For an uncensored version of this video: rumble.com/v2lfmsk-the-war-your-american-history-teachers-probably-didnt-tell-you-about.html Also, I recently joined some other history teachers in a podcast about the Philippine-American War that you can check out here: open.spotify.com/episode/11gDZCTOWmtDT9JHJKe2DU?si=5VUOxutgQBudzcqubCk9kw&nd=1 Thanks to The Casual Historian and Emperortigerstar for reading quotes in this video! Subscribe to both: The Casual Historian: www.youtube.com/@CasualHistorian Emperortigerstar: www.youtube.com/@EmperorTigerstar Which event in American history should I cover next?
With all the apparent corruption of the current Supreme Court, I'd be curious to know why the framers of the Constitution didn't put greater checks on the least democratic branch of government and where decisions by the Court always deemed the final say on constitutional matters or more guidance initially?
The Philippine American War is usually hidden in US History classes as part of the Spanish American War. The trick is that we focus on Cuba and the Rough Riders which lasted months, and ignore the Philippines which lasted the entirety of the "Spanish American War". Not to mention the failing to address what we did to Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba from 1898 to the present.
You've always struck me as a great example of someone who can criticize the US while proving you can still love your country even if you don't agree with everything it's done. I think teaching our whole history helps us realize how we can make our country better today.
If you think about it, most of the mistakes the US army committed in the Philippines, were repeated in the Vietnam war. There's no worse blind than the one who refuses to see and learn.
"Forget the past, doomed to repeat it." In 1973 I saw an article in an Ebony magazine about the last surviving black veteran of the Spanish American War . He also took part in the Phillipines War and he told how when he heard stories of what was going on in Vietnam, he recalled that they did the same tactics in 1900 against the Fillipinos.
I've heard many black soldiers in this war decided to stay in the Philippines because they have not seen racism in those islands with many Indigenous folks are black.
@@suskagusip1036 not just black people, many peruvian and mexican soldiers (white, mestizo and indigenous alike) during the spanish colonial period would escape in the mountains and settle with the local women there.
As a Filipino in the Philippines, it's extremely disappointing that the US liberated the Philippines just to take control of it. But I would also like to say that Emilio Aguinaldo is an incredibly terrible president like McKinley but in that he was extremely incompetent and killed his best general Antonio Luna which led to the Philippines losing the war because the entire army of the Philippines was just filled with youngsters like Gregorio del Pilar who all lost their battles. Edit: It's been 9 months and the reply section is now a war zone. I'm leaving now.
@@DiamondKingStudios Yes, Quezon defeated him in a landslide in the election of 1935. Aguinaldo was the head of the anti-American National Socialists against Quezon who was the head of the reformist Nacionalista Party.
We learned about this in my AP US history class in high school. I had an amazing teacher who had us reading primary sources from the era that weren't just written by famous white guys. He taught EVERYTHING that happened in the history of the continent, including the thriving native populations that existed here before the 1600s. I wish every student had this experience. Unbiased, raw history.
If you would really know history, you wouldn't blame COLOURS but poor ideologies/limited worldviews driven by those famous white guys 👀ツ ==> Unless you are doing exactly the same thing ¯\_(👀)_/¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The Philippino American war was in my ap us history textbook and we learned about it in class. It wasn't as detailed as this video. However it was only given a brief mention in the normal American history class. Which is interesting. Maybe its because ap is supposed to be college level?
Not only is it not taught in American high schools, but was denied by my history teacher when I brought it up. She said I was brainwashed. Wanted so badly to throw my shoe at the stupid woman.
Retired USAF Vet here and US Citizen currently living in The Philippines as a permanent resident, I found this video very informative. You Sir just gained a new subscriber. Please keep up the great videos.
As a Filipino, thank you for this video. We don't hate the U.S. and Americans for what happened in the past. All we want is an acknowledgement for the wrongs that were done to us. The same with the Japanese in WWII. Friendships and trust become stronger when you admit and show regret for mistakes.
Just reminded me of The 48 Rules of Power by Robert Greene. Forgot which rule was it, but it says something like this, "your enemies are more trust worthy than your formal friends.* If I miss quoted that my bad, its just something that appeared in my mind reading this very comment.
@@GTX311 🤣Just pointing out the obvious for those of you wearing rose colored glasses that live in social justice warrior lala land. There has never been a country that had a bloodless transition from colonialism to independence.
Hey, everyone. It's me from the 'Every President's biggest mistake' Filipino High School Dude. Mr. Beat, thank you like seriously as a Filipino, I feel grateful for this whole video. I must continue watching, and I'll edit this comment to see if there was anything wrong with the information. Once again, Thank you.
As a filipino in his senior years, I highly appreciate and commend the history lesson you presented, the one we should have gotten during our school days. Studying in an American organized and supervised institution made the matter even worse as you surely very well understand. Great work, more power and may your viewership grow in leaps and bounds.
This story is not True is far away from the truth. Thank you for our Heroes from the past especially for FILIPINOS and AMERICAN'S. Now the Philippines lead by Corrupt Politician Filipino in return We poor Filipino 80% has no free basic medication with $10 per day salary and very Low Social Security but Billionaire Filipino Politician has House in USA. Many Filipinos now struggle to have Job in USA and Spain to have better salary and better living. They are 6 million FILIPINO AMERICAN Now Filipino Politicians Brain wash Filipino students to continue the corrupt system in the Philippines. Independence is good for Corrupt Filipino Politicians. but Too bad for poor Filipino It was a big mistake to have Independence with the USA. The Gain is only for Corrupt Filipino Politicians.
Patriotism is being able acknowledge the bad things done by our government while trying to correct those mistakes. Thank you for not shying away from difficult topics that showcase the darker aspects of American history. The way you’ve handled these issues is a big inspiration to other social studies creators such as myself who want to cover similar topics. Great video as always!
@@alohatigers1199 Nah we're good. Status quo's fairly alright, keep letting us steal your jobs and money via remittance and we'll earn it back eventually anyhow. Oh and keep up with the free military shit, the vast majority of Filipinos like being the eastern vanguard of Democracy, despite it's flaws, after all.
@@Remember_Bubblebutt Germany: "I am incredibly ashamed of what I did, and I'm so sorry." America: "I don't remember doing anything like that..." Japan: "No, i didn't do anything wrong! It's actually your fault!"
@@thegreatteaman I think the US is better than Europe at acknowledging Racism from the past and the present in this country Europe just tends to forget about it and just doesn’t acknowledge racism at all which is why Racism is worse in Europe than the US as they don’t look fondly towards the Roma people or foreign Immigrants I personally have faced worse racism in European countries Netherlands and Ireland and France than the US or Canada combined so yeah I think Europe worse with Racism at least when it comes to every day prejudice racism
@@thegreatteaman Did Japan ever say that? From a Filipino's perspective, Japan did better at admitting their wrong-doings to us than the Americans, but maybe that's just me. Americans think they're our heroes because they helped us in WW2, which is cool, I guess. But they seem to shrug off all the warcrimes and massacres they'd committed prior to that. Japan, meanwhile, admitted that they were the villains. They didn't "hide their warcrimes". Not sure where Westerners get that idea. Japanese brutality has been long taught in our textbooks ever since grade school. And Japan has helped us a lot since then. Is it because Japanese brutality isn't really taught in Western schools? Japan didn't really attack the West in WW2. I remember not learning about the Holocaust until like high school-level History class, too. I swear a lot of Filipinos aren't even aware what the Holocaust was.
As a Filipino who stayed in US for a while, I remember when this was finally touched in our history class and everyone looked at me like I was supposed to thank them but glossed so much about that Spanish-American treaty. I wasn’t mad but I remember being weirdly weirded out how different Americans are taught about it compared to the Philippines.
Philippine history just isn’t held in significance in K-12 US history classes, especially in comparison to other countries that are given significantly more attention such as Japan and China.
Probably included it in the curriculum because you were present in the class. As far as I've heard, that horrific events deserves to be put on a pedestal akin to residential schools in Canadian history classes. Goes to show that even if we're part of the land that offers freedom to all, it wasn't always absolute or even fair. As an outsider, it helps to realize that even the best countries in terms of policies and government have dark histories. That we aren't necessarily perfect in every way, As a Filipino myself, it helps to know that the issue is being addressed. Although on a smaller scale than preferred, primarily because we are the descendants of people who went to war with each other. We shouldn't let the past dictate our future. Just like how we shouldn't let the future replicate our past.
Most of those who died during the Filipino-American War of Independence (NOT insurrection) were unarmed Filipino civilians due to "hamletting". Please read "Little Brown Brothers" by Leon Wolffe. Total death, according to this book, was about 300,000, but others said could have reached a million. The population of the Philippines at that time was only 8MM. Any apology so far? NONE!
@@effu9375You really thought you said something. 😂 A person who identifies as a woman. There you go. I defined it and literally spelled it out for you. In the Philippines there is also more than two genders.
@@daniel-panekThis is old history dear. Our ancestors, for mine my parents forgot it already and have nothing bad to say about the USA. From my parents words their lives were all good during the commonwealth government. They are gone now but those buildings, structures, schools, universities,hospitals, bridges, roads that were built in those periods were still standing. I myself graduated in high school and university built during that time. If you want proof my city is Iloilo/Panay island. The legacy of both Spain/USA still there being preserved...including the American cemetery of the fallen but not forgotten heroes of WW II.
Even in the Philippines, this is the most "underrated" war in the country. Many are unaware or at least have heard a little about Philippine-American war. Most Filipinos will often mention the Philippine-Spanish war or the Philippine-Japan war. The Philippine-American war is always downplayed and likely be a "filler" in Philippine history.
I don't think so, my Grade 6 Basic Education entails more discussion regarding the figures and the key events of the PH-American War. Right now, DepEd has expanded the discussion of the war in the 2023 K-10 Basic Curriculum Revision that is open to the public.
@@herrkommandank675 glad that in today's curriculum that is the situation. Maybe because I've graduated in high school years ago and K-12 in the country doesn't exist yet. Learning Philippine history on those days are pretty much speed running. Shitty public school education system and non-enthusiast history teachers are some factors that students become uninterested on the subject.
