What modern connections do you see between the actions and arguments of the Fili

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What modern connections do you see between the actions and arguments of the Filipinos and modern colonized peoples? What similarity in tactics do you see being used by the US then and now? (Feel free to compare the Philippine-American War to Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan - whichever conflict you have more knowledge of or interest in.) What was the overall effect on the Philippines? Was American "rule" (it did not receive its full independence until 1946) an overall benefit or harm to the Philippines as a people ... and a nation?

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Filipinos are a nation and ethnic group native to the Philippines that share a common Filipino culture and speak the Filipino language or one of the Philippine languages.

Filipinos were initially given very limited self government under the 1902.Philippines organic act passed by the United states congress including right to vote some specialized Philippines Assembly.

Similarities in tactis from the past US to the present.: 1)leadership : Both the sets of leaders were predominantly dedicated ,focused, and inspiring to their men.

2) Cause of the wars : Both the wars were occured in the name unity.Old American revolutionary war fought for the unity of the colonies of America and then now civil war fought for the unity of the union.

3)Outcome of the wars : Unity of nation was the main result of both the wars.

4)War between :Americans did fight fellow Americans , in the case of American Revolutionary war.Now in the case of civil war Americans from the North fought Americans from the south.

At both times Americans faced a hostile global ideology communism then violent Islamic Jihadism today and feared cells hidden in their midst.There is a lower threshold today for activities that impinge on our privacy and civil liberties.

Philippines -American War: The conflict firstly arose when the first Philippine republic objected to the terms of the treaty of Paris under which the United States took possession of the Philippines from Spain fighting started between Philippines and Americans at February 4, 1899 and escalated to second battle of manila in 1899.

After the Spanish American war while the American public and politician debated the annexation question , Filipino revolutionaries under the Aginaldo seized control of most of the Philippines main island of Luzon and proclaimed the establishment of the Philippines Independence.There are two phases..The first phases from february to november 1899 was dominated by Aquinal do's ill - fated attempts to fight a conventional war against the better trained and equipped American troops.THe second phase was marked by the Filipinos shift to guerilla - style war fare, began in november 1899 lasted in 1901 by the capture of Aguinaldo at which Filipino resistance has dissipated.US entered the conflict with military advantages that included a trained fighting force , a steady supply of military equipment.Many civilians died during conflict.After the fighting went on, the colonial government that US established in the philippines in 1900.US granted independence in 1946.Americans gave harm to philippines at last it gave independence and declared as nation.

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