Jessica Pignatelli

CORE ONE Motives for Imperialism Methods of Imperialism Primary Source

Motives After Spanish American War…( ) ▫Philippines tried to become independent ▫Philippines signed off to U.S in Treaty of Paris Philippines wanted independence NOT a change in colonial rulers America was seeking opportunity Click here for more motives Click here for Treaty Of Paris

Treaty of Paris U.S and Spain met in Paris on October 1, 1898 Conference discussed Cuba but main focus was Philippines U.S wanted an introduction to new lands in the Pacific Spanish argued Philippines surrendered and couldn’t be taken as a war conquest Click here for more Treaty Of Paris

Treaty of Paris Eventually U.S paid 20 million dollars for Philippines U.S also gained control of Puerto Rico and Guam Spain relinquished its claim To Cuba Treaty was signed December 10, 1898 Click here for more motives

Motives Ideological- The U.S thinks they are better Religious- Wanted to spread Christianity Economic- Philippines has resources, more money for the U.S Political- U.S gains more power in South East Asia Click here for more motives

Motives Thought Philippines weren’t capable of self rule Desired commercial opportunities Seeking more power Was scared a stronger power, such as England or Japan could take over the country if they did not Easier to trade through Asia Click here to go back to Core One

Methods Two phases of the takeover ▫1 st Phase February to November 1899, domination by the American Troops ▫2 nd Phase was the Filipino’s shift to Guerilla Warfare Emilio Aguinaldo led the Filipinos ▫Nationalist ▫Military leader Emilio Aguinaldo

Emilio Aguinaldo Led Filipinos when fighting for Independence Aspired and restored confidence in the people Thought to change the minds of Americans and fight a war that would turn them away Click here for Primary Source Click here to continue to Methods

Primary Source uinaldo.asphttp:// uinaldo.asp Describes how he doesn’t want to make the relations with Americans worse, but they are acting “turbulent”. He felt the Americans had been turned and slighted. Click here to go back to Core One Click here to continue to Methods

U.S entered conflict with military advantages ▫Trained fighting force ▫Steady supply of weapons ▫Control of waterways No other nation was willing to help Philippines Aguinaldo’s attempt to fight a war became a fatal mistake ▫Lost men and supplies ▫Switched to a more successful Guerilla Warfare Click here to continue to Methods

U.S… ▫Burned villages ▫Implemented civilian reconcentration policies ▫Tortured suspected guerillas ▫Tried to get unsupportive Filipino’s to go against Aguinaldo Click here to go to Core Two

CORE TWO Gaining Independence The Country Today Charts/Graphs

Gaining Independence Aguinaldo tried to fight a conventional war in February but changed to Guerilla Warfare in November 1899 War was brutal on both sides and many lives were lost Both sides were giving up Americans held concentration camps Click here for more Gaining Independence

Gaining Independence President William Howard Taft launched a pacification campaign that became known as the “policy of attraction” ▫Designed to get Filipino’s against Aguinaldo with ideas of giving them Independence In 1907, the Philippines convened its first elected assembly In 1916, the Jones Act promised the nation EVENTUAL independence U.S granted independence in 1946 Click here for CORE TWO Click here for Jones Act

On March 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones Act Let Puerto Ricans become American citizens Provided civil rights to the individual Promised Philippines eventual independence Click here for CORE TWO

The Country Today President is Benigno Aquino ▫President three terms Three branches of Government(Judicial, Executive, Legislative) It’s the first and freest nation is Asia It’s a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia in the Western Pacific Country is really struggling Click here for more of The Country Today Click here for Graphs/Charts

Click here for more Graphs/Charts Darker is the higher percentages of people in the Philippines who live in poverty

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The Country Today Population of over 98 million 25% of the nation is in absolute poverty Families are hungry People don’t understand why they’re struggling so bad Super Typhoon Haiyan only making things worse ▫Loss of many lives ▫People left with no food ▫Help isn’t coming Click here for Super Typhoon Click here for Conclusion

Super Typhoon Haiyan(Yolanda) Loss of many people Help still hasn’t reached some of the parts that need it the most Aquino thought more people would have died, so he isn’t as worried People are looking for missing members of there family People are starving Homes are destroyed Click here for Conclusion

Never know if Philippines would have been better off under U.S control Need someone to care about them ▫Better leadership Something needs to be done about the poverty They are not showing the world that they are able to self rule