I taught Philippine history (private school though) for a few years and this war and the subsequent colonization was a pretty significant part of the curriculum. I feel like any Filipino child who paid any amount of attention in hekasi/sibika/araling panlipunan/civics class can recite the details of the mock battle and why the war started. There's even a couple of (surprisingly) mainstream hit movies about this time period (Heneral Luna and Goyo).
I wonder what year that was? i remember my history teacher telling us about it back in 2003 but we never really dwelled on it. It's like a 10 or 20 min lecture.
As a Filipino growing up in the Philippines, all these facts were made aware in our youth but didn’t get in the way of our relations in the current timeline. What is puzzling to me is that with all the foundation of history ingrained in us at such a young age learning about world history, America has not owned these horrors and since have not apologized to the day unlike Japan who gave the Filipinos resolution by being accountable for it. To this day, they offer apologies yearly to mark those dates they committed those atrocities. I hope that maybe one day, your country would show the same compassion, see the other side of what transpired, show acccountability to include this in their curriculum.
It is all "good Americans and bad Japanese and abusive Spaniards" that we know in the schools. We had a history teacher in my time in the early 80s that taught us a horror done by the Americans during the Philippines American War. The Americans made use of Filipino dead bodies as their shield or sandbag fortifications. There was a whole town that they burnt for revolting against them . And yes, they were successful in telling us that the Japanese are bad. They hid the history of horrible things they did to the Filipinos. What we all know, though true, is they liberated us from the Japanese led by the good General McArthur and his real good and friendly American soldiers.
I was born an American and I apologize for what these others done before me to the Filipino people not only that the American natives were also the target of the American government and this history is gone on these governments are in Wicked run by the devil and I vote for none of them I vote for Jesus Christ he's coming soon get saved by grace if you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God that he died was buried and resurrected on the third day according to the scriptures with all of your heart you will be saved go to Grace Bible believing Church in the Philippines
I was never taught a single thing about a war with the Philippines when in school (oh so long ago). The Spanish American War subject went from the sinking of the Maine and ended with we "acquired" the territories Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. I don't even remember learning where the Philippines was much less about a war with them. The it jumped to WWII and McArthur (not Arthur... Douglas :D ) and his withdrawal and return. I learned about the War with the Philippines when I met my Filipino girlfriend (now wife of 12 years) and wanted to know more about her native country. It was quite eye-opening and shameful to me because most of the Filipinos I've met love America and Americans even when they don't deserve it at times! I am just glad that we (America) came around to a better way of thinking eventually. Thank you for this video. It filled in a lot of information I was still ignorant of.
Thank you for shedding light on a topic that really is not discussed enough in American history. How are we as people meant to grow and learn if we don't talk about the mistakes our ancestors made? Side note, despite such a sad history I've found Filipino people to be some of the kindest and most charitable I've ever met. Great video as always!
Thank you for the breakdown. A war not taught in American schools,. As an American that loves the Philippines and Filipinos, I'm completely embarrassed by this.
Thank you for that apology. We also did horrible things to Americans during that war. There are no winners in war except for those profiting from it. Praying this bit of truth will resonate and bring peace to all.
@@rdc1431 nasanakaraan na iyon ngunit huwag ninyong kalimutan na ipinag laban tayo nang mga ninuno. Kaya huwag ninyong yakapin ang ibinibigay nang dayuhan ngayon katulad nang mga kabaklaan at hambog na pag uugali
When I read the title, I honestly was wondering which war you were referring to. I’m from New York, and in all the American history classes I’ve been in, teachers never taught us about The Barbary Wars, The Northwest Indian War, The Toledo War, The Seminole Wars, Bleeding Kansas, The Philippine-American War, or even The Mexican-American War. We did however learn about War of 1812 and Spanish-American Wars though, because reasons. Thankfully, they did at least teach us about The American Indian Wars, so there’s that I guess.
@@MusMasi well actually, that was kinda in a grey area. You see a group of Hawaiian born white supremacists convinced a corrupt government official to send in the us military to back their coup d’état, and to my knowledge, no actual battles were fought, so it its difficult for it to even be classified as an actual war.
Thank you, thank you, Mr Beat. This video is an important historical review. I grew up in Mexico where for obvious reasons history classes are more critical of the US. However it was my dad that thought me about the Philippine-American War. I'm now a world geography teacher of 27 years and about to retire and I'm yet to run into ANY account of this horrible war.
One thing you left out is that a major reason for the Philippines’ loss was that they couldn’t easily get weapons smuggled into the country because they were on islands. Unlike revolutions in mainland countries where weapons can be more easily transferred in to help the rebels. Very tragic consequences.
Yeah true. Also the Japanese illegally supplied the Filipinos with weapons by sea, but it's only a few weapons that are in Filipino possession. The Americans might have encountered a Filipino soldier holding a Japanese Rifle, there is no source to that encounter but just check it on Wikipedia and you might find Japanese Weapon(s) during the Filipino-American War.
In our Philippine history class in college, we read an essay comparing the Philippine-American War to the Vietnam War. One of the reasons why Vietnam succeeded while the Philippines failed was the timing in history. At the time when the US occupied the Philippines, imperialism was generally condoned by world powers at the time. By the time the Vietnam War happened, imperialism was no longer condoned by most world powers as other colonies in Asia had gained independence or were gaining independence. Other reasons why the US won was the ineptitude of the Philippine revolutionary government, which had been hampered by regional loyalties and certain factions getting offered by the US positions in their would-be government. In terms of technology to fight the war and the terrain, these should have favored the Filipinos. The Filipinos had the Spanish firearms imported from Germany but unfortunately the typical Filipino did not know how to use these firearms. A lot of the natives also lacked discipline. Aguinaldo was a town mayor prior to joining the revolt against Spain. A lot of his town folk were loyal to him more than the Philippine nation. Aguinaldo did seek the advice of the best minds but he ended up listening to those who flattered him. Two prominent members of his government, Pedro Paterno and Felipe Buencamino, were talking deals with the US behind Aguinaldo's back.
Plus, the unpopularity of the Vietnam War among the American citizens convinced the government to pull out of Vietnam just as they were finally making notable strides in winning the war. The Tet Offensive in particular was a disaster for the North that they never recovered from until the Americans abandoned the South to be on their own.
You forgot the major reason Vietnam won, they had the backing of both the Sovient Union and China connected via idoelogy. The Philippines is also isolated geographicaly from its potential supporters like China and Japan. Weapons have to be shipped far away. Even the soon to be Chinese president at the time sent weapons to the Philippines until the ship got caught in a storm
" A lot of his town folk were loyal to him more than the Philippine nation. " Oh so not much have changed then huh? Only this time, it seems tribalism too has come to American shores with a cult of Trumpism.
I'm nit completely sure this is what you are suggesting, but it seems like it is. The improvement of the USA in Vietnam was not imperialistic. The USA was not invading. It was a civil war that the USA took sides in.
As a Filipino, good summarization of the war without being exactly biased towards one side despite you, the creator, being American themselves. I'd like to add on that wasn't touched at all from this was the so-called "Balangiga Massacre". I'd say, that this topic was also a bit not known much even to the Filipinos. I suggest trying to dig deeper about this incident as I feel it's a very good topic to talk about on.
I’m Filipino who grew up in California. I was never thought about the Philippine American War in the America until I went home to the Philippines. The local people would bring me back to my roots and explain to me Philippine history.
As a Filipino, I already mostly knew the ins and outs of this war from the Philippine side. What was refreshing was the American side and the political intrigue that resulted in the shift of policy between McKinley and Rosevelt. Thanks again for highlighting our history with the Americans (as it is always portrayed that the Americans were the friends of the Filipinos all along, especially with the camaraderie between the two during World War 2) in shades of gray rather than the black and white us vs them commonly taught in schools.
Agreed. I've read about everything here in a highschool textbook although not in the same level of detail. Just makes me wonder if our countrymen that claimed they never learned of the event just never paid attention or read their textbooks.
@@carlisclosetedphgt3666 Yeah this is a thing in the Philippines called “Pinoy Baiting” where the mere mention of Philippines will summon waves of Filipinos to the comments sections with “As a Filipino” as you say. Simply because Filipinos (or some under represented Asians in general) aren’t used to being represented in western media (to be very specific, white people), and when they do, they tend to get very patriotic about it. This effect is very apparent in Philippines though so I can’t fault you for getting annoyed hahaha
Although we had a rough start I believe that the US and Philippines are better off working together today against Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. Much love and respect to your people.
As a Filipino who studied this in Elementary and High school I never thought I'd actually learn more about this war in the future which is well now the present. I thank you very much for well this, and the fact that you're telling the people of the world a piece of history that has been well of course not been known much. It makes me happy, thankful, and of course somewhat be reminded of well the things that my country used to stand for. Please keep doing what you're doing, teaching us pieces of history that aren't tackled alot.
Ngl, Schools nowadays tend to skip the Filipino-American War after the Spanish-American War. They thought the wars are just the same conflicts, or the F-A War is irrelevant to a topic or in general. As a Filipino myself, my AP teacher did not knew about the Filipino-American War while we were learning about the Filipino Revolution. She only knew about the Philippines was sold to the US from Spain after the Spanish-American War until a very scary Japanese empire destroyed the hell out of us until the Americans liberated us and was hailed them a hero. That's it.
The Philippines American war was not just about political and military strategy. It was also a license to take a lot of resources from the Philippines. The number 1 export of the Philippines from 1905 up until the 80’s was gold and other precious metals. Some of these companies are still listed in the NYSE. Benguet Corp. and Lepanto Mines were the first companies listed as American Companies in the early 1900 in the American Stock Exchange. It was producing most of the US gold reserves up until the 70’s until they changed the gold standard to the dollar standard.
@@andrewdavidson4421nope, the philippine natives were very known to handle gold like experts (written in the journal of pigafetta's). And the fact that a lot of islands/tribes were left alone in the spanish colonial era until the american genocide, its not a stretch. Until now there are still mining happening behind the bushes of provincial areas.
Informative, lucid, fair. The photo of the little girl tied to a pole at the end of the video is heartbreaking. She came from one of the Cordillera (Igorot) tribes of Northern Philippines, probably of the Ibaloi, Kankana-ey or Bontoc ethnolinguistic group. The photo was taken at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World’s Fair). The fate of the Filipinos who were transported to the fair as human exhibits remains uncertain to this day, but some of their descendants may still be alive in the U.S. today. BTW, I was stunned to discover in the photo at the mention of the Philippine Organic Act, one of my ancestors seated on the front row.
