American Imperialism and the Philippines

The Philippines at the end of the last century experienced an internal revolution, and Emilio Aguinaldo emerged as the leader. At the time, the Spanish were fighting an unsuccessful war in Cuba and wanted to end the fighting in the Philippines, so they offered Aguinaldo and his supporters amnesty if Aguinaldo would go into exile. He agreed. However, in May 1898, an American fleet entered Manila Bay and destroyed the Spanish fleet, part of the expansion of the Spanish-American War. Aguinaldo returned from exile, expecting support from the United States, and was elected president of the new republic. Leaders in the U.S., however, would not accept the idea of independence for the Philippines and were instead eager to establish a military and commercial presence in the Far East. This led to a Filipino war against the United States. It was over this war that the arguments were waged between the

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