America steps into Imperialism
The Spanish-American war had ended and America emerged victorious, U.S. military enlisted the Filipino forces to achieve this victory. The Filipino forces were lead by revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo. Aguinaldo joined with American forces in hope of Philippine independence. Much like Cuba and been granted, this was not the case.
On December 10, 1898 America and Spain came to an agreement following the war and formed the Treaty of Paris despite protest from the Philippines. One of the things this did was to grant the Philippines islands as a U.S. territory. Aguinaldo and the islands did not want a new nation to rule them, they wanted independence. This desire for independence resulted in one of the bloodies conflicts against the United States.
The Philippine Insurrection began with a skirmish was started by an itchy fingered American on the night of February 4, 1899, just outside of Manila. Initially the Filipino forces used traditional......

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Title: Filipin Insurection
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