The Philippine-American War was a topic I had to read about for a history contest in my sophomore year (Honor in the Dust). The crimes were so bad that some military officers had to go on trial for it. It’s a very intriguing yet deplorable topic and it really showed how power-hungry 1900’s America was. Great video.
New subscriber here. I respect your balanced take on this part of Philippine and US history. You have your own very interesting and captivating way of narrating the story. Looking forward to the rest of your work. Mabuhay!
I generally love your material, and I play many of your videos in my own GED classroom. But this one was even better than most. I am so grateful to you for covering this remarkably neglected topic. Thank you, sir.
Many of us haven't forgotten however our crab mentality just makes us think that "Anything Goes" in Philippine History and in the Philippine Government.
If given the choice between Americans and any other invaders, I chose Americans because at least they mellow out in their bloodstreak and actually spent the time, energy, and money to build this country up. Everyone who has a grandparent born before 1941 wouldn't love the Japanese that much, I had a great grandmother that escaped to Bukidnon from Ilocos Sur just to escape the Japanese...
Bro seeing this video title and thumbnail from a RUclipsr I like is so surreal! I love learning about the Philippine - American war and get happy that it’s slowly getting more recognition. Thank you Mr.Beat
I was very upset when I had to learn on my own about the Philippine-American war. The Balangiga Massacre especially, was so cruel and it happened *"after the war"* I have to remind myself everytime I learn more about history that it all happened in the past and I shouldn't put the blame to anyone. I really appreciate this video. It's important to be aware of this.
My high school teacher did cover it. But combined it with the reform movements, the book, “The Jungle”, and Teddy Roosevelt’s life and John McKinley’s assassination. This was several chapters combined with limited coverage of each thing. No deep dive like the Civil War or WWII. It was like an overview.
Thanks for covering this it really means a lot. I was born in the Philippines but raised in the US and it wasn’t until recently that I learned just how entangled and twisted the history of the Philippines was with the US. I also learned about how often Filipino-American contributions get swept under the rug. It makes me want to cry. Like many are saying I don’t hate Americans but I’d be lying if I didn’t say there was a part of me that feels so much vitriol, grief, despair, confusion, frustration, erasure, and loneliness towards not just the US but all of the different countries that tried to subjugate us over and over and over again. I don’t think a lot of Filipino Americans realize just how much of our heritage we lost. The US has always been upheld as this “savior.” I’m not saying it’s bad to be American but compared to other Fil-am kids I had such strong ties to my heritage that most fil-am kids didn’t. To me, the US took my sense of identity away. I didn’t choose to grow up here. As a young child all I wanted was to be white, blonde, and blue-eyed. No one in American media looked like me and when Asian representation began to grow in media it STILL wasn’t me. I will never ever fully be seen by my peers as 100% American or 100% Filipino I’ll always be something lesser than one or the other. This is a pain I know many fil-am people go through and experience at different intensities. Our histories are important to learn from and to heal from. Thanks for this Mr. Beat. It means more than you know.
Well presented. My great uncle served in the 168th Infantry in WWI. He greatly admired General Pershing. There was a photo of the General on display in his home. This made me interested in General Pershing. I read many books about WWI and others about our involvement in the Philippines. In addition, my uncle received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star as a machine gun sergeant during WWII in the Philippines. This added to my interest about the area. A sad part of US history.
In my native Zamboanga City, you will find a place dedicated to him, Plaza Pershing. Incidentally, the first Filipino to die in American service in France during the WW 1, was from my City, Pvt. Tomas Claudio.
As an historian and anthropologist of the Philippines, I want to say that this is an excellent video on this conflict. This war and subsequent colonization was in some ways a preview of what would come later in the Vietnamese-American War. The idea of scorched earth and mass killings was the response, as you say, to guerrilla warfare. Guerrilla warfare is almost always going to happen in a resistance movement such as this. So all of the atrocities committed in the Philippines were basically immediately forgotten and then repeated in Viet Nam. And then again in Iraq and Afghanistan. The actual colonial period that followed had massive repercussions for Filipino politics that are felt today. For example, American federalist policies are essentially what created the local warlords that turned into the modern political and economic dynasties in the country. These powerful families dominate politics and economics. Another issue most people gloss over is how women’s rights suffered under the Americans. For the most part, women and men had a very high level of gender equality even after 300 years of Catholic influence. This is because Spain had not really expended many resources in trying to change Filipino culture outside of conversion to Christianity; for example, Spanish language never became a major language in the archipelago, with only around 10% of Filipinos ever gaining fluency. Intermarriage was also rare, preventing large cultural transfer or creation of a creole or mestizo class (Mestizos mentioned in historical records in the Philippine context actually refer to Chinese-Filipinos, whereas Spaniards and the very few Spanish-Filipinos were called blancos; Filipinos often having Hispanic names originated with the Claveria Decree of 1849, not because of intermarriage, as both Spanish tax records and modern population genetics studies show). However, during the American period, the Filipinos in the congress wanted to include women in the government, but three times in a row the Americans stamped this out. The Americans essentially made a point to marginalize women in politics. Despite that, the Philippines still has had two women presidents, but there are issues of representation in congress until now. Under the Americans as well began the resettlement policies in Mindanao, where Ilokano and Bisayan-speakers were moved into Mindanao to push out Muslims. This has led to continued marginalization of Muslims in the south. There is really a lot more to discuss on this topic, but in many ways it is arguable that 50 years of colonialism from the US affected the modern Philippines more deeply than 300 years with Spain.
US Policies were devastating, especially from the Commonwealth Period, but I beg to differ that the country is still in a dire state after all the reforms, developments, and progress that the country has already and is still pursuing. The country that you're referring to and where I live has been relatively growing and prospering, now experiencing constant 6% growth that made it the 32nd largest economy in the world and still growing, where service and manufacturing sectors are now the main drivers of this economic growth. An economy slated to be a Trillion Dollar GDP by the 2030s (Standards and Poor Global) shows resolve and eagerness of the industries and economy of the country. There are laws from the Commonwealth Period that have just recently being reformed, such as the Commonwealth Act of 1936, and the Commonwealth Act of No.1, where its vague requirements for declaring Martial Law has led to the Martial Law Era of the county. The concerns with Muslim separatism is already improving, with the introduction of the Bangsamoro Organic Law in 2019 that gave an autonomous parliament for Muslim-majority Mindanao region and all major Muslim separatist groups are now disarming and engaging in civilian public service. As for the "Dynasties" the US has a big part that made them alarmingly significant, but at the same time, after various republics, the country wouldn't try to embrace Parliamentarianism and a Federalist System, which is much more proper for the country, being a multi-ethnic and diverse country, where Christians, Muslims, Indigenous Group exist. There were calls for government change, from the Ramos Administration call for Federalism to Arroyo's Parliamentary Shift Efforts, and as recent as the Duterte's Federalism Initiaitive, and the 2022 Constitutional Convention under the current Marcos Jr. Admin
Manufacturing is absolutely not one of the main drivers of the economy of the Philippines. In fact, the Philippines has been long criticized by development experts for never creating a manufacturing sector. This is why the unemployment/underemployment rate has stayed steady at about 25% for about 50 years now. Job creation is a major weakness of an economy that skipped manufacturing, which the Philippines has. Actually, manufacturing was deemphasized more and more over the decades in favor of neoliberal development policy, which by nature deemphasizes manufacturing. The Philippines has had the lowest rate of industrialization in general in the entire region, excluding Laos and Cambodia. In fact, manufacturing has been so neglected that Viet Nam has now passed by the Philippines in manufacturing despite starting in a far poorer state. In the 1980s, Viet Nam was one of the three poorest countries in the world, but then grew rapidly due to export and now manufacturing, two things the Philippines has never done. The Philippines is a net *importer* of rice, for example, which is inexcusable. But not unexpected since there has never been land reform in the country either. The land reform policy created during the Aquino administration explicitly left loopholes that allowed major corporations to maintain their hold on land. This means that most farmers in the country are still effectively sharecroppers, stunting economic independence. The 6% growth rate is a bit of a red herring. It is almost entirely buoyed by the OFW program, first implemented by Marcos in 1972, but greatly expanded in subsequent administrations. This is a big part of why that 6% growth hasn’t led to job growth or significant poverty reduction. It’s because the growth isn’t coming from industry, it’s coming from remittances. That is why the underemployment rate stays steady at about 25% despite ostensible economic growth. I myself am actually in the review process for an academic paper on the comparative history of economic development policies in the Philippines and Viet Nam, so if you’re interested I can definitely talk about this more.
Federalism would just more firmly entrench local dynasties since it would give provinces more autonomy. The opposite needs to happen: the central government needs to be stronger and literally take land out of the hands of the dynasties.
I am actually not really a fan of the Bangsamoro policy. Autonomy in terms of law makes no real sense in what is supposed to be a cohesive nation. Rather, the better policy is to simply stop sending the military to commit mass murder against Lumads and Moros. Also, again, to implement better development policy to create more economic opportunities. The Bangsamoro region is literally the most poor part of the Philippines, and this is largely because of that chauvinism in government.
Also, as an aside, GDP means literally nothing for the average person. It’s actually quite an awful metric. What you really need to look at is wealth distribution, and in that regard the Philippines is pretty unequal. Its Gini coefficient for example, is around 41, which is really not good. What the GDP growth, the high underemployment rate, and Gini coefficient represent is the fact the that 6% growth per year mainly goes to the pockets of the dynastic families I mentioned before. In particular, that level of inequality combined with the fact that the country is only low-middle income (meaning baseline wages are very low) means that severe poverty is a major issue, leading to social development issues. The Philippines is a country that simultaneously has serious issues with stunting in children *and* diabetes in a certain much smaller demographic. Only a country with severe wealth distribution issues can have both of those things at once.
As a Filipino, it was very interesting and saddening to me when I found out that this was not being taught there in the US. Thank you for making a video on this!
You missed the part about killing all males ages 10 and above in retaliation to the Balangiga massacre. Most of the US soldiers were also veterans of their Indian wars, they employed the same tactics.
