In the end, the annexation of the Philipines caused unhappiness in the both the Philipines and in the United States. Filipinos wanted idependence and Anti-Imperialist didn't want to take this from them. The United States should not have annexed…
The Spanish have been a monarchy enforcing their laws and customs upon their colonies since the fifteenth century, so the United States should come to the aid of the filipino people by assisting in setting up a democratic government. Recently, America assisted in liberated the island nation of Cuba from spanish rule. The Cubans were tired of the unfair taxation inforced by the Spanish, as well as having no say in the way they are governed. If the Cubans felt this way about the Spanish, the Filipino people have similar feelings about the Spanish rule. The Spanish monarchy is a in complete control of the Philippines and as the proponent of democracy it is the American duty to share this wonderful political gift with nations that are deprived of their natural right to choose how their lands are governed. Recently, the United States government has been an ambassador of democracy in the the Dominican Republic. This country attempted to bring itself out of a tyrannical government on their own, but their effort was futile. The United States took over the Dominican’s government for a short period of time to help assist them in establishing a democracy. The United States has the ability to bring the most modern and socially responsible form of government to…
The American Anti-Imperialist League paid more attention to American citizens and a drawn empathy for the Filipinos and their human rights given to all people under God. They are reaching out one citizen to another. The League specifically address U.S. citizens by inviting both “men and women who remain loyal to the declaration of independence and the constitution of the United States” to fight for the freedom of the Filipinos because,…
"The Philippines are ours forever . . . . And just beyond the Philippines are China's illimitable market. We will not retreat from either. We will not repudiate our duty in the archipelago. We will not abandon our opportunity in the Orient. We will not renounce our part in the mission of our race, trustee, under God, of the civilization of the world. And we will move forward to our work . . . . with gratitude . . . . and thanksgiving to Almighty God that He has marked us as His chosen people, henceforth to lead in the regeneration of the world . . . .…
II. South East Asians in the Philippines begin to move around and realize that colonialism is ubiquitous…
I reflect on our own Declaration of Independence that states "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." We went to the Philippines to protect them from Spain and now here we are doing what we were keeping Spain from doing to these people. I ask you...do we have their consent to annex them? Do they believe it is in their best interest to be annexed to our great country? And what measures are we taking to fund a continued military presence to care for these people? If the Filipinos are not in support of this annexation, they will most assuredly fight us that will result in unnecessary violence and bloodshed of both American soldiers and Filipinos, whether you think them civilized or uncivilized. This is hypocritical to what we ourselves claim in our ideals expressed in our Declaration of Independence...the right to self govern. With this move of annexation are we not acting on the grounds of Imperialism which goes against our belief as a Republic? Are we conquerors, or are we liberators? I believe we should allow Aguinaldo, who we brought there from exile, to set up their own government and create a strong partnership that is agreeable for both the Philippines and the United States with mutual prosperity. Let us be the inspiration and model of their new venture and not force it upon them. This move will be viewed by eyes of other countries; it will impact their perception of our United States and the freedoms our nation…
patriotism, religion, and economic opportunities Pro-imperialist Americans argued that the Philippines should be siezed because of …
When America would enter the different countries and try to take them over, they would in most cases try and take away their profits rather than trying to help modernize the country. This symbolized how America only cared about themselves and did not show empathy for other territories. America did not sympathize and only did what was best for them. When America gives the countries the chance to be on their own, they often fail to prosper because their culture was destroyed by the United States ,“The United states did bequeath to the Filipinos a form of democracy, but when the archipelago was finally allowed to go its own way, in the 1990’s it was as poor as it was unstable”(97). The outcomes of the American interference in other countries have long term negative impacts.…
Reasons by the United States to take over the Philippines were not very good ones. First…
Imagine fighting for freedom against a country that won’t listen to you and treats you with cruelty. You don’t have much military power, so this other, more powerful country helps you gain independance. However, as soon as you win, the country that helps turns around and puts you in the same situation, just with them instead of the original country. This is what it was like in the Philippines! Before the Spanish-American war, the Philippines were a territory of Spain, along with some other countries like Cuba and Puerto Rico. Spain mistreated the people of these territories. They moved them into camps, that had shelters with no roofs. If they didn’t get there in time, they were executed. The United States stepped in and went to war with Spain for the independance of these territories. When we won the war, we got control of these…
Theodore: The united states have a responsibility to govern the Filipinos if the United States gave up the Philippines other…
America is a great security for them and have advanced them up to the standards of the rest of the world through the annexation. The Philippine islands have finally gotten what they have wanted for centuries, independence. The Filipinos have lost some roots, but now have the choice to act as they feel and to try and reconnect if they would desire. America brought to them many wonderful factors such as free public education, a sense of freedom in religion, especially for those non Roman Catholic, and a connection with a powerful country to protect them if need be. Smith’s theory applies fairly well for the situation even with such differences in the time of the events.…
Around 1900, imperialism became the most talked about issue within the United States. After the Spanish-American war ended and the U.S. gained many Pacific islands as a result, most Americans became concerned over whether to annex the Philippines or not. The Americans who wanted to annex the Philippines believed that they were in there as legally as the citizens themselves. Taking them was not wrong at all, nor was it violating the Declaration Of Independence (Doc 6). Albert…
Public opinion found the notion of empire enticing and rejoiced over Dewey’s victory at Manila, a place previously unheard-of by most Americans (“this great big ignorant nation, which doesn’t know even the ABC facts of the Philippine episode,” Twain complained in a 1901 letter to Joseph H. Twichell [qtd. in Paine, Letters 705]). Such jingoism was, at the same time, often opposed for equally base, often racist and xenophobic reasons. Twain’s own opposition is eerily prophetic of opposition to war in both Vietnam and Iraq: the war was “a mess, a quagmire from which each fresh step renders the dif culty of extrication immensely greater” . . . . I thought it would be a great thing to give a whole lot of freedom to the Filipinos, but I guess now that it’s better to let them give it to themselves,” he said in 1900 (Zwick). Yet in the letter to Twichell, he acknowledges that his opposition is, at bottom, sel sh: he feels distress as an American that he is “befouled” in the international eye (that of “the sarcastic world,” as he put it) by such a policy (705). Dualism again: are his motives even partly genuine concern for the Philippines, or, as he suspects of himself, solely a matter of concern for his public image, by now that of…
Imperialism is the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political, and military control over weaker territories. It’s important because it helped extend our territories over weaker territories. I think imperialism was a proper and legitimate policy, even though it led to some bad outcomes, there were more good outcomes. The three countries that I chose to write about are Cuba, Philippines, and Panama.…