Emilio Aguinaldo

What do people think of when someone tells them of the Philippine War? Most will respond with “the Philippines and Americans fighting with each other” not exactly there’s way more than that to even begin with. Before the Philippine American War started we were at war with Spain for no more than four months. Firstly, Spain didn’t want war with any country whatsoever, Later Spain promised Washington to end all concentration camps and make peace with them. But the United States didn’t buy…

by U.S. troops. Reports of the burning of villages, and the killing of non-combatants and the application of water torture began to make their way stateside through letters written by U.S. Soldiers (Schirmer 13). Eventually the U.S. captured Emilio Aguinaldo, the military and spiritual leader of the Filipino independence movement (UCLA 13). Soon after the Filipino leaders considered defeat and an American government is set up (UCLA 16). It was stated that the intention of this set up was to…

“The people should not be afraid of the government, the government should be afraid of the people.” These are the words said by V in the movie V for Vendetta. But how can a citizen live in an authoritarian state? How can a dictator achieve absolute control of power? By definition, authoritarianism is a government that governs without the consent of those being governed. In authoritarian states, there is only one ruler whether it may be a king, a military leader, dictator or even a president…

One of the longest rebellion made in Philippine history was the Dagohoy Rebellion. The rebellion was led by himself, Francisco Dagohoy and it was held in the island of Bohol from year 1744 to 1829. This rebellion took the Spaniards 85 years to quell and completely end the act Francisco Dagohoy led. The reason why Dagohoy took rebellion was that the Spanish authorities did not allow and refused a Christian Burial for Dagohoy’s brother’s death. This made Dagohoy promise to himself that he will…

The Philippine-American War concluded five years ago, and the United States’ promise to free the Philippines has failed. When America first decided to engage in battle against Spain, the Philippines were fully supportive, for they believed they would gain freedom. The United States pledged the Filipinos that they would gain independence after Spain was defeated. First we promise the Philippines independence, then we kill around 20,000 of their people. The United States had no right to take the…

Americans against the Spanish, thinking that the Americans were there to liberate the Philippines in the same way they were liberating Cuba. When hoped for freedom failed to materialize and the Americans did not go home, the Filipinos felt betrayed. Emilio Aguinaldo led a revolt against the Americans. The US sent in reinforcements to put down this "rogue" government. Fighting against the Filipino nationalists they had fought alongside months earlier, the US endured two harsh years of battle.…

Even Though, taking rule over Hawaii and the Philippines would be very beneficial for the United States. It is important for both countries to be annexed for the sake of our country. This is because it would make the United States look selfish and greedy. Having Hawaii and the Philippines imperialized would give us a bad title because we are using both countries for their benefits. During the late 1800s the United States where imperializing other countries to benefit and make themselves a overly…

Cuba had been unsuccessfully battling Spain for their independence for many years. As a result of the U.S. being interested in the economics of Cuba, the U.S. government wanted to stabilize the situation. ("The Spanish American War: The United States Becomes a World Power." first page) The U.S. wanted to free Cuba from Spanish domination. This war would also provide the United States the opportunity to seize overseas possessions and begin building an American Empire. ("Spanish American War."…

An American philosopher named George Santayana once interestingly stated: “Those who cannot remember the lessons of the past are condemned to repeat it.” With this same philosophical idea proposed by George Santayana, the study of our nation’s history and foreign policy efforts should be used as a lesson to guide any future behavior on how the United States should deal with the threat ISIS presents because of the clear thread that exists between the past and present. The same gap of…

interest in purchasing Cuba had begun long before 1898. Following the Ten Years War, American sugar interests bought up large tracts of land in Cuba. Alterations in the U.S. sugar tariff favoring home-grown beet sugar helped foment the rekindling of revolutionary fervor in 1895. By that time the U.S. had spent more than fifty thousand dollars in Cuba and trade, mainly in sugar, was worth twice that much. War was becoming intense and had been growing in the United States, despite President…