@@eliyahu1896 It was an event in 1901 when the townspeople of Balangiga setup a successful ambush/attack on an unsuspecting American garrison of 74 men. The US soldiers were having breakfast when they were attacked. The church bells were used as a signal for the attack which were later captured as war trophies. It was considered at that time as the worst defeat of the US army and in retaliation to that they burned towns and killed all males as young as 10 (any male who can carry a rifle or fight). The US did it on the entire island of Samar and not just the town of Balangiga, that is where the infamous "howling wilderness" line comes in. This is my very simple summary.
I'm a history major and soon-to-be teacher in Finland and I'm genuinely curious about how objectively American history is taught in American schools. I'm Finnish, and we have to deal with the fact that we collaborated with the Nazis, but it feels like we can already discuss that pretty objectively and admit it. I wonder if it's the same in America considering their not-so-great moments.
In my school I didn't learn about this war(it was just vaguely mentioned) but that might have been because COVID shortened the schedule. We learned about slavery and other atrocities tho
I'm seeing a pattern that the colonized countries know more about these wars than the colonizers (USA, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands). There's probably guilt in teaching their citizens what they did to the natives.
It's also worth pointing out that full independence was only granted in 1946 because the United States did not want nor could it afford to assume any financial responsibility over the Philippines following World War 2.
There were other reasons, most notably, that they refused to give Indonesia back to the Netherlands but they could not square that away by still keeping the Philippines.
The Philippine-American War was called the 1st Vietnam because of its similarity to the Vietnam War and quite its a crossover, you have players like Japan and Germany providing limited support towards the revolution, Sun Yat-Sen in particular help by obtaining firearms and such in Japan. Resistance in the Luzon and Visayas went on beyond 1902 particularly Macario Sakay's Goverment that fought till 1905.
Why is that though? There seems to be this idea that the Vietnam war was imperialistic. But it wasn't. The USA was there to help the South against the north. It was a civil war. Did the USA intend to set up some sort of presence there if the South had won? I don't know. Probably, until the government was able to govern effectively. But I imagine that the South would have wanted that. Do you feel the USA was wrong to get involved in Korea? Because I think that war has far more in common with Vietnam war than with the USA-Philipinne war. I am not saying the USA did not do awful things in Vietnam. I'm not sure they should have got involved. But, what about Korea? That was a very similar situation. And if the USA didn't get involved, it's likely the whole country would be under a regime like North Korea.
@@peterwallis4288 we're talking about the similarities of the conflict, you're going off topic by talking about the Korean War, which was a war many allied nations including the Philippines fought in.
@@gamechanger8908 I'm just saying they are not similar in the way he seemed to suggest. Why would you think the Vietnam war was imperialistic? It was a completely different situation, one that was a lot more similar to the Korean War. I don't see what's off topic about saying that.
@@peterwallis4288 the Imperialist French still had lingering precense in Vietnam, and planned on reinstating colonial rule. The fact even if the US knew or not they were fighting on the side of imperialist against communist.
I’m a Fil-Am history buff and have visited a number of local VFW-sponsored museums in my region. Most will do a decent job of informing about wars going back to the Spanish-American, but the Philippine-American war is almost always overlooked. It almost just seems like the war America has been trying to gaslight into the ether for the last century…
The VFW's formation had a lot to do with the fact that some members of the USWV, who focused on the Spanish American rather than the Philippine Wars, had not even left the country. One Philippine War veterans organization chose the new VFW for that and other reasons.
An addendum about how the war "started", My history professor told us that the first shot was fired because an American soldier told a native to "halt" expecting them to understand English (which is completely on brand for America). The native, not understanding what halt meant, continued walking and the solider fired. Also, while a centralized military did not fare well for the Philippines in its revolutionary wars, guerilla warfare was something the revolutionaries were quite adept at (exemplified by Japanese resistance). Luna wanted to use guerilla warfare since the beginning of the war. I live in the area where Luna was ambushed and killed and it's less of a grand historic monument and more of a nice park where you spend your afternoon and eat rice cakes (the rice cakes are really good btw).
One video I saw stated the vote to annex the Philippines had very few supporters in the U.S. Senate and was on the way to failing, but the outbreak of hostilities actually reversed that and resulted in its passage.
19:42 "If we ignore these mistakes of the past we're more likely to just repeat them" And repeat they did, the Vietnam War, The Afghan War, The Iraq War and other interventions. Glad to see this war is getting more attention.
@@cesarmontera2247 They always threaten and bully other nations, if it weren't for the other other nations they would definitely take them. Their claim in the Spratly islands for one. They bully Philippines fisherman even through they are in their economic zone. Hello, Taiwan? Do I need to say more? The only thing holding China back is it's scared of the other nations more powerful than itself.
@Salvador Vizcarra Are you that much of a clown, bruh? Because you make me laugh hard. FYI, most of China's neighboring countries have a border or territorial conflict with them. You don't know about their conflicts against India, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Brunei. Are you really that blinded by China? What you said here about the US is just how superpowers act, and soon it will be the same action that China will be taking; in fact, they already started it. With them gaining power day by day, they will impose their will more on small countries like the US did in the past, so it will make no difference. It is just that the US became a superpower before China. Just wait for it: if China successfully reunifies with Taiwan, the whole South China Sea is next, and then the islands that are occupied by Japan, then their territorial dispute with India. Book it! 😂😂😂
I'm a Filipino who was born in California and raised in Texas so, even though I took AP classes for everything during high school, I didn't know half of what was in this video until I started to do the research myself. The extent of what I was able to learn was the "Little Brown Brothers" poem. I also find it disappointing that so many fellow Americans will also bring up the sins of other colonizers to almost justify American colonial rule at the few times that I would bring up the Philippine American war. We definitely need to take a good look at ourselves as a people and realize that learning history is supposed to feel bad, and feel bad so that we don't make these irreparable mistakes and commit these irreparable harm again in the present and the future.
@@HerrZenki I've met several Fil-Ams who are proud of their distant homeland when the people succeed in anything, but when it involves hardship, problems, corruption. They would distant themselves like an angsty teenager acting like they don't know their parents who they feel is embarassing them.
@@gamechanger8908 Hence the "Filipino when convenient" monicker. If anything these so-called "filipino-americans" can't even be considered filipinos anymore as they are too far removed from the philippine cultural context itself.
19:17 I did not learn this much about the Philippine-American war back in my school days in the Philippines (62-77). Thank you! 🙏🏻 I hope that history lessons in the Philippine Education System has improved a lot by this time. 😊
I am a high school history teacher and the book they give me for US history has very little on this war. I was genuinely impressed how big the section was in the World history textbook on the Phillippines, which goes into depth on the colonial conflicts with Spain, the US and Japan before getting into the Marcos regime.
@@manual3584 No they are not these 2 people are not the same. Please be mindful to being open and respect Filipino democracy as they are tired of the anti-marcos sentiment. Filipinos in turn give light on the Marcos cause and gave them a chance which is why they elected him.
I am 53 and American. The first I ever learned of this war was when I was about 50. And I went to school in liberal California with a very liberal history teacher (which the parents complained about), and I think even he didn't know about the war, because he certainly exhaustedly taught us about the atrocities of Vietnam that Americans had done.
The Atrocities in Vietnam is nowhere near the Atrocities Filipino suffered from Americans. Because it's the Time of Colonialism. Vietnam war is very recent. The American people don't know what's happening in the Philippines, and news about it can be very much contained while In the Vietnam war the Media is very much improved.
@@my_other_side473 nope atrocities that happened in Vietnam is far worse than what Happened in Philippines, agent orange is literally still devastating Vietnamese to this day. While atrocities in Philippines is bad, US did established a cohesive government effectively halting most rebellion in the country, not to mention comparing what Spanish and Japanese literally makes Americans look less evil in nature
@@justamoogle5268 not really, yes agent orange is bad. But the war between the Philippines and the US, is a war of subjucation. Where US soldiers would shot you for just being Filipino that's why Almost a Million Filipino Died. While in Vietnam war the US is fighting the Government of North Vietnam, not the Vietnamese people as a Whole. When the US were fighting the Filipinos. They don't care if they wipe out the whole Filipino Race. With Concentration camps, torture etc.
@@my_other_side473 Vietnam war estimation of death is literally between 2M 4.5M with confirmed use of bioweapons and scourge earth tactics. Compare it to PH-US war with an estimation of 200k-1M with most of those deaths from wide spread famine and diseases
@@justamoogle5268 "US did established a cohesive government effectively halting most rebellion in the country" Ah, yes. Just to be clear - rebellion against who?
As a puertorrican, I would love to see this same video about this same invasion that took place in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Guam at the same time in 1898.
Thank you for this video. This war was not in my High School curriculum and the Spanish-American war only got an honorable mention. I am now obsessively fascinated by historical events that were left out or brushed over by the Board of Education.
Thanks for making this video! My maternal grandmother was from the Philippines, but not much information was passed down. I was definitely not taught anything about this in school, but that is not surprising. Thanks for doing what you do so well!
Brooooo im a filipino and as a native here I know these details so much but for an outsider like you and made these video so accurately and precise and detailed, i am beyond happy. You deserve a sub brooO!
I have been waiting for this video for so long and I am glad to finally see it! I do want to point out one thing. We did have a representative in during the Treaty of Paris but unfortunately, it did not have much weight about the outcome. His name is Felipe Agoncillo, an adviser to Aguinaldo and a lawyer. Regardless of whatever happened in the PH-US war, the Filipino people still have a soft spot for Americans because of the Allied effort during WW2 that liberated the Philippines from the occupation of the Japanese. Americans built military bases in the Philippines where it helped aide the Americans during the Korean and Vietnam wars, with some Filipinos serving the war as well. In the present day, the US and PH militaries hold joint military exercises, before it was because of the growing threat of ISIS and now because of the unrest in South East Asian waters from Chinese vessels and battleships. Great video, Mr. Beat!
Thanks Kirsten! I appreciate you correcting me there. Also, good points about what has happened since the war. Today, Filipino Americans make up the second-largest Asian ethnic group in the country, and relations between the two countries since World War II has been pretty great overall.
