GROUP 2 describes on how the Filipino army was
defeated by the first wave of the
American Colonization
• President McKinley's aim going into the
war was to take as much of the
Philippines as he could, then only keep
what they want during peace
negotiations. McKinley saw the
Philippines as an American protectorate
or colony from an administrative
standpoint.
• The American President Appointed
military generals to govern the
Philippines. Their names are Gen.
Wesley Meritt, Gen. Elwell Otis, and
Gen. Arthur MacArthur.
• Main purpose is to prepare the
Philippines for autonomy and
independence, however, not everything
has gone well.
• Men of the Balangiga and one woman
who known as Casiana Nacionales had a
secret meeting to stop Americans for
abusing them.
• The 2 bells from the town of Balangiga
were taken by the American troops as to
avenge the death of the 48 soldiers who
were killed by the Filipinos. In August
2018, the United States return the bells
to the Philippines.
• Private William Grayson fired the first
shot to start the Philippine-American
war.
• The White Man’s Burden encourage the
Americans to take over or imperialize
the Philippines and warn the former that
the Filipinos will not be easy to conquer
and will resist imperialism.
• During the American Colonization, the
Americans did not recognize the
presidency of Gen Emilio Aguinaldo.
• The chapter 10 (End and Fall of the
Revolution) of “La Revolucion Filipina”, it
American troops and how the Filipino
troops are not well prepared for the war.
Aguinaldo believed that Luna was
plotting to wrest him from the supreme
authority.
• Luna would have succeeded on
maintaining discipline to the Filipino
army if Aguinaldo supported him, but it
was written that Aguinaldo became
jealous of Luna. Luna had received a
telegram from Aguinaldo asking him to
go in Cabanatuan for exchange view but
when Luna arrived, Aguinaldo was not in
there and he was killed by Filipino
soldiers who were court-martialed.
• The Mock Battle in Manila is the fake
battle staged by the American troops
and embattled Spanish forces in Manila.
• General Miguel Malvar a Filipino
revolutionary general who continued
fighting the Americans even after Emilio
Aguinaldo and Mariano trias had
surrendered.
• Our education is highly influenced by the
Americans during the American
Colonization.
Laws during the American
Colonization.
• Sedation Law of 1902
o imposing the death penalty, a
lengthy jail sentence, or an
exorbitant fine on anybody who
would dare to speak out in favor
of independence or write about
it.
• The Flag law of 1807
o prohibited the Filipinos to
display flags, banners, emblems,
or devices for the purpose of
rebelling against the Americans.
 • Reconcentration Act language to take The natives will fight
o To restrict Filipino movements away the native’s with their weapons if
feeling of threat or they will be angered.
and break up their cooperation
terror.
with the guerillas, residents
were forcibly relocated from “To seek another's “The brown man's
their houses to camps. profit, loss must ever
• Brigandage Act And work Imply the white
another's gain” man's gain.”
o branded as a bandit anybody
who expressed opposition to Implies that the
The author says that
the new regime. it is the natives who Europeans believe
will gain from that natives had to
The White Man’s and Brown colonialism, not the suffer for them to
strive.
Man’s Burden. Americans
themselves.
A White Man’s A Brown Man’s
Burden Burden The blame of those “Pile on the brown
ye better, man's burden,
The hate of those And if his cry be
“Take up the White “Pile on the brown ye guard— sore,
Man's burden— man's burden The cry of hosts ye That surely need not
Send forth the To gratify your humour irk you--
best ye breed— greed; (Ah, slowly!) Ye've driven
Go bind your sons Go, clear away the toward the light:— slaves before.”
to exile "niggers" "Why brought ye us
To serve your Who progress from bondage,
captives' need;” would impede;” Our loved
Egyptian night?" The natives cry will
The author In reaction to A no longer matter as
describes the white White Man’s burden, The author says that Europeans had done
men as superior the author says the instead of gratitude, colonizing other
and that their trip to White Men’s coming the natives will islands before.
the island is a only shows their blame their
sacrifice to be able greed, to put death protectors and hate
to serve the native’s on natives who have
or Filipino’s needs their guards. And
their own culture and
as he sees it. progress. will cry out why
their nights had
In patience to “And, if ye rouse been suppressed.
abide, his hate,
To veil the threat of Meet his old- “The lightly “And through the
terror fashioned reasons proffered laurel, world proclaim
And check the With Maxims up to The easy, That ye are
show of pride; date. ungrudged praise. Freedom's agent--
By open speech With shells and Comes now, to There's no more
and simple, dumdum bullets search your paying game!
An hundred A hundred times manhood And, should your
times made plain. made plain.” Through all the own past history
thankless years, Straight in your
The White Men will Cold-edged with teeth be thrown,
use simple dear-bought Retort that
wisdom, independence
The judgment of Is good for whites
your peers!” alone.”

The author implores Implies that

the White Men to Europeans regards
diligently do their themselves
duty to colonize the as superiors and
natives and to act deserves
more responsibly Independence and
as men and ignore Freedom and for
the unwarranted other islands to be
praise and colonized and
judgment of peers educated through
because their duty their dominion.
to colonize is more
important.