Filipinos & the 4th of July
Filipinos & the 4th of July If you're wondering why a real Filipino won't celebrate the fourth of July, this is why:
Between 1899 and 1902 , U.S.A killed about 1 million Filipino civilians during the war by using concentration camps and torture causing famine, starvation and cholera epidemic. learn about the 1 million killed by visiting this website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine-American_War
On July 4, 1901, the first civilian U.S. government was established in the Philippines, and on July 4, 1946, the Philippines were finally granted independence.
After fighting the Spanish-American War the U.S. and Spain met to sign the Treaty of Paris, in which the U.S. was given Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines for a set price. The Philippines were purchased from Spain for a mere $20 million dollars. Mark Twain called this payment an "entrance fee into society--the Society of Sceptred Theives"(1). At the time of the Treaty of Paris the U.S. already controlled the city of Manilla, but had not ventured into other parts of the Philippine Islands. After signing the treaty, President McKinley ordered the War Department to bring all of the islands under military controll because the people of the Philippines were too "uncivilized" to govern themselves. This shocked the Filipinos, because they had expected the U.S. to help them in their struggle for independence(Gift 1-2). Not only did the U.S. not help the Philippines in their struggle for freedom, they refused to grant them freedom for forty-five years.
During the forty-five years after the U.S. first imperialized the Philippines the Philippines changed into the Japanese hands from 1942 to 1945, when it was reconquered by the United States.
The U.S. once again held the Philippines from July 5, 1945 till July 4, 1946. On July 4, 1946 the Philippines gained their independence from the U.S. under the provisions of theMcDuffie-Tyding's Act of 1934 (Chronology 1).
Mark Twain said, "I thought that it would be a great thing to give a whole lot of freedom to the Filipinos, but I guess now that it's better to let them give it to themselves"(1). When America imperialized the Philippines, they were already fighting for their freedom from Spain. They thought that America would help them to gain their freedom, but instead America took it away from them, causing them to fight yet again to gain the freedom that they had long been without. This fight for freedom became the Philippine-American War.
website link for full story:
http://asms.k12.ar.us/classes/humanities/worldstud/97-98/imper/Philippines/usa.htm
Between 1899 and 1902 , U.S.A killed about 1 million Filipino civilians during the war by using concentration camps and torture causing famine, starvation and cholera epidemic. learn about the 1 million killed by visiting this website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine-American_War
On July 4, 1901, the first civilian U.S. government was established in the Philippines, and on July 4, 1946, the Philippines were finally granted independence.
After fighting the Spanish-American War the U.S. and Spain met to sign the Treaty of Paris, in which the U.S. was given Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines for a set price. The Philippines were purchased from Spain for a mere $20 million dollars. Mark Twain called this payment an "entrance fee into society--the Society of Sceptred Theives"(1). At the time of the Treaty of Paris the U.S. already controlled the city of Manilla, but had not ventured into other parts of the Philippine Islands. After signing the treaty, President McKinley ordered the War Department to bring all of the islands under military controll because the people of the Philippines were too "uncivilized" to govern themselves. This shocked the Filipinos, because they had expected the U.S. to help them in their struggle for independence(Gift 1-2). Not only did the U.S. not help the Philippines in their struggle for freedom, they refused to grant them freedom for forty-five years.
During the forty-five years after the U.S. first imperialized the Philippines the Philippines changed into the Japanese hands from 1942 to 1945, when it was reconquered by the United States.
The U.S. once again held the Philippines from July 5, 1945 till July 4, 1946. On July 4, 1946 the Philippines gained their independence from the U.S. under the provisions of theMcDuffie-Tyding's Act of 1934 (Chronology 1).
Mark Twain said, "I thought that it would be a great thing to give a whole lot of freedom to the Filipinos, but I guess now that it's better to let them give it to themselves"(1). When America imperialized the Philippines, they were already fighting for their freedom from Spain. They thought that America would help them to gain their freedom, but instead America took it away from them, causing them to fight yet again to gain the freedom that they had long been without. This fight for freedom became the Philippine-American War.
website link for full story:
http://asms.k12.ar.us/classes/humanities/worldstud/97-98/imper/Philippines/usa.htm