The Coming of

America
 Table of contents
01 Why the
02 03 04 05
American came to Filipino Victories
The Education The Battle of Dictatorial
the Philippines. Against Spain
act of 1901 Manila Bay Government

06 07 08 09 10
Declaration of The Second
Surrender of Treaty of Paris Historical Values
Independence Revolutionary
Spain (1898)
Day Government
 Quote
Knowledge of
history helps
us to know
ourselves as
human beings.
 WHY THE
AMERICAN CAME
TO THE
• The Spanish-American War
• A war between Spain and United States started on April 21, 1898.
• February 15, 1898- American warship, Maine was blown up at the harbor
of Havana, Cuba
• New Lands
• For expansion of trade.
• The Philippines was close to CHina and Hawaii where they had large
businesses.
• American Bases
• They needed an Asian naval bases and ports to refuel,repair and supply its
growing navy and commercial ships.
4. The policy of “Manifest Destiny”
• Americans believed, it is their mission to civilize
Filipinos, to educate and train them for democracy, and
to make them better Christians.
5. The Filipino Invitation
• Filipinos asked the Americans to come to help them
fight the Spaniards in the Philippines.
THE EDUCATION
ACT OF 1901
• Authorized the colonial government to recruit American teachers to
help establish the new educational system.
• 80 former soldiers became teachers.
• In June 1901 on the ship Sheridan, 48 new teachers were recruited.
• August 1, 1901, on the Thomas, 523 teachers was added.
• Collectively, these teachers became known as the Thomasites
• Thomasites taught Filipinos:
⚬ English
⚬ Agriculture
⚬ Reading
⚬ Grammar
⚬ Geography
⚬ Mathematics
⚬ General and trade courses
⚬ Housekeeping ann household arts
⚬ Mechanical drawing
⚬ Free hand drawing
⚬ Athletics
THE BATTLE OF
MANILA BAY
 (The Battle of
Cavite)

• Took place on May 1, 1898 during the Spanish- American war.

• The U. S. Asiatic Squadron lead by Commodore George Dewey destroyed

the Spanish Pacific Fleet.
 FILIPINO
VICTORIES
AGAINST SPAIN
• In the fall (August) of 1896, Filipino nationalists
revolted against the Spanish rule that had controlled the
Philippines since the sixteenth century. Led by Emilio
Aguinaldo (1869-1964), the 1896 revolt carried the
Filipinos to an anticipated war with Spain and an
unanticipated war with the United States.

• In 1896 the armed struggle began in Manila and quickly

spread throughout the country. Aguinaldo defeated
Spanish forces in several battles and rose to become the
leader of Katipunan.
 • When the United States and Spain went to war over
Cuba, the Philippines joined the side of the U.S. On June
12, 1898, Aguinaldo declared the independence of the
Philippine islands, and in January 1899 he became the
president.

• Emilo Aguinaldo, after fighting with the U.S. against

Spain, was captured by the U.S. military in 1901 and
declared allegiance to the United States.
.
DICTATORIAL
GOVERNMENT
 The Dictatorial Government of the Philippines (Spanish: Gobierno
Dictatorial de Filipinas)

