The country I want to do for the Working for Good Festival is the Philippines. The Philippines, or also known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country made up entirely out of islands. It is located in Southeast Asia in the Pacific Ocean. Some of the neighboring countries to the Philippines are Taiwan and Vietnam. The reason why I want to do the Philippines is because my grandma is Filipino and I wanted to learn more about the culture. I know a little bit about the culture and what I know I can use in my research. The problem that is happing in the Philippines that recently happened is typhoon that struck on November 2013. The Super Typhoon Haiyan swept through the Philippines, a country almost close to ninety million people. The storm killed around ten thousand people in that country alone. That is why I want to do my research paper on the Philippines
The Filipino history started off with Portuguese navigator named Ferdinand Magellan, explored the Philippines in 1521. Twenty-one years later, a Spanish exploration party designated the group of islands in accolade of Prince Philip, who was later became to be known as King Philip II of Spain. Spain kept possession of the islands for the next three hundred fifty years. The Philippines were given to the United States in 1899 by the Treaty of Paris after the Spanish-American War. While the war was happening a treaty was signed, Emilio Aguinaldo the Pilipino leader at the, declared independence for the country. The United States didn’t want that to happen. The Filipinos started a guerrilla warfare against United States troops that ended when Emilio Aguinaldo's capture on March 23, 1901. In 1902, the Philippines made peace with all its neighboring areas except for for the Islami...
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...thers died in other parts of the central and southern Philippines. The government disaster agency said it could confirm only about one hundred fifty deaths so far from Typhoon Haiyan, although the president said it is expected the number to rise significantly:” (Interior Secretary Mar Roxas). “In Manila said people on the ground were reporting an estimated one thousand deaths on Leyte Island, where Tacloban is, and about two hundred on the neighboring island of Samar” (Red Cross). Some meteorologists said the storm, called Yolanda in the Philippines, hit land with sustained winds above 190 miles per hour, while others reported winds of 150 miles per hour. Some parts in the country thought the Philippines might have been spared high fatalities because the storm had moved so quickly, but they did not know that it had caused a serious storm surge, at least in Tacloban.
In my opinion The United States ordeal with Annexing the Philippines and the idea that we had of going into war with them was great mistake and should have been avoided. The Filipinos and Americans were deadlocked in war with each other. This all became a controversy with the two nations in 1898 when the Treaty of Paris between Spain and the United Stated ceded all seven thousand islands of the Philippine archipelago to the United States, for just a mere twenty-million dollars. Congress had approved the treaty with Spain, by February of 1899. Mckinley was on the verge of calling for the annexation of the Philippines which brought on a bloody two year struggle. In my opinion the United States was the cause of all of this because of three different reasons, for one our government would not...
Due to the fact that this area was constructed in colonial form, decolonization was attempted so that they could gain independent status. Once this started, these are when the challenges presented themselves. A sense of insurgency erupted and rebellion against the government occurred. The Muslim separatists and the communist rebels went against the government and challenged it. The problem was that Southeast Asia attempted to decolonize, but since the Americans won the Philippines from Spain in war they had their own rules. This caused problems between the both and mad an even bigger challenge for the regions of Southeast Asia to gain their independence. Once independence was gained, dictatorship with the region became a major challenge. For example, a man named Ferdinand Marcos inhibited many bad influences and was known for rigging the
... Americans built roads, schools, bridges, and sewers. Filipino self- rule had gradually increased and finally declared their independence on July 4, 1946. However, compared to Cuba and Puerto Rico, American rule has a lesser impact on the Philippine economy. The United States invaded Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines not to gain wealth, but for the purpose of getting trades.
Due to the growth of tension between Spain, the United States, and Cuba, Spain declared war on the United States on April 24. The United States accepted this by also declaring war, but on April 25. This war seemed to be unwinnable for Spain, for Spain did not prepare at all for the strength of the United States military forces. The United States military forces were fairly strong in this point of history, so you would expect for Spain to at least prepare naval forces. United States troops were sent into Manila Bay in the Philippines. They were sent on the first of May, 1898. With Spain horribly unprepared for the war that they declared first, the United States troops quickly defeated the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. Few casualties on the United States’ side, while the Spanish army suffered due to lack of preparation. The war ended on July 17, due to Santiago
The Spanish-American War began through pressure from the public to take action against ill treatment of the Cubans, military interests, and many more reasons while resulting in annexation, imperialism, the building of the Panama Canal, and more. Cuba was facing oppression at the hands of the Spanish nation and Americans, being at the receiving end of oppression before, the Americans felt empathy and sympathy towards the Cubans. Yellow journalism blew the actual events out of proportion and collected the money and anger of the people. The demands to assist the Cubans grew but McKinley was reluctant to engage the Spaniards, a world power, in battle. The explosion that blew up the Maine was the last straw and the U.S. sent in troops. After the Spanish-American war came the annexation of the Philippines and Hawaii. The U.S. built up its military forces and pushed its way into imperialism becoming a world power.
