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The Truce
a group of Filipinos led by Emilio Aguinaldo fought a war of independence, which ended in a truce. Emilio Aguinaldo formed a group of people who fought against the annexation of the Philippines. The truce was called Biak-na-bato. The Truce was between the Philippines and Spain. The Philippines had already been colonized by Spain and was turned into a predominantly Christian area. After the truce, Biak-na-bato, the Philippines singed a peace treaty. -
The rebels retreated to Hong Kong
The Filipino rebels retreated to Hong Kong snd they met with Aguinaldo. They started to build a treaty and prepared for a war with Spain. The US thought they could use the Philippines as allies in the war against Spain. -
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Main Events
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The US first invade the Philippines
The start of the US-Philippine war was on may 1st of may in 1898. The war would last for many years and impact the culture in the Philippines for even longer. Their was a lot of controversy against the annexation of the Philippines. However, the US continued to invade the Philippines. -
The US secured the entire Philippine islands
By October of 1898, the US had taken control of all of the Philippine islands. The Philippine army was still fighting the war and a lot of Filipinos formed rebel groups to fight the US. -
Anti-Imperialist League
The people who opposed the war, colonization and the annexation of the Philippines created the anti-imperialist league that grew to 100,000 members in only three months that shows is was widely popular. However, many newspapers and other public displays were not in favor of their movement, and the US voted to colonize the Philippines. They believed by colonizing the Philippines, The US economy and trade would grow and become stronger because of the relationship between the Philippines and Asia. -
The War
By 1899, both sides were in a full out war. The deaths increased in the Philippines. The Philippines were no longer fending off an invader, they were fighting in a war. The US was the stronger side. They were set on invading the Philippines. a soldier from Nebraska said "We came here to help, not to slaughter, these natives…I cannot see that we are fighting for any principle now." which is proved by the soldiers use of the word "slaughter" and the fact that they were not killing troops. -
The start of the American- Filipino war
On the 4th of February, the US invaded the Philippines in an attempts to colonize the Philippines. After a lot of controversy on the annexation, the US decided that over all, the war would benefit the US. The Philippines was much smaller and weaker. The US believed that the Philippines could not stand alone as it's own colony and would soon fall into anarchy. The US thought that the Philippines would likely be taken over by China or Japan, and the US thought it would improve the economy. -
First stage of the war
Aguinaldo tried and failed to beat the well trained american troops in februrary-november of 1899 in the first phase of the philippine-american started. The americans invaded the Philippines and the Filipinos had to defend themselves. The Filipinos were not prepared for the war and the americans had a much larger navy and army. The Americans quickly took control over the Philippines. -
The Support of the Anti Imperialism League
The anti Imperialist league continued to grow. Their was still a lot of controversy on the annexation of the Philippines within the US. Many public and political figures began to become more open about their views on the annexation of the Philippines. The anti Imperialism league would support the people that openly opposed the annexation of the Philippines. One of the people the Anti Imperialist league supported were, William Jenning Bryan who was the Democratic Candidate for President. -
The fall of the anti-imerialist league
The League supported many political candidates such as William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic candidate for President who opposed annexation Bryan ran a strong campaign against the Republican William McKinley and his new vice-president, Rough Rider Theodore Roosevelt. But many people did not support them and the league lost its power. -
The capture of Aguinaldo
The Filipino resistance had almost fully gone away by spring of 1902 after the capture of Aguinaldo and on July 4th, president roosevelt declared the conflict over. -
Deaths
By December of 1902, more than 220,000 Filipinos had dies because of the American-Filipino war. Only 20,000 of those people were Filipino troops that were fighting in the war. The other 200,000 Filipinos were civilians who died of famine, decease or violence on the streets. In addition to that, 4,200 American troops died in the American- Filipino war. The US had a much larger army and navy against the much smaller and weaker country. Im particular, the island of Luzon lost 1/8 of its population. -
The Philippines gains independence
In 1946, the Philippines gained independence after fighting for freedom for years. The Philippine-american war had only lasted a few years, but the Philippines had not gained full independence until 1946. After the Republic of the Philippines gained independence, the american influence still stayed. -
The effects of US imperialism on the Philippines
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The effects of US imperialism on the Philippines
The culture of the Philippines has changed due to of the US imperialism. The dance, music and literature was mainly influenced by the US and the Spanish. Current popular language is a modernized version of Tagalog, an older language, that is more comparable with english. They also adopted some Spanish words. The Philippines changes from the majority of the population following Animism to 90% of the population being Christian because of the Spanish. They also celebrate Christmas due to of the US. -
The Republic of the Philippines
Aguinaldo created the Republic of Philippines and asked for support from the US and Spain. They did not try to help the Philippines and instead ignored Philippines offer. Later, in August, Spanish forces surrendered to the US in Manila.
