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A 6 page research paper that offers an overview of the Philippine Insurrection and the strategy that the US used to overcome this resistance to American governance. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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educated elite of Filipino society, led an insurrection against Spanish rule beginning in 1896 (Deady 53). After the defeat of the Spanish, putting an end to their colonial rule of
the island nation, Aquinaldo proclaimed himself President and expressed hope that the victorious American forces would aid in establishing Philippine independence (Deady 53). However, this was not to be as
US President William McKinley annexed the Philippines as an American territory, citing two reasons: the ethnocentric attitude that the Filipino people were too backward for successful self=governance and also the
recognition that an independent Philippines would undoubtedly be taken over by another Western nation interested in acquiring the islands as a colonial possession (Deady 53). Examination of the Philippine
Insurrection of 1899-1902 indicates that the ultimate victory of American counterinsurgency strategy was mainly due to non-military actions that demonstrated the sincerity of American intentions, which was to improve the
countrys educational system and infrastructure, while guiding the development of democracy and eventual independence (Deady 53). Advisors to President McKinley began discussing the benefits that the US would accrue
by seizing Spains Pacific colony, as the Philippines could serve as ideal way station for ships on their way to market in Asia (Hines 44). Consequently, one the day prior
to when the US declared war on Spain, Theodore Roosevelt, who was Assistant Secretary of the Navy, order Commodore George Dewey to set sail for the Philippines with the objective
of destroying the Spanish fleet docked at Manila (Hines 44). The Treaty of Paris, which allowed the US to buy the Philippines from the Spanish for $20 million, shocked
the Filipinos. News of the purchase convinced the Filipino people that the defeat of the Spanish meant that their country had simply exchanged rule by a colonial power for another
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