America Vs Philippines Research Paper

Austin Evans
12/2/15
Ms. Long
History 4
America vs Philippines
The freedom for the Philippines came from the blood shed on the battlefield between the Spanish and American armies. It all started in the year of 1898. The United States was fed up with the horrible treatment the Philippines and Cuba was getting from the Spanish. Later on, in 1899, the U.S. defeated the Spanish and won over the two territories. It was decided to let Cuba become its own country and annex the Philippines. The U.S. should not have annexed the Philippines because it is against the constitution, the U.S. was being hypocritical and Abe Lincoln didn’t want it.
One reason why the U.S. shouldn’t have annexed the Philippines is because the U.S. was being hypocritical. Before
shouldn’t have annexed the Philippines is because it is against the constitution. In Doc. D William Jennings Bryan states “ dare not educate them lest they learn to read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States and mock us for our inconsistency” (Bryan 153). In this quote Bryan states that if we teach the Filipinos how to read the might find that the U.S. is going against its constitution to annex the Philippines. He is also saying that the Filipinos will mock or criticize the U.S. for doing
shouldn’t have annexed the Philippines is because Abe Lincoln didn’t want it. One person who went against it was Abraham Lincoln. He brings up a point even before America makes this decision. In Doc A he infers “no man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent . . .” (Lincoln 147). He is saying that no one is good enough to rule over other people without their permission. This quote relates to the annexation of the Philippines because the U.S. was doing exactly what Lincoln didn’t want. They were annexing the Philippines without their permission. The Filipinos did not want to be part of the U.S., they wanted to be