Annexation Of The Philippines Case Study

The Philippines did not have a stable government and were very limited. In addition to this, if the U.S. did not annex the Philippines, then other countries such as Germany or france could have easily taken over due to the government in the Philippines. Plus, the reasons for annexation were To educate the people because everyone deserves the right to an education and to lead the Philippines in the right direction towards independence and self-government lastly To Christianize and make the Philippines the religion they want them to be. Through the annexation of the Philippines, new market opportunities would have been created. Trading could have expanded and the U.S. could trade with more countries and get more goods. The United Stated should …show more content…
That means that there wasnt alot of them, thinking about or population at the time. Back then, people had a good idea and said that the Philippines could be a great spot to supply navy bases that would protect the U.S. And the people of the Philippines would be under the protection of the U.S. Additionally, the Philippines would also supply a spot for a coaling station. The U.S. had already annexed other islands such as Hawaii. However, the U.S. also wanted some type of social stance. Other countries like Germany were expanding their empire and expanding their armies. If the U.S. annexed the Philippines, we would have a great opportunity to gain some power and expand our country. To the annexation of the Philippines was a good idea due to the reasons of the new business markets, possible spots for bases and stations, and the power the U.S. could have gained from being apart of this …show more content…
In addition to this, if the U.S. did not annex the Philippines, then other countries such as Germany or france could have easily taken over due to the disapointing government in the Philippines.The United Stated should have annexed the Philippines for three reasons other countries were interested in taking over the Philippines, they werent capable of self government, and to spread Christianity plus educate the Philippines. The Philippines had a non stable government that can and or could lead the disaster in their country and that could make Germany or Japan easy for them to take over the Philippines because they are, are commercial rivals in the orient that would be bad business and discreditable. We the American people have Christianized the Philippines to make them adapt to our world. To make them be Christians, we opened up schools and educated in the Philippines so they can fit into our lifestyle as American citizens. Many would say that, the Philippines were a country of their own and could fend for themselves beacause, They had their own language, their own money and their own beliefs, very much the same than our own country today that we live in. At the end of the day people have there own apinions and there own thoughts on how they think our country should be runned, we are human were going to make mistakes and were going to have amazing