> An insurgent government in the Spanish East Indies inaugurated during

the Spanish–American War by Emilio Aguinaldo in a public address on
May 24, 1898, on his return to the Philippines from exile in Hong Kong,
and formally established on June 18.
> The government was officially a dictatorship with Aguinaldo formally
holding the title of "Dictator".
>The government was succeeded by a revolutionary government which was
established by Aguinaldo on June 23.
> In 1896, the Philippine Revolution began.
>In December 1897, the Spanish government and the revolutionaries
signed a truce, the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, requiring that the Spanish pay the
revolutionaries 800,000 pesos and that Aguinaldo and other leaders go into
exile in Hong Kong.
> In April 1898, at the outbreak of the Spanish–American War,
Commodore George Dewey aboard the U.S.S. Olympia sailed from Hong
Kong to Manila Bay leading the Asiatic Squadron of the U.S. Navy.
> On May 1, 1898, the United States defeated the Spanish in the Battle of
Manila Bay.
> Emilio Aguinaldo decided to return to the Philippines to help American
forces defeat the Spaniards. The U.S. Navy agreed to transport him back
aboard the USS McCulloch, and on May 19, he arrived in Cavite.
DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE
DAY
> Declaration of Independence Day in the Philippines On June 12,
1898, Aguinaldo proclaimed the independence of the Philippines
at his house in Cavite El Viejo.
> Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista wrote the Philippine Declaration
of Independence, and read this document in Spanish that day at
Aguinaldo's house.
> On June 18, Aguinaldo issued a decree formally establishing his
dictatorial government.
> On June 23, Aguinaldo issued another decree, this time
replacing the dictatorial government with a revolutionary
government (and naming himself as president).
 THE SECOND
REVOLUTIONARY
GOVERNMENT
•The revolutionary Government of the Philippines was a
revolutionary government established in the Spanish East
Indies on June 23,1898 during the Spanish American War by
Emilio Aguinaldo.

•The Government succeeded a dictatorial government which

had been established by Aguinaldo on June 18, and which
was dissolve and replaced by this government upon its
establishment.

•Aguinaldos new government had a cabinet of five

secretaries.

•The congress had both appointed and elected members

SURRENDER OF
SPAIN
•Led by Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964), the 1896 revolt
carried the Filipinos to an anticipated war with Spain and an
unanticipated war with the United States.
•The Spanish Governor General Fermin Jaudenes, secretly
talked to the Americans for the surrender of Spaniards. It was
agreed he would surrender after the little fight to save Spain's
honor
•The so called "BATTLE OF MANILA" began at 9:30AM of
August 13,1898 after only 1½ hour of fighting, at 11:00 AM it
was all over
•The Spanish white flag of surrender was hoisted on the
Intramuros
•August 14 1898- the American and Spaniards signed the
terms of surrender.
Quote
"We cannot
free ourselves
unless we
move forward
united in an
single desire
-Emilio
TREATY OF PARIS
(1898)
• This treaty, signed on September 3, 1783, between the American
colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and
formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
• Commissioners from the United States and Spain met in Paris on
October 1, 1898 to produce a treaty that would bring an end to the
war after six months of hostilities.
• The Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American War, and forced
Spain to cede the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico to the United
States. In return, the United States paid Spain $20 million for the
Philippines. President William McKinley was then faced with the
decision of what to do with the Philippines.
HISTORICAL
VALUES
• The Filipinos did not know that the Americans wanted to make the Philippines a
colony. That was why Aguinaldo, and the other leaders welcomed the Americans at
the beginning.
• When the Filipinos united under one leader during second part of revolution, they
had the help of a foreign power, they were successful.
• The Filipinos declared their own independence on June 12, 1898, but the Americans
took away our Independence and made us colony again.
4. The Filipinos could have captured the City of Manila. But
the secret deal between Spain and US cheated the Filipinos of
the real victory.

5. The Filipinos won the revolution against Spain, but spain

gave the Philippines to the United States
 COLONIZATIONS
SPANIARDS
• Spanish colonization had Catholic Church, Mestizos,
Spanish style of government and basic exclusive
education.
• The period of Spaniard colonialization of the
Philippines was 333 years.
• During the Spanish colonization, Philippines was very
chaotic, Filipino people were treated unfairly, church
ruled the country and Filipino suffered
AMERICANS
• American colonization had Protestantism, GI
Joes, American method of governance, and
much open education programs.
• The period of American colonialization of the
Philippines was 48 years.
• During the American colonization, Philippines
started to learn many things, Americans focused
on education and gave Filipino a chance to learn
how to read, write and speak. Government were
secularized and not ruled by the church
anymore.
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