Annexed The Philippines Dbq

During 1898 there was a war with Spain which was because of how they treated the Cuban’s by the Spanish masters. The United States luckily had a lot of power around the whole world. The Filipino insurgents have always tried to attack the Spanish to have independence for many years which they wouldn’t receive it. They believed that the Americans might free them from the Spanish. Since America won the war they had three choices they had to make which was to give the Philippines independence, give the islands back to Spain, or annex the Philippines. They decided to Annex the Philippines but it was not popular with some of the people and they were very unhappy about this decision. I believe the United States should have annexed the Philippines to have their own independence, have protection, and have an education.
The Philippines should have annexed for various of reasons. They didn’t have a firm government which they were very inadequate. If the Philippines were considered being annexed they would be able to demonstrate how the democracy actually works and not just for the trade. Which if they would have done this they were able to gain independence. In document c, according to Abraham Lincoln, “no man is good enough to govern himself that self-government, but when governs himself and also governs another man that is more than self-government …show more content…
They were always treated poorly by the Spanish forces. There would’ve been many bad conflicts if the United States didn’t take the Philippines, for example, having another country taking control of them. According to William Mckinley, “I am not ashamed to tell, gentlemen, that I went down on my knees and prayed (to) Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night”. They believed that God guided them to do the right thing by protecting these Filipinos. They were most likely to be treated badly if it wasn’t for the