Yeah, Japan uh...really did a number in tanking Filipino relations with basically everyone but the Americans. Duterte recently tried to cozy up to China in an attempt to play both sides, but after Xi made it clear that the Filipinos would be little more than second-class citizens to the Han Chinese and effectively a vassal state to China if they gained greater influence over the islands than America (Han chauvanism, gotta love their ability to torpedo relations out of a sense of superiority), and after Chinese started attacking Filipino fishing ships, Duterte went back to supporting America pretty quickly.
@@iammrbeat Filipinos having such warm relations with the US is for two main reasons. One being the obvious, we liberated them from Japan. The other is something I think is really understated, and it's that Filipinos who move to the US assimilate into mainstream American culture extremely easily which means national/ethnic tensions are almost nonexistent. They're very much like the Poles in that regard.
Thank you for making this video. My US History book in high school in the States entire section on the Philippine-American War (described as the Philippine Insurrection) was all of one paragraph of about 6 sentences. Later in college in the Philippines it wasn't much better honestly. My fellow Filipino classmates didn't have much on our history only knowing Rizal was a great guy.
To add: it grabs my goat that the US and the Philippines have such a close history for hundreds of years, heck even before the US was a country and we're not exactly well known as a minority compared to others. If you can please do a video on anti-miscegenation laws that specifically mention Filipinos. It always tickled me i would have been illegal to exist not even twenty years before i was born.
These subjects were taught in Elementary and Secondary in the Philippines. Only Rizal, Literature (which includes works written during war/revolutions), and Constitution were taught in college, unless you are majoring in History.
@@Somm_RJ Appreciate the clarification. I only attended University in the Philippines not primary or secondary school. Asawa and Nanay don't really talk much about what they learned regarding Aguinaldo and the Philippine-American war in elementary and high school.
Thanks. I’ve done months of research mostly conflicting. This is clear and consistent with facts found many other places. I pray we learn from this. Even if it’s nearly a century later. I admire you courage and clarity 😊
I’m grateful for this video. I’ve always been aware of the “Philippine Insurrection” but have never heard any details about it beyond the name. I lived 2 years in the Philippines in my youth and have always felt a great fondness for the place and its people; I’m ashamed that I never knew how bad our country’s behavior was at that time. Thanks very much for this video!
I had just watched Johnny Harris' video "How the US Stole the Philippines" before stumbling onto yours, and I really appreciate how together they gave me a deeper look into the circumstances and unfortunate hiding of this tragedy. Thank you.
Hi Mr Beat. I just want to say I honestly think your channel is one of if not the best on RUclips right now. I study Politics and IR at university in the UK, and I adore the US and it's political history and you cover the subject absolutely perfectly. I'm currently having an awful time as I lost my grandfather, got dumped from a 3 year long relationship, and moved out of my childhood home all between January to March this year. It will take me time to heal, I'm not ok, but I will be, and I want you to know your videos distract me even just for a moment. Thank you for creating the content you do.
Mr. Beat, great video as always. When I was in grad school, I read “America Is In the Heart,” by Carlos Bulosan. As a white man who grew-up around a variety of Asian American friends, including Filipino friends, it was an eye-opener. It follows Carlos, who is a native of The Philippines, coming to America in the 1940s. He has to deal with all the baggage of the colonial period, as well as the anti-Asian racist policies and attitudes of his own time. It’s a hopeful book, but it makes you endure some redemptive pain on the way through.
I didn't learn about this chapter of US history until I took a course in my History BA on US foreign policy from 1898. Very nice video, though I think more could have been said about the massive role of race and racism in the conflict. I would also add that the most fascinating thing to me about American imperialism in the Philippines, is that for all the talk about America "racially uplifting" the Philippines, and granting them independence "once they have been made ready to govern themselves", that's not what got them their independence. In reality, the two biggest factors were that Philippine sugar was exempt from tariffs, so was undercutting American sugar growers, and young Filipino men were moving to the mainland US in large numbers creating panic about them stealing white women. I also think it's interesting that exactly like in the Iraq War a century later, America declared victory against the insurgency in the Philippines 3 separate times. If you want to learn more about this conflict, I cannot strongly enough recommend reading "The Blood of Government" by Paul Kramer.
It’s crazy, I never heard about this! My ex was Filipina from the Philippines, and she talked about a lot of history but never brought this up. She brought up how grandpa had to fight for Japanese when his area got taken over by the Japanese.
My dad is Filipino and he tells me stories about his grandpa. When the Japanese took over, he fought with the resistance against the Makapili, who were collaborators with the Japanese. His sister was a very beautiful woman, but her family forced her to cut her hair to pretend to be a man and act as her older brother if they neighbors got suspicious. When the Americans arrived, my brother fought alongside the Americans and saved eachothers' lives. Right after the war, he protected Japanese POWs who were brave enough to surrender from the angry townsfolk, many of wholm refused to fight during the occupation, from harm. I'm proud of that as he never mentioned killing anybody, and I hope he never had to. He was one of the lucky few that was recognized and given citizenship, and the rest of his family hopped on the boat to America when the dictator Marcos took over. My girlfriend is Japanese, but I know he wouldn't have a problem with it. A funny footnote about my family relating to the Filipino American war however is my family relation to the man who started the revolution against Spain. My dad's side of the family comes from the sister of Andres Bonifacio, the man who kickstarted the rebellion with the Katipunan. He was killed cartel machete-style by the power-hungry Aguinaldo as he was a much more capable leader, and he didn't want the people to side with him. A lot of Filipinos also turned on each other because of regionalist loyalty. They kind of got bit in the ass because their disunity killed many of their best generals and lost them the war against the Americans. You won't really find many Filipinos who have misgivings or resentment towards the Americans though because even those who are educated enough to have reason to do so would know that throughout history, we have shot ourselves in the foot and marinated it in saltwater.
My mom is Filipina and I get the feeling she does not know the history of her country at all (at least, not before WW2). I wish my grandparents were still alive today (and that we talked the same language) because I would love to hear their side of the story.
I bet she knows the war happened, its just a bit awkward to talk about the war because of how brutal it was, like saying "Your ancestors invaded and massacred our people". I had a conversation with my American boss about the war, I can tell he felt uncomfortable because of how much he doesn't know about it. Americans are mostly under the impression that they are morally superior, cultured, and on the side of good, but when you bring up this war, its like saying Americans did something terrible too.
@@Kitiwake actually it was more of how she was abusive towards me and broke me down I had to end it ,she broke my heart she took me to a bad place in my life .
I learned a lot about this in my college government courses. This was in the 70’s things were opening up. In 7th grade we learned about America’s Imperial period. I remember a homework assignment that asked us to find the “wording” from the Constitution that explains the Founding Fathers distain for any Imperial plans. We had a week to write it within 250 words. He was grinning at the 250 words though as many student faces fell. Being German I figured no sweat we even have a copy that we all had read from a trip to Philadelphia.
I’m convinced we had some of the least conservative teachers! The whole 70’s there were only a handful of teachers that were still “in 1945” mode. Our high school Physics teacher was a real Progressive. He can give Bernie Sanders & Elizabeth Warren a run for being “far left”.
@Salvador Vizcarra , I commend you on your obvious knowledge about all the American "activities" , actions, interventions, invasions, war, influences, coups, take overs and the very large and destructive consequences of them all to so many ...the majority of which were civilians and in the case of South Korea ...Allies as well( in the Korean War ) that 99% of Americans would be unaware of. What I think is most important...given the fact that the lives lost and the mistakes made cannot be reversed...is that the American Government and military needs to admit and acknowledge and make public ...or at the very least not continue to cover up , avoid, deny and withhold the facts of things done and at some level admit what was done even if it proves too hard to apologise or find fault...but at the very least NOT HIDE those things that were done and the difficult facts that were the outcome by them being done and happening. I can understand it would be difficult for anyone to admit the consequences , especially in human terms, of their actions, whether "legitimate" or not...but to deny or refuse to say what they did or was done ...only ensures they will continue to happen and the consequences will not be considered before or in the aftermath , seen. And soon after , officially forgotten. Which makes certain the fact ...not a single, positive learning or understanding will exist to give the wisdom , remember the costs or give pause ...before it happens again and again...and again...as badly and at the unnecessary costs of so many lives that should never have been lost as history repeats...lives lost forever all for an outcome that almost always achieved nothing or provided any gain worth the cost to ALL parties... There's is NEVER a Winner and both parties always Lose. The only difference is one of them will lose "less" than the other. Sometimes....actions must be taken...but most of the time ...throughout time...history has shown that most of them achieved nothing for anyone but cost everyone enough to not do it again. Something that ALL should have learned by now...but haven't. LEST WE FORGET... ...it will happen again and THAT'S WHY more need to know about the things too many do not want to admit, remember or learn from and make sure that, for them, the fewer that know , the better things go for them and for History to repeat the lessons never learnt and the events never learnt in the lessons never had
I’ve wrote a few essays on turn of the century US imperialism, so it’s cool to see this topic come up. Truly a fascinating, not much talked about period of our history.
My great-grandfather fought in this war (recent German immigrant to US - military service was his path to US citizenship). And he never wanted to talk about it. Yes, I have read several books about this war. Overall good presentation as always, Mr Beat.
Mr.Beat thank you for making this. My best friend is Filipino and he will definitely enjoy the fact that the history of his homeland is being documented. I also honestly had no idea that this war was that terrible (especially the 1 million+ casualties bit.) all I heard/read in our AP US textbook was that we fought a local rebellion post victory against the Spanish and won. Then the Japanese turned up in WWII. Our government needs to formally apologize for the fact this happened and build a joint memorial with the Filipino government in Manilla.
Casualties are actually far higher. The US Department of Foreign Affairs listed the casualties as: American soldiers: 4K dead. Filipino soldiers: 16K dead. Filipino civilians: 200K to 800K dead. But Filipino historians say that it can run as high as 3 million. Last Spanish census listed 9 million inhabitants. First American census, 6 million inhabitants. That's just with the Spanish-held Luzon & Visayas regions. In the independent Mindanao regions, no one knows how many were killed. All I can say is that the Colt .45 1911 A1 was created to counter the Juramentados of Mindanao since the Army .38 Long Colt lacked the stopping power. And when Mindanao was pacified, settlers from Luzon and Visayas were given large tracks of land to settle there since Mindanao was depopulated. Anyway, the Christian settlers were happy since Mindanao were mostly muslims and it was considered no great loss.
