Senate of the Philippines

A specific conflict that was protested by this league was the Philippine War and attempted to prevent the hostile annexation of the Philippines. To their dismay, the effort to prevent blood shed bore no fruit, the failed “Treaty of Paris”. Senate ratified it by one vote in 1899 . And along with the commencement of the annexation of the Philippines comes a multitude of “implied” cultural inductions; elimination of all criminal resistance, religion, stand-in…

Once Spain was driven out by the force of the U.S. military and navy, negotiations for a treaty ensued. Terms were discussed and it was decided that Spain would hand over not only Cuba and the Philippines, but Guam and Puerto Rico as well (Crucible). The Treaty of Paris was sent to the Senate for at least a two thirds ratification. The debate that surrounded this vote is central in American foreign policy, even today. Should the United States become an imperial power, aiming to establish an…

were withdrawn, however, and Cleveland refused to resubmit the treaty to the Senate. On July 4, 1894, the Republic of Hawaii was proclaimed and was recognized by the U.S. Following the Spanish-American War, which had shone a new light on Hawaii because of activity in the Pacific—Hawaii was a vital link to the Far East—President McKinley negotiated a new annexation treaty, but it was blocked by anti-imperialists in the Senate, failing to get the necessary 2/3 vote. Congress then annexed Hawaii by…

was raging over what the United States should do with the Philippines, Congressman George Hoar made the argument that the constitution does not give the United States the right to rule people in order to “civilize them,” and doing this against that people’s own interests went against the text and the spirit of the document, and the founding principles of the United States. Hoar also argued against the claim that holding on to the Philippines was for the Filipinos’ benefit: The people there have…

a dog in the fight (in the upcoming Philippine polls). I am merely an observer reacting to Senator Grace Poe and her televised pronouncements on why she flip-flopped on her citizenship choice. That’s right, my issue here is why the 47-year-old Poe, the eager presidential candidate, doesn’t find anything wrong with what she did: embrace a foreign citizenship (US) and then pitch it in the garbage and immediately proceed to retrieve the citizenship (Philippines) that she first ditched because an…

former slaves were guaranteed freedom. The 13th amendment to the constitution of the United States abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, unless you have been convicted of a crime. The amendment was passed by congress on April 8th 1864 and by the senate on January 31st 1865. The next amendment that was passed during reconstruction was the 14th, which addressed the issue of citizenship rights and equal protection for former slaves. This amendment was ratified on July 9th, 1868 and granted…

Pacific. There is one canal that was built that is just as important now as it was then, the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal was originally supposed to be built by the French, but they went into debt. America’s interest in the canal grew, and in 1902 the Senate voted to build the canal in Panama. Although, when the terms were shown to Colombia's Congress, they agreed the financial terms weren’t good enough and rejected the offer. To gain trust, Roosevelt sent U.S warships to Panama City to…

Prior to the Philippine insurgence was smothered in 1902, 20,000 Filipinos died in battle, and 600,000 died due to starvation and illness. More than 4,000 Americans lay dead. Imperviousness to U.S. control, be that as it may, proceeded. In 1906, 600 Moros, including ladies and kids, were killed at the Clash of Bud Dajo (Norton, 2015). U.S. authorities soon attempted to Naturalize the Philippines, establishing another instructive framework, with English as the primary dialect. The Philippine…

case, he was very patient with them. President Taft passed away on February 3rd 1930. He was the first president to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. William H. Taft had accomplished so much in his lifetime. When he was governor of the Philippines, he showed compassion to the Filipinos. He treated them as equal and worked very hard to include them in their government. He also helped the people of Cuba become independent. While as a professor at Yale, he gave students first-hand…

including increased: droughts and longer periods of heavy rain, more extreme temperatures, increased death rates and reduced crop yield, limited water availability, and flooding of coastlines because of sea level rise (The World Bank, 2013). The Philippines are no exception to this. The recent typhoon Yolanda proved to the strongest storm in Pilipino history. The most pressing priority for their people is to augment resiliency to disasters to reduce the threat the people of the islands face.…