The Philippines Essay

George Dewey drove a U.S. naval squadron into Manila Bay in the Philippines on May 1, the year 1898, and devastated the anchored Spanish fleet in a relaxed morning engagement that cost just seven American seamen injured. Manila itself was involved by U.S. troops by August. By the Treaty of Paris, Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, surrendered Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States, and transferred sovereignty over the Philippines to the United States for $20,000,000. The Spanish-American…

cold. But for someone who had never experienced cold weather, the weight of that counsel was negligible. Those first steps out of Raleigh-Durham International Airport were an instantaneous external shock to the system. As a tropical country, the Philippines has only two seasons — wet and dry. Hence, hot and humid, with occasional rain is the climate in a…

An example of this was in the Philippines after the US had pushed its power and influence over the country after pushing out the Spanish. Emilio Aguinaldo organized a rebellion against US rule which resulted in the loss of over 5,000 Americans, 200,000 Filipinos, and thousands of dollars…

Causes and Effects of the Spanish American War There were many causes and effects from the Spanish American War. From 1880, between the United States, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Cuba, the United States wanted to imperialize after completing their manifest destiny and began a war with Spain while protecting Cuba. There were four main motives of the United States imperialism which were economic interest, political and military interest, humanitarian and religious interest, and social…

the fight for freedom in the Philippines against American imperialism. He used tactics of guerilla warfare to fight for independence. Aguinaldo emphasized the uncontrolled nationalism of the United States in his words. One can feel the anger when Aguinaldo pronounces, “[America] went to the Philippines under the impression that their inhabitants were ignorant…We have been represented by your popular press as if we were Africans or Mohawk Indians.” Many in the Philippines were enraged about…

The Battles of the War The Spanish-American War consisted of two wars. One took place in the Philippines and the other in Cuba. The major battles of the Spanish American War were fought at Manila Bay in the Philippines (May 1, 1898), San Juan Heights or San Juan Hill in Cuba (July 1, 1898) and Santiago Bay in Cuba (July 3, 1898). The battle of Manila Bay is where the U.S. sunk the an entire Spanish fleet. In just seven hours, the entire Spanish Asian fleet is sunk and the U.S. suffered one…

international affairs. America’s imperialistic state led to more involvement with issues in the Pacific, Caribbean, and Latin America; leading to Chinese Exclusion, the Spanish-American War, the Cuban crisis, annexation of Hawaii, and the American-Philippine…

Introduction Negros Occidental is a province of the Philippines located in the Negros Island Region. Its capital is Bacolod City and it occupies the northwestern half of Negros Island; Negros Oriental is at the southeastern half. Victorias City is the fourth class city of Negros Occidental. It is known as the "Sugarbowl of the Philippines", Negros Occidental produces more than half the nation's sugar output. It is notable for being the site of Victorias Milling Company, sitting on a 7,000…

Why China can make coalition and alliance within Asia? China has been regarded as the most prominent rising power in the world during the last decades for its significant economic growth and more active role in the regional or multinational organisations. Further, the important statues of China has even warned the U.S. that this growing power with ambition may change the world order in the future and challenge its hegemonic place (Hurrell, 2014). The U.S. assertion may seems pragmatic as some…

“Hawaii’s “1946 Sakada” is a study by Steffi San Buenaventura that explores the phenomena of Filipino immigrants who migrated to Hawaii to work in the sugar plantation industry. Steffi San Buenaventura begins the study discussing the history of the Filipino immigrants that migrated after World War II in 1946. The word “Sakada” refers to the Filipino men recruited by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association (HSPA), thus referring to the group of Filipino immigrants the “1946 Sakadas”. The central…