There's one of the biggest American/Filipino cemetery in Manila and Iloilo. Those with missing loved ones in WW II should look for it. Your family members who fought in WW II might be there. They're being taken cared of.
I distinctly remember being in my social studies class when I was in 6 or 7th grade. We got to the Spanish American War, which had damn near half a chapter written about it in the textbook, and then at the end was mentioned in a small paragraph a war with the Philippines. No details, no resolution, no reason, just “oh btw this happened”. I was confused, but wow! Finally I have context, and it’s a crying shame this isn’t taught in our American schools. Thanks for shining a light on this
We appreciate your detailed explanation and analysis on this. There's more to the Philippine-American War than that's just being talked about in textbooks. We only ever get little information on it.
This is my first time learning about this war. Thanks for continuously delivering the most informative and engaging content. I would love for you to also cover the US invasion of Grenada in one of your next videos.
I can't but help wonder how many artist, musicians, writers, scholars, historians, tradespeople, etc. were murdered due to this war/racism/imperialism. Very sad.
Most of the rich population of the country were unscathed from the war. Since many were quick to support the US. The ones who suffered the most were farmers and revolutionaries
Thanks for the refresher course. I went to schools both in the Philippines and here in the United States. I learned the Philippine- American war when I was in 5th or 6th grade in The Philippines. In my high school history class, here in the US, it was taught but with few details.
The Phillippine-American War isn't studied NEARLY is enough as it should be. The lessons the US learned during it would define US foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region into the Cold War. Some of the counter-insurgency tactics employed by MACV and US forces in the Vietnam War even dated back to this period. I've always been a fan of your channel, and I feel like if more people had history teachers like you, America would be a far better (and smarter) place.
This is really because of a few things 1. Both Countries are Allies, the Philippines Relies on the US and her bases to try and maintain sovreignty, and help protect it from a larger Power like China, the Philippines would obviously bad mouth the US for its influence in the Country but in exchange for its Sovreignty it will only do so in order to further its own interests, the US on the other hand would obviously not depict itself as a conqeror especially in a Conflict so brutal it caused the US to turn Isolationist. 2. The War is overshadowed by the Colonial Period of Spain and WW2 Often in the Philippines the more remembered parts are the Spainsh of which it takes its National Identity and Japan whose Conquest lead to the Countries independence by the US, Spain is remembered for the Lenght of its rule and its harsh policies and Japan for its War Crimes. 3. China, the current biggest reason why its obscure, the Philippines today see China as the bigger threat to her sovreignty than its former Colonial overlord that is now her ally, protesting too much against her ally might mean China would see weakness and try to take terretory from the Philippines.
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Which event in American history should I cover next?
This is why McKinley is my third worst president
The entire 1960s i know this seems odd but the entire decade is important
the Chicago 7
With all the apparent corruption of the current Supreme Court, I'd be curious to know why the framers of the Constitution didn't put greater checks on the least democratic branch of government and where decisions by the Court always deemed the final say on constitutional matters or more guidance initially?
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The Philippine American War is usually hidden in US History classes as part of the Spanish American War. The trick is that we focus on Cuba and the Rough Riders which lasted months, and ignore the Philippines which lasted the entirety of the "Spanish American War". Not to mention the failing to address what we did to Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cuba from 1898 to the present.
But it should be a separated topic
technically, the conflict between the Filipinos and the US was not a war but an insurrection or rebellion.
@The Awesome Man an apologists for the brutality of American Imperialism is at it again.
@The Awesome Man No it was a war of conquest.
@@WhenInDarknessSeekTheLight America bought the Philippines for $20 million. America cant conquer what it already purchased.
You've always struck me as a great example of someone who can criticize the US while proving you can still love your country even if you don't agree with everything it's done. I think teaching our whole history helps us realize how we can make our country better today.
Love this comment.
@@jackass1346 i agree. tis a good comment
Well put, and I'm so happy you view me that way. I indeed love my country, despite the mistakes we have made in the past.
Agree
Well said
If you think about it, most of the mistakes the US army committed in the Philippines, were repeated in the Vietnam war. There's no worse blind than the one who refuses to see and learn.
And repeated in Iraq.. then Afghanistan
@@monchichis333 👌
did the us ever do it also in central america?
@@ancientegypti Considering how unstable is Central America, he might have done something equally nefarious, but not the same.
That's what happens if you don't teach history.
Missourian here, our high-school did actually cover this topic and how it was very much so something horrible we did
"Forget the past, doomed to repeat it." In 1973 I saw an article in an Ebony magazine about the last surviving black veteran of the Spanish American War . He also took part in the Phillipines War and he told how when he heard stories of what was going on in Vietnam, he recalled that they did the same tactics in 1900 against the Fillipinos.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
I've heard many black soldiers in this war decided to stay in the Philippines because they have not seen racism in those islands with many Indigenous folks are black.
@@suskagusip1036 not just black people, many peruvian and mexican soldiers (white, mestizo and indigenous alike) during the spanish colonial period would escape in the mountains and settle with the local women there.
@@suskagusip1036hindi naman totoo
That is Called "The First Vietnam" before Vietnam war
As a Filipino in the Philippines, it's extremely disappointing that the US liberated the Philippines just to take control of it. But I would also like to say that Emilio Aguinaldo is an incredibly terrible president like McKinley but in that he was extremely incompetent and killed his best general Antonio Luna which led to the Philippines losing the war because the entire army of the Philippines was just filled with youngsters like Gregorio del Pilar who all lost their battles.
Edit: It's been 9 months and the reply section is now a war zone. I'm leaving now.
Aguinaldo also killed Bonifacio which totally sets a great precedent (pun intended)
Hm ok
@@DiamondKingStudios Yes, Quezon defeated him in a landslide in the election of 1935. Aguinaldo was the head of the anti-American National Socialists against Quezon who was the head of the reformist Nacionalista Party.
The Philippines was the gateway to Asia at the turn of the century
@@DiamondKingStudios Yes, that Quezon. President Manuel Luis Quezon himself.
We learned about this in my AP US history class in high school. I had an amazing teacher who had us reading primary sources from the era that weren't just written by famous white guys. He taught EVERYTHING that happened in the history of the continent, including the thriving native populations that existed here before the 1600s. I wish every student had this experience. Unbiased, raw history.
If you would really know history, you wouldn't blame COLOURS but poor ideologies/limited worldviews driven by those famous white guys 👀ツ
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Unless you are doing exactly the same thing
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I agree with you on the last part and you definitely did got a amazing history teacher.
Your teacher sounds awesome.
@@ricardozetino6907 Your teacher must be one who loves to read about the history of the Philippines.
The Philippino American war was in my ap us history textbook and we learned about it in class. It wasn't as detailed as this video. However it was only given a brief mention in the normal American history class. Which is interesting. Maybe its because ap is supposed to be college level?
Not only is it not taught in American high schools, but was denied by my history teacher when I brought it up. She said I was brainwashed. Wanted so badly to throw my shoe at the stupid woman.
That was a bad history teacher, I was taught about it.
What a trash response from a trash teacher
who gave her a diploma?!
You from the south?
@@philmienus2382 This happened in Queens, NY
Retired USAF Vet here and US Citizen currently living in The Philippines as a permanent resident, I found this video very informative. You Sir just gained a new subscriber. Please keep up the great videos.
As a Filipino, thank you for this video. We don't hate the U.S. and Americans for what happened in the past. All we want is an acknowledgement for the wrongs that were done to us. The same with the Japanese in WWII. Friendships and trust become stronger when you admit and show regret for mistakes.
And pay reparations also.😇🇵🇭
Did Aguinaldo express regret for slaughtering the thousands of Filipinos that resisted his self-imposed rule?
@@jasonjames4254You sound really smart with your HowAboutism.
Just reminded me of The 48 Rules of Power by Robert Greene. Forgot which rule was it, but it says something like this, "your enemies are more trust worthy than your formal friends.* If I miss quoted that my bad, its just something that appeared in my mind reading this very comment.
@@GTX311 🤣Just pointing out the obvious for those of you wearing rose colored glasses that live in social justice warrior lala land. There has never been a country that had a bloodless transition from colonialism to independence.
Hey, everyone. It's me from the 'Every President's biggest mistake' Filipino High School Dude. Mr. Beat, thank you like seriously as a Filipino, I feel grateful for this whole video. I must continue watching, and I'll edit this comment to see if there was anything wrong with the information. Once again, Thank you.
Hopefully I got the info correct! Check my sources in the description.
As a filipino in his senior years, I highly appreciate and commend the history lesson you presented, the one we should have gotten during our school days. Studying in an American organized and supervised institution made the matter even worse as you surely very well understand. Great work, more power and may your viewership grow in leaps and bounds.
I was taught about it -- Catholic School
This story is not True is far away from the truth.
Thank you for our Heroes from the past especially for FILIPINOS and AMERICAN'S.
Now the Philippines lead by Corrupt Politician Filipino in return We poor Filipino 80% has no free basic medication with $10 per day salary and very Low Social Security but Billionaire Filipino Politician has House in USA.
Many Filipinos now struggle to have Job in USA and Spain to have better salary and better living. They are 6 million FILIPINO AMERICAN Now
Filipino Politicians Brain wash Filipino students to continue the corrupt system in the Philippines.
Independence is good for Corrupt Filipino Politicians.
but
Too bad for poor Filipino
It was a big mistake to have Independence with the USA.
The Gain is only for Corrupt Filipino Politicians.
Patriotism is being able acknowledge the bad things done by our government while trying to correct those mistakes. Thank you for not shying away from difficult topics that showcase the darker aspects of American history. The way you’ve handled these issues is a big inspiration to other social studies creators such as myself who want to cover similar topics. Great video as always!
Reparations is the solution. That’s how we move from the mistakes
@@alohatigers1199 Japan 👀
patriot is what fascists call themselves
@@alohatigers1199 Nah we're good. Status quo's fairly alright, keep letting us steal your jobs and money via remittance and we'll earn it back eventually anyhow.
Oh and keep up with the free military shit, the vast majority of Filipinos like being the eastern vanguard of Democracy, despite it's flaws, after all.
Hey but china is taking over the world! That's what they said lol😅😅😅
As an American citizen, I'm ashamed that we try to bury our past instead of learning from it. Thank you for making this video.
