HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Philippine Scouts, Emilio Aguinaldo, Philippine Revolution
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Spanish colonization (1521 to 1898: magellan, portuguese explorer, finds philippines. Filipinos incorporated to spanish military forced filipinos to convert to catholicism: treated as inferiors. Spanish church runs economic system oppressive form of colonization. Philippine revolution 196-98: rebellious insurgents v. anti-colonial revolutionaries . Spanish-american war 1898: treaty of paris 1898, the philippines, puerto rico, guam, and cuba, american protectorate/possession, liberator v. conqueror . The white mans" burden propaganda piece for imperialism or mockery of imperialism but rudyard kipling was a supporter duty to bring civilization to other areas. Philippine-american war 1899-1902 (philippine war of independence or the philippine. Insurrection: emilio aguinaldo, americans believed war would end quickly since philippines supposed to be uncivilized , americans begin questioning if war was justified racialization racial conflation. Savages, heathens, barbarians, natives, primitives : mestizos, have class privilege ilustrados (enlightened) katipunan. President william mckinley"s justification for taking over philippines. Benevolent assimilation : introduce american culture such as language, education, etc. divide and conquer warfare.
