AMERICAN OCCUPATION

IN THE PHILIPPINES
TIMELINE
 FEBRUARY 15, 1898
• U.S. BATTLESHIP – “MAINE” BLOWN
UP IN HAVANA, CUBA WHICH
RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF 246
AMERICANS. THE AMERICANS
BLAMED THE SPANIARDS AS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS INCIDENT.
• APRIL 25, 1898, US CONGRESS
PASSED A FORMAL DECLARATION
OF WAR AGAINST SPAIN.
 MAY 1, 1898
• BATTLE OF MANILA BAY – WAR
BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND
THE SPANIARDS IN THE
PHILIPPINES. THE AMERICANS
WERE LED BY COMMODORE
GEORGE DEWEY.
 SIGNIFICANCE
• IT HERALDED THE RISE OF
AMERICA AS WORLD POWER.
• IT MARKED THE END OF SPANISH
RULE IN THE PHILIPPINES
• IT MARKED THE COMING OF THE
AMERICANS TO THE
PHILIPPINES.
 AUGUST 13, 1898
• MOCK BATTLE BETWEEN
SPAIN AND AMERICA
• FALL OF MANILA
 AUGUST 14, 1898

• ESTABLISHMENT OF
AMERICAN MILITARY
GOVERNMENT IN THE
PHILIPPINES
 DECEMBER 10, 1898
• CONCLUSION OF THE TREATY OF
PARIS BETWEEN SPAIN AND
AMERICA WHICH PROVIDED THAT
SPAIN WOULD CEDE THE
PHILIPPINES TO THE UNITED
STATES IN RETURN FOR WHICH
SHE WOULD RECEIVE $20
MILLION FROMK THE US AS
PAYMENT FOR IMPROVEMENTS
MADE IN THE COLONY.
• THE TREATY OF PARIS DID NOT
GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL AFTER
THE AMERICAN SENATE HAD
RATIFIED IT. THE PROPONENTS
OF RATIFICATION DID NOT
COMMAND A MAJORITY IN THE
SENATE, FOR MANY SENATORS
BELIEVED THAT THE TREATY
WAS UNFAIR TO THE FILIPINOS.
 BENEVOLENT
ASSIMILATION
• A PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY
PRESIDENT WILLIAM
MCKINLEY ON DECEMBER 21,
1898 WHICH BECAME THE
BASIC POLICY OF AMERICA IN
THE PHILIPPINES.
FILIPINO-AMERICAN WAR
• PRIVATE WILLY GRAYSON FIRED ON
AND KILLED A FILIPINO SOLDIER WHO
WAS CROSSING THE SAN JUAN BRIDGE
AT ABOUT 8:00 PM OF FEBRUARY 4,
1899. DESPITE AMERICA’S SUPERIOR
MIGHT, AGUINALDO DECLARED WAR.
• AMERICAN WAR CORRESPONDENTS
SENT DISTORTED NEWS OF THE
OUTBREAK OF WAR TO THE U.S.,
MAKING IT APPEAR THAT FILIPINOS
PROVOKED THE FIGHT.
 RATIFICATION OF THE
TREATY OF PARIS
• THIS DISTORTED WAR
NEWS CAUSED THE U.S.
SENATE TO RATIFY THE
TREATY OF PARIS ON
FEBRUARY 6, 1899.
MILITARY GOVERNMENT
• THE FIRST GOVERNMENT
ESTABLISHED BY AMERICA IN
THE PHILIPPINES WHICH
LASTED FROM AUGUST 14,
1898 TO JULY 4, 1901.
 MILITARY GOVERNORS OF
THE PHILS
• 1. Gen. Wesley Merritt - August 14-29, 1898
• 2. Gen. Elwel S. Otis - August 29, 1898 to
• May 9, 1900
• 3. Gen. Arthur MacArthur - May 9, 1900 to July
• 4, 1901
• 4. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee - July 4, 1901 to 1902
• 5. Gen. George W. Davis - July 4, 1902 to 1903
•
 CIVIL GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT THAT WAS
ESTABLISHED BY AMERICA
ON JULY 4, 1901 UNTIL
THE INAUGURATION OF
THE PHILIPPINE
COMMONWEALTH.