I would say we're better than Japan at remembering our past but worse than Germany.
@@Remember_Bubblebutt
Germany: "I am incredibly ashamed of what I did, and I'm so sorry."
America: "I don't remember doing anything like that..."
Japan: "No, i didn't do anything wrong! It's actually your fault!"
@@thegreatteaman I think the US is better than Europe at acknowledging Racism from the past and the present in this country
Europe just tends to forget about it and just doesn’t acknowledge racism at all which is why Racism is worse in Europe than the US as they don’t look fondly towards the Roma people or foreign Immigrants I personally have faced worse racism in European countries Netherlands and Ireland and France than the US or Canada combined so yeah I think Europe worse with Racism at least when it comes to every day prejudice racism
@@Remember_Bubblebutt
We need to pay reparations so we can move on. I doubt it will happen.
@@thegreatteaman Did Japan ever say that? From a Filipino's perspective, Japan did better at admitting their wrong-doings to us than the Americans, but maybe that's just me.
Americans think they're our heroes because they helped us in WW2, which is cool, I guess. But they seem to shrug off all the warcrimes and massacres they'd committed prior to that.
Japan, meanwhile, admitted that they were the villains. They didn't "hide their warcrimes". Not sure where Westerners get that idea. Japanese brutality has been long taught in our textbooks ever since grade school. And Japan has helped us a lot since then.
Is it because Japanese brutality isn't really taught in Western schools? Japan didn't really attack the West in WW2. I remember not learning about the Holocaust until like high school-level History class, too. I swear a lot of Filipinos aren't even aware what the Holocaust was.
As a Filipino who stayed in US for a while, I remember when this was finally touched in our history class and everyone looked at me like I was supposed to thank them but glossed so much about that Spanish-American treaty. I wasn’t mad but I remember being weirdly weirded out how different Americans are taught about it compared to the Philippines.
Philippine history just isn’t held in significance in K-12 US history classes, especially in comparison to other countries that are given significantly more attention such as Japan and China.
Well ya, thats called whitewash.
Probably included it in the curriculum because you were present in the class.
As far as I've heard, that horrific events deserves to be put on a pedestal akin to residential schools in Canadian history classes. Goes to show that even if we're part of the land that offers freedom to all, it wasn't always absolute or even fair.
As an outsider, it helps to realize that even the best countries in terms of policies and government have dark histories. That we aren't necessarily perfect in every way,
As a Filipino myself, it helps to know that the issue is being addressed. Although on a smaller scale than preferred, primarily because we are the descendants of people who went to war with each other.
We shouldn't let the past dictate our future. Just like how we shouldn't let the future replicate our past.
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U.$. is still an imperialist.
You never stayed in the US. You stayed in Canada. You’re confusing the two countries!
Most of those who died during the Filipino-American War of Independence (NOT insurrection) were unarmed Filipino civilians due to "hamletting". Please read "Little Brown Brothers" by Leon Wolffe. Total death, according to this book, was about 300,000, but others said could have reached a million. The population of the Philippines at that time was only 8MM. Any apology so far? NONE!
I still don't want too
@@parrot1442We(USA) can't even define what a woman is. So I completely understand why you wouldn't want the US government to apologize.
@@effu9375 True & real
@@effu9375You really thought you said something. 😂
A person who identifies as a woman. There you go. I defined it and literally spelled it out for you.
In the Philippines there is also more than two genders.
@@effu9375what is a woman
We will never fix the problems in the US if we can't even admit there were and are problems. Thanks for bringing light to this history.
Well put and thank you!
@@iammrbeat no, no, no. Thank YOU
@@daniel-panekThis is old history dear. Our ancestors, for mine my parents forgot it already and have nothing bad to say about the USA. From my parents words their lives were all good during the commonwealth government. They are gone now but those buildings, structures, schools, universities,hospitals, bridges, roads that were built in those periods were still standing. I myself graduated in high school and university built during that time. If you want proof my city is Iloilo/Panay island. The legacy of both Spain/USA still there being preserved...including the American cemetery of the fallen but not forgotten heroes of WW II.
@@suskagusip1036 colonial mentality.
Americans deserved everything they got and more.
Even in the Philippines, this is the most "underrated" war in the country. Many are unaware or at least have heard a little about Philippine-American war. Most Filipinos will often mention the Philippine-Spanish war or the Philippine-Japan war. The Philippine-American war is always downplayed and likely be a "filler" in Philippine history.
I don't think so, my Grade 6 Basic Education entails more discussion regarding the figures and the key events of the PH-American War. Right now, DepEd has expanded the discussion of the war in the 2023 K-10 Basic Curriculum Revision that is open to the public.
@@herrkommandank675 glad that in today's curriculum that is the situation. Maybe because I've graduated in high school years ago and K-12 in the country doesn't exist yet. Learning Philippine history on those days are pretty much speed running. Shitty public school education system and non-enthusiast history teachers are some factors that students become uninterested on the subject.
I taught Philippine history (private school though) for a few years and this war and the subsequent colonization was a pretty significant part of the curriculum. I feel like any Filipino child who paid any amount of attention in hekasi/sibika/araling panlipunan/civics class can recite the details of the mock battle and why the war started. There's even a couple of (surprisingly) mainstream hit movies about this time period (Heneral Luna and Goyo).
I get what you are saying.
Its mostly world war 2 Philippines era that some history interested students mostly interested at.
I wonder what year that was? i remember my history teacher telling us about it back in 2003 but we never really dwelled on it. It's like a 10 or 20 min lecture.
As a Filipino growing up in the Philippines, all these facts were made aware in our youth but didn’t get in the way of our relations in the current timeline. What is puzzling to me is that with all the foundation of history ingrained in us at such a young age learning about world history, America has not owned these horrors and since have not apologized to the day unlike Japan who gave the Filipinos resolution by being accountable for it. To this day, they offer apologies yearly to mark those dates they committed those atrocities. I hope that maybe one day, your country would show the same compassion, see the other side of what transpired, show acccountability to include this in their curriculum.
It is all "good Americans and bad Japanese and abusive Spaniards" that we know in the schools. We had a history teacher in my time in the early 80s that taught us a horror done by the Americans during the Philippines American War. The Americans made use of Filipino dead bodies as their shield or sandbag fortifications. There was a whole town that they burnt for revolting against them . And yes, they were successful in telling us that the Japanese are bad. They hid the history of horrible things they did to the Filipinos. What we all know, though true, is they liberated us from the Japanese led by the good General McArthur and his real good and friendly American soldiers.
I was born an American and I apologize for what these others done before me to the Filipino people not only that the American natives were also the target of the American government and this history is gone on these governments are in Wicked run by the devil and I vote for none of them I vote for Jesus Christ he's coming soon get saved by grace if you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God that he died was buried and resurrected on the third day according to the scriptures with all of your heart you will be saved go to Grace Bible believing Church in the Philippines
Pretty sure the Japanese denies their atrocities
I'm an American and I am a new generation but still I will make apology for this us criminal government
@Legion_YT_ NO. They never denied it. The reason they don't have armed forces is they learned their lesson. They were bombed, they lost.
I was never taught a single thing about a war with the Philippines when in school (oh so long ago). The Spanish American War subject went from the sinking of the Maine and ended with we "acquired" the territories Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. I don't even remember learning where the Philippines was much less about a war with them. The it jumped to WWII and McArthur (not Arthur... Douglas :D ) and his withdrawal and return. I learned about the War with the Philippines when I met my Filipino girlfriend (now wife of 12 years) and wanted to know more about her native country. It was quite eye-opening and shameful to me because most of the Filipinos I've met love America and Americans even when they don't deserve it at times! I am just glad that we (America) came around to a better way of thinking eventually. Thank you for this video. It filled in a lot of information I was still ignorant of.
Thank you for shedding light on a topic that really is not discussed enough in American history. How are we as people meant to grow and learn if we don't talk about the mistakes our ancestors made? Side note, despite such a sad history I've found Filipino people to be some of the kindest and most charitable I've ever met. Great video as always!
Mistake? America won lol
@@luisfilipe2023 it’s a mistake because we fought a war rather than supporting an independence movement
Like seriously
Thank you, Austin. Yeah I really hope to visit the Philippines one day.
@@jtgd só? Since when is fighting wars you win a “mistake”
@@luisfilipe2023 Because it was wrong to subjugate the Philippines. Just because we won doesnt mean we should have done that.
Thank you for the breakdown. A war not taught in American schools,. As an American that loves the Philippines and Filipinos, I'm completely embarrassed by this.
Nah those were the past. We need to learn from it though.🙏😊
Thank you for that apology. We also did horrible things to Americans during that war. There are no winners in war except for those profiting from it. Praying this bit of truth will resonate and bring peace to all.
@@rdc1431 nasanakaraan na iyon ngunit huwag ninyong kalimutan na ipinag laban tayo nang mga ninuno.
Kaya huwag ninyong yakapin ang ibinibigay nang dayuhan ngayon katulad nang mga kabaklaan at hambog na pag uugali
@@rdc1431 u look stupid tbh
Yeah, I never was taught this in school. I have a lot of Filipino friends, I am embarrassed.
When I read the title, I honestly was wondering which war you were referring to. I’m from New York, and in all the American history classes I’ve been in, teachers never taught us about The Barbary Wars, The Northwest Indian War, The Toledo War, The Seminole Wars, Bleeding Kansas, The Philippine-American War, or even The Mexican-American War. We did however learn about War of 1812 and Spanish-American Wars though, because reasons. Thankfully, they did at least teach us about The American Indian Wars, so there’s that I guess.
Let it be known that I also have videos about the Barbary Wars, Toledo War, and Bleeding Kansas! :)
@@iammrbeat Time for change
@@iammrbeat I was taught the Toledo War because I live in Toledo
The Invasion of Hawai'i a sovereign state as well.
@@MusMasi well actually, that was kinda in a grey area. You see a group of Hawaiian born white supremacists convinced a corrupt government official to send in the us military to back their coup d’état, and to my knowledge, no actual battles were fought, so it its difficult for it to even be classified as an actual war.
Thank you, thank you, Mr Beat. This video is an important historical review. I grew up in Mexico where for obvious reasons history classes are more critical of the US. However it was my dad that thought me about the Philippine-American War. I'm now a world geography teacher of 27 years and about to retire and I'm yet to run into ANY account of this horrible war.
