The Philippines Of Martial Law In The Philippines

“...We govern our children without their consent...Would not the people of the Philippines prefer the just, human, civilizing government of this Republic…” (Doc B, Albert J. Beveridge). I disagree with this black and white view of the world. The Filipinos are grown people capable of making the best decision for themselves. Children are not (due to their undeveloped frontal lobes). They do not need America to save them. They wanted freedom enough to attempt war with Spain, a global power, so they have earned that

I do not think that the United States were the good guys in the Philippine- American war. The only right that we had to be in the Philippines was the right taken from Spain. In many ways the imperialism idea that the U.S. had were undemocratic. The United States at the time was developing and did not have adequate resources to keep military in foreign places. I think that we should have focused on own land. We have a large chunk of land full of growth possibilities. The war was not only brutal on both sides, but it also increased tensions about race. Overall the war did not accomplish much besides hurt both sides. The United States should have stopped their efforts after they met resistance.

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 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.

Lastly we shouldn't have took control of the Philippines is because the war led to the loss of many lives . McKinley said “by Gods grace do the very best we can by them our fellowmen who Christ also died” (Doc C). He is saying that God would approve of us “saving “ the Philippines but like William Bryan said , “ imperialism finds no warrant in the Bible . The command “Go ye into the world and preach the gospel to every creature , has no Gatling gun attachment” . He is explaining that Bible doesn't recommend violence . Lincoln strongly denounced “the slaughter of the Filipinos as a needless horror” We have murdered their loved ones and destroying families . Because of us 20, 000 rebels have died from either the bloody battle or from the

There can be no doubt that we had full knowledge that they were fighting for their own independence.” The United States understands that the Filipinos wants their own independence but still annexed the Philippine because they think it was the right thing to do without asking the Filipinos what they want and their

Similar to the insurrection in Cuba, the Philippines had a loosely organized resistance led by Emilio Aguinaldo, who was ebullient to see the American fleet roll into town. Aguinaldo rationed that as a former colony itself, the United States would understand that as soon as the Spanish were gone, the Filipinos should be left to their own vices. This of course was not the case.

For a brief period of time, America became the exact thing it once strived to defeat: an imperialist.  The moment the Treaty of Paris was signed on February 6, 1899, America became an imperialist.  America was divided on the issue of imperialism.  Some said that imperialism was wrong because it was against everything our nation was founded upon.  Others saw imperialism as a chance to exploit people and land to earn power and prestige.  The following paragraphs will explore America’s experimentation with imperialism in the Philippines.

Political dynasty is a well known method of politicians in the Philippines wherein the members of the family is made also a member of the government in order for them to not lose power but to gain more power. This act is an unfair and unjust because the government is not a business that a family can run by themselves, but the government is for all and other people should be given chances wherein they can be the one that leads a community.

that the settlers, who were uninvolved in the conflict, were in danger and fear for their lives from the attacks and it has been necessary to introduce the ability to take any action necessary to stop it. There is also mention of attacks on black women in the reasons for implementation, although it does not advise who the perpetrators of the attacks were. The document goes on to advise that cruelty towards those being brought to order under the decree was deemed unnecessary and women and children were to

Marawi was also known as the “Philippine’s premiere Islamic City”. It is the largest city of Lanao del Sur. It is all its capital on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It was founded by Dansalan group in 1639 by the Spaniards led by Francisco Atienza, their true reasons of going to Marawi is to conquer the entire Lake Lanao area. Recently the battle in Marawi started on May 23, 2017 they called themselves a Maute Group and the CNN Philippines had estimated that the militants have about 500 men. After that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte came out and declared Martial Law in the area.

In 1972, President Ferdinand E. Marcos (1965-86) declared martial law, citing growing lawlessness and open rebellion by the communist rebels as his justification. Marcos governed from 1973 until mid-1981 in accordance with the transitory provisions of a new constitution that replaced the commonwealth constitution of 1935. He suppressed democratic institutions and restricted civil liberties during the martial law period, ruling largely by decree and popular referenda. The government began a process of political normalization during 1978-81, culminating in the reelection of President Marcos to a 6-year term that would have ended in 1987. The Marcos government's respect for human rights remained low despite the end of martial law on January 17, 1981. His government retained its wide arrest and detention powers. Corruption and favoritism contributed to a serious decline in economic growth and development under Marcos.

The only thing that we can say in the Spanish colonization is that we felt different emotions. We felt angry because the Spaniards abused the Filipino they treated them as slaves. We felt sad because their are many Filipinos sacrificed their own lives just for the

After the Spanish colonization for about 360 years, America came and made the Philippines an independent country. US then turned on them and colonized

            Third, Spain did not protect the people against foreign invaders and pirates.  With no arms to defend themselves, the natives were killed, their houses burned, and their lands destroyed.  As a result of this, the Filipinos were forced to become nomads, lost interest in cultivating their lands or in rebuilding the industries that were shut down, and simply became submissive to the mercy of God.