PhilippineAmericanWar

= Mona Cheng Philippine-American War = = (1898-1902) =

Who Was Involved:
**Reasons for War :**
 * 200,000 American troops
 * 4,300 deaths from the war.
 * Filipino troops
 * At least 50,000 deaths from the war.
 * __**Emilio Aguinaldo**__
 * Ran the government of the Philippines
 * Filipinos were loyal to him.
 * __**General Arthur MacArthur**__
 * American commander occupying in the Philippines.
 * __ **Imperialism** __-- A continuation of Manifest Destiny?
 * America wanted to __**expand their lands**__ as well as their **__international power__**. One way they decided to accomplish this is by establishing control over smaller nations.
 * Americans wanted to **broaden their consumer market**.
 * Filipinos wanted their __**independence**__
 * Fought against Spanish rule even prior to 1898
 * Fought again American occupation of lands in the Philippines.

What Happened :

 * What was the Americans' role in the war?
 * Cruel and Harsh.
 * Captured Filipinos who were using guerrilla warfare and often executed them.
 * Put Filipinos in some communities into concentration camps.
 * Ruined villages, farms, crops, and livestocks of the Filipinos
 * Some troops -- began to enjoy killing Filipinos
 * **15 Dead Filipino : 1 Injured Filipino <-- Ratio**


 * **March 1901 - Capture of Emilio Aguinaldo**
 * Signed papers that **ended the fighting** with Americans in the Philippines.
 * Pledged his allegiance to the U.S.
 * Americans now had control over the Philippines.

After the War :

 * 1901 - William Howard Taft became governor of the Philippines
 * **Americans sponsored public renovations**
 * Built roads, schools, bridges, sewers.
 * Financial reforms
 * Administrative reforms
 * Establishing of a public heath system.
 * **Phillipe economy -- reliable on the U.S. economy**
 * Fishing, agriculture, timber, mining.

=** __*Gained Independence on July 4th, 1946*__ ** =

Sources :
Alan Brinkley, "American History" Textbook