Territorial Claims of Philippines

The third reason the United States should annex is because the Filipinos were not capable of self government. According to the text, it stated “that we could not leave them to themselves - they were unfit for self-government - and they would soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain’s was;” (Rusling, 1903). This is important because the Filipinos were not capable of self government, nor were they ready

Reasons given for this decision by the U.S. government was that it would provide a useful military location and would allow the United States to reap benefits and money from the land’s natural resources (Lapsansky). The problem with this argument though comes from the one hole that our government overlooked. The many years battle that we spent that we spent claiming Philippines; we spent great sums of money and dispensed many lives just for the

was generous to annex the Philippines because the U.S. lead the Philippines to a self-government. “It takes a few weeks of work like this to make one proud that he is an American”(Doc H). This document tells the story of the Philippine- American War coming to the end with America’s victory. Letter written by William Connor shows how the United States military won the war that lead the US to guiding the Philippines to a stronger government. “it cannot rule over vassal states or subjects peoples without bringing in the elements of death into its own constitution…”(Doc I). Document I explains that annexing the Philippines is unconstitutional, but this is not correct because the Philippines was bought by the U.S. and they were owned by U.S. “We could not leave them to themselves- they were unfit for self government- and they soon would have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain’s was”(Doc C). The United States saw the Philippine as unfitted for self- government and the Philippines needed the United States to be a parent government, and guide them to a more fit

The United States wanted to take over the Philipines to create a better empire. Back in the day, the Philippines fostered an anti-imperialist movement in the United States. Mass media of the period promoted ideas about the United States superiority and encouraged them to expand an create and empire. The United States should have created an empire because the Philippines government could not govern themselves, also to prevent other countries from taking them, and it was what God wanted.

The first evidence suggested so is document A with Lincoln saying, “No good man is good enough to another man with other consent.” We as a country should provide them with all the necessary equipment and weapon needed to have an advantage against the Spanish, not making part of our country and having them follow our law. They should have their own government and laws. Not everyone is happy and have an open arm with the new government to their county about to experience and being told what to do. Doc D also stated “when we allies of the Filipinos and armed them to fight against Spain, we disputed Spain’s title.

     First of all I think that the if we would have maybe let some of the well respected citizens in our great nation to speak their opinions and if the government would have listened to the that maybe we could have evaded war and ended our struggle with the Filipinos peacefully. One example of the great citizens that I was talking about would be Mark Twain who said "We have robbed a trusting friend of his land and his liberty; we have debauched America’s honor and blackened her face before the world…" If we would have listened to Mark Twain who knows how things would have ended up!

The Spanish American War was started in the spring and ended in the summer of 1898. The United States of America gained territories from Spain. The US gained and the Philippine islands (Background Essay). The US had three options but the US decided to annex the philippines. Many People were against annexation such as Andrew Carnegie, Grover Cleveland, and Mark Twain. So should the US have annexed the Philippines?

The bald red, white, and blue eagle of American Democracy is coming for you Phillipines, run while you can! Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, was so infatuated with the idea of democracy, and he wanted every country to have a little taste of American freedom! After America's victory in the Spanish American War, George Dewey and his 11,000 American troops marched into manila and were unsure whether to liberate or occupy the filipino people. Thinking the they were here to help, the Filipino rebels trusted the Americans, but were soon betrayed as Dewey decided to occupy the land. The United States had three choices to determine what they wanted to do with the Philippines: Give it back to Spain, Give the filipino people their freedom, or to annex the whole country itself. With much debate ranging from artists, influential citizens, and government officials, the US ultimately decided it would annex! The United States should not have annexed the Philippines but rather should have given them their independence. While others may think the annexation of the Philippines would have benefited them, what the Philippines really needed was

Answer: After Christopher Columbus claimed he had reached Asia, King John II knew he wasn't going to stand idly while the Spaniards planted their flags on distant shores to claim land. Soon after Christopher's first trip, King John sent ships west to claim land for Portugal. Once King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, the rulers of Spain, heard of Portugal's plans, they sent a message to King John; King Ferdinand asked King John to wait until they decided by law to whom the seas and conquests

After looking at the primary sources all speaking on the topic of annexation of the Philippines, I find William McKinley and Albert Beveridge's arguments most compelling. The reason being that both historians seem to have interest in the circumstance of the Philippine Islands and their people. McKinley speaks on the long years they have spent desolated by war and misgoverned, leading in them in the wrong direction. He did not want to wait until the Islands hit rock bottom before the U.S. stepped in to help. Beveridge lightly touches on the oriental quality of the Filipinos crippling them to self-government, but mostly asserts that the person sent by the U.S. to administer a civilized government will have the upmost sense of the world, and be

Treaty of Tordesillas: (1492). The treaty was signed to avoid conflicts with Portugal and Spain. It divided the trading empire between the two, Spain received much of the new world and the west while Portugal received the east. The line of Demarcation slit the territories into 2 for the Spanish and the Portuguese.

“After Columbus’s voyage, Spain claimed possession of all of North America” (Shultz, 2014). The Portuguese protested this claim by Spain. Because of the protest by the Portuguese Pope Alexander VI stepped in and divided the land between the two. In 1493, Pope Alexander VI drew a line from north to south dividing the land between Spain and Portugal. All of the land to the east of the line belonged to Portugal and the land to the west would belong to Spain. This line would be called the Line of Demarcation. This gave Spain Central and North America while Spain got all of Brazil. “In 1500, the Portuguese explorer Pedro Cabral accidentally landed in Brazil, beginning what would be Portugal’s most profitable colonial venture” (Shultz, 2014).

Malaysia was colonized late by the British, with the Dutch colonizing Malacca first. In British Malaya, the split anthropological imagination of Oriental Chinese and Malay was the basis of a split colonial rule in which the governor presided over protectorate government, incorporating Malay royalty and aristocratic rajas in the Peninsular Malay States and Crown Colony government in the Straits Settlements. Despite settling down of both Chinese and Indian immigrants in Malaya, the colonial government maintained their non-resident status in the Malay states and gave ‘British subject’ status only to the descendants of immigrants in the settlements. Between 1814 to 1860 the British were in a state of non-interference. Non-interference meant that the different sultan states could decide how they wanted to design their state. Since the colonial government never accepted the Chinese as permanent residents of the country, it is not surprising that the Malay population in Malaysia believed the

The rebellion occurred on 8th December 1962 during the ruler of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien. It involves the first nationalistic party in Brunei named Partai Rakyat Brunei (PRB), which led by Sheikh A.M. Azahari and the rebellion led by their illegal armed forced, which to be known as North Kalimantan National Army or Tentera Nasional Kalimantan Utara (TNKU) the commander, Jassin Affandy.. According to Harun Abdul Majid (2007, p.36), the revolt occurred due to the issue whether or not Brunei to join Malaysia, which to be known as Malaysian Plan. Furthermore, the 1959 constitution can also be the reason for the outbreak of the 1962 rebellion. This is because Dayang Noralipah (2010, p.163) illustrated that Partai Rakyat Brunei (PRB) reflects the dissatisfaction towards the 1959 constitution. However, Harun Abdul Majid stated that the 1962 rebellion was also because of the formation of Malaysia, but also due to another reasons such as the ambitions of the Partai Rakyat Brunei (PRB) that wanted to be independent and deport the British colonist in Brunei. They also wanted to merge Borneo territories, which involved Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei to be part of Malaysia as well as aiming to make Brunei government as a system of democracy. This essay will elaborate more further about the situation before and after the rebellion in brief and will also discuss about the other causes that affected Brunei situation that led to the 1692

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