Philippines Imperialism
On January 1, 1898 the US was looking for a better economy, more money, and overall control. So the US decided that the Philippines should be colonized country. The United States motivation for Imperialism in the Philippines can be classified in 5 sections: economic, ideological, religious, political, and strategic motivations.Their economical motives start with opening new markets, expanding their trade possibilities, balancing a favorable trade, making exports exceed imports, and expanding foreign markets. The belief that they were racially superior to others, and strong sense of nationalism was their ideological reasoning. Their religious purpose was to strive in spreading Christianity. Politically their objective was to achieve their goal which was gaining world power by colonizing, and looking for fresh land to conquer. Many people thought that
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colonizing would be a bad idea because they thought the government will one day allow them to enter the U.S. and they would influence the country in a bad way, yet other people thought it would be good to get some influences and if not a better economy, in which they were willing to take the risk.
But regardless of the counterclaims the Philippine country was an important goal to be imperialized by both the Americans and the Spanish.
The Spanish, already in control, were already in the process of changing a majority of the Filipino culture, economy, religion, until 1898 because of Spanish-American War, a war that declined the rule of the spanish over the islands including the Philippines. During this time, although they were under the Spanish rule, the Filipinos hoped that they would gain an alliance with the Americans, and come together in their defeating the Spaniards rule. But on August 1898, the Spanish and Americans consulted on imperializing the Philippines without Filipinos consent or knowledge. So the Spaniards and Americans created the Treaty of Paris, in order to gain control over the Philippines for $20 million. After gaining control, the American troops open fire on the Philippines in early 1899, which would be historical documented as the Philippine-American War. Filipinos didn't just attack Americans soldiers, they also captured and tortured them, and they attacked anyone who sided with
them.
The U.S. also tortured Filipinos that were or were thought to be a part of Filipinos guerrilla warfare. Americans also burned down villages, which impacted the food shortages that Filipinos needed. Americans also set up a “policy of attraction” to help the Philippines self-govern on February 1, 1900. The Philippine-American War was a bloody and aggressive war that killed an estimated 4,200 Americans, 20,000 Filipinos, and about 200,000 more from famine, and diseases. The damage of their country was later rebuilt by the Americans, after paying over $100 million for the damages caused from the war. Once their country was restored and colonized, the Filipinos were now educated and had the knowledge of running their own country and moved toward the steps of achieving their goal of freedom and independence.
colonizing would be a bad idea because they thought the government will one day allow them to enter the U.S. and they would influence the country in a bad way, yet other people thought it would be good to get some influences and if not a better economy, in which they were willing to take the risk.
But regardless of the counterclaims the Philippine country was an important goal to be imperialized by both the Americans and the Spanish.
The Spanish, already in control, were already in the process of changing a majority of the Filipino culture, economy, religion, until 1898 because of Spanish-American War, a war that declined the rule of the spanish over the islands including the Philippines. During this time, although they were under the Spanish rule, the Filipinos hoped that they would gain an alliance with the Americans, and come together in their defeating the Spaniards rule. But on August 1898, the Spanish and Americans consulted on imperializing the Philippines without Filipinos consent or knowledge. So the Spaniards and Americans created the Treaty of Paris, in order to gain control over the Philippines for $20 million. After gaining control, the American troops open fire on the Philippines in early 1899, which would be historical documented as the Philippine-American War. Filipinos didn't just attack Americans soldiers, they also captured and tortured them, and they attacked anyone who sided with
them.
The U.S. also tortured Filipinos that were or were thought to be a part of Filipinos guerrilla warfare. Americans also burned down villages, which impacted the food shortages that Filipinos needed. Americans also set up a “policy of attraction” to help the Philippines self-govern on February 1, 1900. The Philippine-American War was a bloody and aggressive war that killed an estimated 4,200 Americans, 20,000 Filipinos, and about 200,000 more from famine, and diseases. The damage of their country was later rebuilt by the Americans, after paying over $100 million for the damages caused from the war. Once their country was restored and colonized, the Filipinos were now educated and had the knowledge of running their own country and moved toward the steps of achieving their goal of freedom and independence.