Hacienda Luisita and Land Reform

Change in American government was imperative in expanding the nation. It is ludicrous to believe that as other nations were growing, America would just sit back and watch. Governmental involvement made "the Philippines ours forever" (Document 1). The United States' plan was to take the Philippines, educate, uplift, and civilize them (Document 2). Such a "noble deed" seemed to benefit both the filipinos and americans. During this time, as mentioned in document eight, "we had duties to others and duties to ourselves". Government's changing role made these relationships available to the

would consent to be the civil governor of the Philippines. He took the position organizing civil

“Germany, England, and Japan were all hungering for this newly freed land” (Beveridge 149). Albert J. Beveridge wrote an speech about why we should govern and annex the Philippines. “Beveridge also said, “Shall we turn these peoples back to the reeking hands from which we have taken them?” He included the reasons that we govern millions of people without their consent, so there is no reason to change that for the Philippines. It is good that we don’t turn the Philippines over to self-government, because the only people that should be self-governed are those that are capable of self-government. The Philippines were not capable of this freedom. We have already saved them from the cruel and bloody rule of Spain, so we should stay with them and give them hope for a better life. Beveridge also points out how he believes that it is divine guidance that we annex the Philippines (Doc B, Question 4). The main reason the Philippines should be annexed by the United States is that if they didn’t, other countries would take control and they were not capable of self-government.

The United States, in order to keep growing as a world power, did not have to govern other territories to be prosperous. The U.S. stressed that the Filipinos were incapable of self-government and that the United States had an obligation to civilize them. The United States could've found other means to increase its greatness and power. Means that are morally right and

The Filipino people had helped the US fight the Spanish-American War in hope to gain independence in return. However, instead of gaining independence the Philippines was annexed to the United States on December 10, 1898. When the Filipino’s had found they were going to be ruled over once again they were very unhappy, after all they had helped the US. When Aguinaldo had found out that the Philippines were going to be controlled by the US, he had declared war on the United States.

In the mid-1700’s, not many people were granted the rights that they deserved. Of these rights, only few could vote and few could be educated. It was typical that white men were allowed to vote and were given the opportunity to become educated. This angered those who lacked these rights, which resulted in uproars within the nation. In an essay from a Maryland newspaper, a discussion of the injustice between owning land and having the right to vote is debated. Benjamin Rush wrote thoughts about giving women the chance at education. Living in the New World meant having rights as citizens and expressing instances of disagreement.

Henry George is one of the most important progressives of the 19th and 20th century. George was a big advocate of the idea that resources and opportunity belongs equally to everyone (McCarthy and McMillian 2003). Henry George was born on September 2nd, 1839, in Philadelphia (Encyclopædia Britannica). He left school before he turned fourteen and started working as a clerk. After two years as a clerk, George decided he wanted to go to sea. He would later quit his life at sea to take a stab at the gold rush in Canada, but would find out, upon arriving there, that he was too late (Encyclopædia Britannica). He went to California and started working for a newspaper business, as well as taking part in the Democratic Party politics. Henry George would

Source A is reliable but does not fully support the assertion. Source A, taken from a British-based research in 1997, intends to show how Mao’s preventive healthcare measures improved the peasants’ quality of life but “sparrowcide” had resulted in people having lesser grain as they were eaten by insects. Source A states that Mao had implemented the measures such as “basic healthcare and preventive services”, closing brothels and running campaigns against opium use to bring diseases and vices under control. However, by eradicating the sparrows in the Four Pests Campaign, “the insects ... now devoured the grains instead”.

Have you ever wondered how we know the land of the United States so well? We have not always had drones to fly around and take pictures ,or had all theses devices to show us the land and how it's lays. People have come to know the land and discover new animals, plants ,landforms ,waterways ,and many more features of the earth. However two men in the early 1800s were sent out to find more information about the new land the United States had just acquired in the Louisiana Purchase not by drones ,but on foot and horses.

But the real question was, What should we do with these newly acquired lands? At this time, it was unclear if we had gone there to rescue or to occupy the Filipino people. The United States should not annex the Philippines because it violates American principals, it could start a war with the native population and Filipino cheap labor would compete with the American cheap labor. Firstly, America should not annex the Philippines because annexing violates American principals.

The Spanish Colony was located in the eastern coast of what is also known as the state of Florida. Following soldiers in the Spanish colony heard that England had established a new land . A couple of months later the Spanish and English were at war and the Spanish were planning to kill and hold hostage the English colonists. A rumor also has been going on where an expedition has been led by Ralph Lane. Along his expedition Ralph Lane and the colonists stumbled upon some angered indians. The colonists and the indians fought back and forth until the English colonists planned to kill them and also hold them hostage. Their plan failed and the indians heard about their plans and decided to kill and hold the fellow colonists hostage. Who really

Aboriginals concept of land is different compared to the Europeans view of land being an economic resource or investment, but to indigenous land is so much more, it is a part of their identity and soul. But when settlers came they classified the land as terra nullius which is Latin term for “land belonging to no one”. soon enough aboriginals had no control over their land or even their own properties until the 1900s where aboriginals fought for the land but didn’t receive anything but small victories in the 1970s until a

Those who were more economically well-off in America were annoyed with tax and debt relief. These wealthy Americans claimed that the government swayed too easily with the opinions of the voters/citizens. Women took over as 'head of the household' when their husbands were on military, political, etc. leave. Farmers grew more confident. It was quite difficult to establish a certain kind of person that was right for government or to give opinions because America featured such a variety of social and economic classes. There was much public unrest on how government should operate. There were lots of changes and arguments over land ownership and "property qualification", which basically meant that white men had to own land to be able to

In the year 1902, the United States of America imperialized the Philippines. They did it for the classic reasons; money and raw materials. While they Americans

The Land Registration Act (LRA) 1925 has drawn much flak over the years with regards to one of its most important provisions on overriding interests (OI), which often goes unnoticed until it swoops up and takes priority over the rights of a future purchaser. These interests often come in the form of other occupiers in the property with an equitable interest and, like in the case of Boland , this leaves the lender in a tight spot when they find out about the existence of these interests only after they have initiate proceedings for possession against the defaulting borrowers. Due to the other occupier’s concealed nature on the property register, the lenders have regained their footing by applying the concept of overreaching and ….. The Law Commission, on the other hand, contemplated abolishing these interest altogether but did not go to that extent because it was neither feasible nor desirable Instead, they shrank their impact on land by reforming the operation and scope of the OI. With LRA 2002 sch 3 para 2, lenders now have more control over what may bite them. …. This essay will access…. with a focus on how the lending world have dealt with the implications of Boland…. The best way to access the impact of … would be to go through the pre – post blabla to show how the thing has balanced.