WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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They believed that the United States would be a kinder ruler than Spain.
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They believed that they would become a U.S. colony.
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They believed that the U.S. would protect them from Japan.
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They believed that they were fighting for their Independence.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On February 4, 1899, just two days before the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty, fighting broke out between American forces and Filipino nationalists led by Emilio Aguinaldo who sought independence rather than a change in colonial rulers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Philippine rebels had been waging guerrilla warfare against Spanish colonialism long before the U.S. became involved. Their exiled leader, Emilio Aquinaldo, communicated with the U.S. Army already on its way to the Philippines. He believed the United States would help the “Insurrectos” gain independence from Spain.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Filipinos felt betrayed by the U.S. government after the Spanish-American War because the U.S. told the Filipino people that they were helping them achieve their independence from Mexico and yet when the war was over the U.S. annexed the Philippines and did not allow them to have their independence.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the U.S. war in the Philippines between 1899 and 1904 (which grew out of the Spanish-American War that had erupted in 1898), ordinary American soldiers shared the nationalist zeal of their commanders and pursued the Filipino “enemy” with brutality and sometimes outright lawlessness.