ruling. This can come as a culture shock. Their education, economy, and culture will change. Changing the way Philippines live against their wishes is
Dear my Great Americans, After reading various letters from honorable people in society I have made up my mind to disregard annexing the Philippines. Relieving the Philippians from Spanish rule was a great deed by America and we should feel righteous for our actions instead of trying to compensate for them. America is familiar with being under control by an overseas government. We fought honorably and heroically for our independence. Are we really going to jeopardize our honor and become hypocritical? Annexing the Philippines means taking advantage of an oppressed nation. America is already a world power and the Philippines are aware of that. They do not have a substantial army and even if they wanted to rebel …show more content…
This quote justifies my action being against annexing the Philippines.
Nowhere in the constitution can we find a provision that allows us to take actions and annex the Philippines. The constitution is a solid document that was crafted to serve the fair and equal purpose of all the American people. If we make acceptations to the constitution it will cause uproar and be a leeway in the future for even more violations of it.
Although John Beverage believes it is our manifest destiny to annex the Philippines I can tell you it is not. We believed it was our destiny to expand westward and we did. This drove out many Native American’s from their homeland. How do you think they feel about that today? Let’s avoid an angry and resentful nation of people and instead, aid them.
America is the melting pot. We should respect that other counties want to keep their culture and independence. Making a country change leaders so quickly, means they will have to assimilate to the American way of ruling. This can come as a culture shock. Their education, economy, and culture will change. Changing the way Philippines live against their wishes is