Welch, Richard E., Jr.? Response to Imperialism:? The United States and the Philippine-American War, 1899-1902.? Chapel Hill:? The University of North Carolina Press, 1979.
The Spanish American War, also known as “The Splendid Little War,” was a short-lived conflict between the United States and Spain in 1898. This war was a pretext for the Philippines War. During this time period Spain had control over several territories within the Caribbean because they were still a colonial power. Although Spain had control of the territories of Cuba and the Philippines, the inhabitants began to grow more and more rebellious as time passed. With the tension building between Spain and its territories, the United States was in a position to become their ally and help them fight to win their independence and gain territory within the Caribbean and Pacific at the same time. United States involvement is said to have risen from the Spanish policies in Cuba, but to an even greater extent, the efforts of U.S. expansionists brought the United States involvement about.
Seminar: Asian America: History and Writings of Chinese and Japanese Americans by Prof'in. Dr.Susanne Opfermann
Over the years, the Philippines has gone from being one of the richest countries in Asia to being one of the poorest. It has experienced growth and development since World War II. The current administration under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is aiming for a more rapid growth in the coming years. In 2004, the Philippine economy grew by 6.1% surprising everyone. In 2005, the Philippine peso appreciated by 6%, the fastest in the Asian region for that year. At present, the administration is meeting its expected target growth and is continually looking positive for the future.
In 1521, Magellan claimed the land for Spain, but was killed by local chiefs who did not want Spain’s inhabitance. However, the Spanish returned in 1543 and named the land Filipinas after King Philip II. Spain soon after began their control. At the time of the Spanish American War the colonial government in the Philippines was administered by a Governor-General selected in Spain. The Philippine islands were used to reward the king’s favorites who could return home enormous fortunes from natives and foreign immigrants via a system of taxation that savored of blackmail and confiscation. The Governor-General had a cabinet composed of the Archbishop of Manila, the Captain-General of the army and the Admiral of the navy stationed in the colonies. The administrative power lay with the Governor-General and the Archbishop, and the religious orders of the Spanish Catholic Church were the practical controllers.
I don’t believe the Philippine War was justified. There are more ways than war to solve the annexation of the Philippines. I agree on some of the policies, but not all of the policies, that were in place during that time period.
Philippines: Country Profile 2004 1 Dec. 2004 The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2004 15 Dec. 2004 www.eiu.com
Good morning everybody, by now all of you will have seen the morbid and shocking images on television. Known to man as one of the most damaging, disastrous and detrimental typhoons in history, Super Haiyan ravaged through our entire country leaving nothing to spare. Within a split second those which were known as our most prized possession were instantly consumed by the monstrous typhoon. Our initial reports show that this monstrosity left a wake of massive destruction that is unthinkable, unprecedented and horrendous. Thousands of neighbourhoods were left in ruins, thousands more were injured among those were children struggling with all their might to deny the horrible fact that their parents were lying on the ground, lifeless, cold, pale . The devastation is so staggering that I struggle to find words to describe the horrific events that have occurred.
It has three major island groups which are the Luzon, the largest island and where the capital is located; Visayan, and Mindanao. Eleven islands make up 94 percent of the Philippine landmass, and two of these--Luzon and Mindanao--measure 105,000 and 95,000 square kilometers, respectively. They, together with the cluster of the Visayan Islands that separate them, represent the three principal regions of the archipelago (many scattered islands in a large body of water) that are identified by the three stars on the Philippine flag.
The Philippine islands are located in Southeastern Asia, between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam. The country is made up of about 7000 islands, only 2000 of those islands are inhabited. The population of the country includes about 84,619,974 people. The people of this country are all very close to their families. They work together to make the income that their family needs to survive. Sometimes th...