One thing you left out is that a major reason for the Philippines’ loss was that they couldn’t easily get weapons smuggled into the country because they were on islands. Unlike revolutions in mainland countries where weapons can be more easily transferred in to help the rebels. Very tragic consequences.
Yeah true. Also the Japanese illegally supplied the Filipinos with weapons by sea, but it's only a few weapons that are in Filipino possession. The Americans might have encountered a Filipino soldier holding a Japanese Rifle, there is no source to that encounter but just check it on Wikipedia and you might find Japanese Weapon(s) during the Filipino-American War.
@@WhiteAnims2Screw imperial Japan. And screw imperial America. I didn’t realize my country had a mini jap hey day until I watched this.
Yeah if we only had Guns, like the Vietnamese did. China and Russia were supplying them.
And if I could remember, Commodore Dewey implemented a full blockade of Manila Bay so virtually no weapons could be smuggled in the area.
In our Philippine history class in college, we read an essay comparing the Philippine-American War to the Vietnam War. One of the reasons why Vietnam succeeded while the Philippines failed was the timing in history. At the time when the US occupied the Philippines, imperialism was generally condoned by world powers at the time. By the time the Vietnam War happened, imperialism was no longer condoned by most world powers as other colonies in Asia had gained independence or were gaining independence. Other reasons why the US won was the ineptitude of the Philippine revolutionary government, which had been hampered by regional loyalties and certain factions getting offered by the US positions in their would-be government. In terms of technology to fight the war and the terrain, these should have favored the Filipinos. The Filipinos had the Spanish firearms imported from Germany but unfortunately the typical Filipino did not know how to use these firearms. A lot of the natives also lacked discipline. Aguinaldo was a town mayor prior to joining the revolt against Spain. A lot of his town folk were loyal to him more than the Philippine nation. Aguinaldo did seek the advice of the best minds but he ended up listening to those who flattered him. Two prominent members of his government, Pedro Paterno and Felipe Buencamino, were talking deals with the US behind Aguinaldo's back.
Plus, the unpopularity of the Vietnam War among the American citizens convinced the government to pull out of Vietnam just as they were finally making notable strides in winning the war. The Tet Offensive in particular was a disaster for the North that they never recovered from until the Americans abandoned the South to be on their own.
You forgot the major reason Vietnam won, they had the backing of both the Sovient Union and China connected via idoelogy.
The Philippines is also isolated geographicaly from its potential supporters like China and Japan. Weapons have to be shipped far away. Even the soon to be Chinese president at the time sent weapons to the Philippines until the ship got caught in a storm
the Filipinos have Mauser rifles vs Americans Krag. but the Filipinos problem is the supply of ammunitions.
" A lot of his town folk were loyal to him more than the Philippine nation. " Oh so not much have changed then huh? Only this time, it seems tribalism too has come to American shores with a cult of Trumpism.
I'm nit completely sure this is what you are suggesting, but it seems like it is.
The improvement of the USA in Vietnam was not imperialistic. The USA was not invading. It was a civil war that the USA took sides in.
As a Filipino, good summarization of the war without being exactly biased towards one side despite you, the creator, being American themselves.
I'd like to add on that wasn't touched at all from this was the so-called "Balangiga Massacre". I'd say, that this topic was also a bit not known much even to the Filipinos. I suggest trying to dig deeper about this incident as I feel it's a very good topic to talk about on.
I’m Filipino who grew up in California. I was never thought about the Philippine American War in the America until I went home to the Philippines. The local people would bring me back to my roots and explain to me Philippine history.
You’ve never been in the US. You are in Canada. You’re confusing the two countries!
You’ll never come to the US because you’re too poor! Stay in Canada!
@@anonymoususer8895 How the heck do you assume that he's from Canada?
@@anonymoususer8895 Idiot, california is in America.
As a Filipino, I already mostly knew the ins and outs of this war from the Philippine side. What was refreshing was the American side and the political intrigue that resulted in the shift of policy between McKinley and Rosevelt. Thanks again for highlighting our history with the Americans (as it is always portrayed that the Americans were the friends of the Filipinos all along, especially with the camaraderie between the two during World War 2) in shades of gray rather than the black and white us vs them commonly taught in schools.
Agreed. I've read about everything here in a highschool textbook although not in the same level of detail. Just makes me wonder if our countrymen that claimed they never learned of the event just never paid attention or read their textbooks.
Seriously how many comments starts with "aS a pHeAliPinA...." are there in every yt video mentioning philippines?
@@carlisclosetedphgt3666 Yeah this is a thing in the Philippines called “Pinoy Baiting” where the mere mention of Philippines will summon waves of Filipinos to the comments sections with “As a Filipino” as you say. Simply because Filipinos (or some under represented Asians in general) aren’t used to being represented in western media (to be very specific, white people), and when they do, they tend to get very patriotic about it. This effect is very apparent in Philippines though so I can’t fault you for getting annoyed hahaha
@@carlisclosetedphgt3666 same with as a black person and as a female, just applied on another group of people.
Although we had a rough start I believe that the US and Philippines are better off working together today against Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. Much love and respect to your people.
As a Filipino history student, it is nice that frequently untold topics like this are now seeing some light.
So as not to notice too much 😅
As a Filipino who studied this in Elementary and High school I never thought I'd actually learn more about this war in the future which is well now the present. I thank you very much for well this, and the fact that you're telling the people of the world a piece of history that has been well of course not been known much. It makes me happy, thankful, and of course somewhat be reminded of well the things that my country used to stand for. Please keep doing what you're doing, teaching us pieces of history that aren't tackled alot.
I learned all of these in my elementary history class maybe because my elementary school is named after Emilio Jacinto.
From what I remembered in high school, this topic had been discussed. Not just McArthur's "I Shall Return" but Americans' war crimes.
I learned this in elementary. The book got a whole article about it. Maybe youre not a good student when you were young lol
Ngl, Schools nowadays tend to skip the Filipino-American War after the Spanish-American War. They thought the wars are just the same conflicts, or the F-A War is irrelevant to a topic or in general.
As a Filipino myself, my AP teacher did not knew about the Filipino-American War while we were learning about the Filipino Revolution. She only knew about the Philippines was sold to the US from Spain after the Spanish-American War until a very scary Japanese empire destroyed the hell out of us until the Americans liberated us and was hailed them a hero. That's it.
@@WhiteAnims2 yeah I notice that too and it saddens me...
Mr. Beat, the amount of topics you have helped me understand is amazing. Thank you.
The Philippines American war was not just about political and military strategy. It was also a license to take a lot of resources from the Philippines. The number 1 export of the Philippines from 1905 up until the 80’s was gold and other precious metals. Some of these companies are still listed in the NYSE. Benguet Corp. and Lepanto Mines were the first companies listed as American Companies in the early 1900 in the American Stock Exchange. It was producing most of the US gold reserves up until the 70’s until they changed the gold standard to the dollar standard.
This sounds very fabricated
Sounds like people in power conspired... conspiring was afoot. Were they also colluding?
@@andrewdavidson4421nope, the philippine natives were very known to handle gold like experts (written in the journal of pigafetta's). And the fact that a lot of islands/tribes were left alone in the spanish colonial era until the american genocide, its not a stretch. Until now there are still mining happening behind the bushes of provincial areas.
Informative, lucid, fair. The photo of the little girl tied to a pole at the end of the video is heartbreaking. She came from one of the Cordillera (Igorot) tribes of Northern Philippines, probably of the Ibaloi, Kankana-ey or Bontoc ethnolinguistic group. The photo was taken at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World’s Fair). The fate of the Filipinos who were transported to the fair as human exhibits remains uncertain to this day, but some of their descendants may still be alive in the U.S. today. BTW, I was stunned to discover in the photo at the mention of the Philippine Organic Act, one of my ancestors seated on the front row.
The Philippine-American War was a topic I had to read about for a history contest in my sophomore year (Honor in the Dust). The crimes were so bad that some military officers had to go on trial for it. It’s a very intriguing yet deplorable topic and it really showed how power-hungry 1900’s America was. Great video.
With European colonial atrocities in Africa and Asia at the time, the Fil-Am war was benign by comparison.
It was also a huge inspiration for the 2000s Iraq war. Think about that.
Not all of America, not Mark Twain, not Teddy Roosevelt
New subscriber here.
I respect your balanced take on this part of Philippine and US history. You have your own very interesting and captivating way of narrating the story. Looking forward to the rest of your work. Mabuhay!
I generally love your material, and I play many of your videos in my own GED classroom. But this one was even better than most. I am so grateful to you for covering this remarkably neglected topic. Thank you, sir.
I remember learning like 3 or four sentences about this war. Thanks for educating us. Certainly gives Mark Twain’s Autobiography some more context.
Thank you for doing this. A lot of people including my fellow Filipinos forgot that America invaded us.
Everyone seems to have forgotten this war. I'm glad to make it.
Many of us haven't forgotten however our crab mentality just makes us think that "Anything Goes" in Philippine History and in the Philippine Government.
If given the choice between Americans and any other invaders, I chose Americans because at least they mellow out in their bloodstreak and actually spent the time, energy, and money to build this country up. Everyone who has a grandparent born before 1941 wouldn't love the Japanese that much, I had a great grandmother that escaped to Bukidnon from Ilocos Sur just to escape the Japanese...
The spanish invaded first then it was the americans
I didn't.
This dude just shed light on so many audience. You did justice for telling the facts and truth.
Bro seeing this video title and thumbnail from a RUclipsr I like is so surreal! I love learning about the Philippine - American war and get happy that it’s slowly getting more recognition.
Thank you Mr.Beat
Are you from there? And thank YOU :)
Theres lots of info on it and it's US history, just that many people arent aware of it
I was very upset when I had to learn on my own about the Philippine-American war. The Balangiga Massacre especially, was so cruel and it happened *"after the war"*
I have to remind myself everytime I learn more about history that it all happened in the past and I shouldn't put the blame to anyone. I really appreciate this video. It's important to be aware of this.
Jurard Fan. Nice.
Our bells were returned far too long
My high school teacher did cover it. But combined it with the reform movements, the book, “The Jungle”, and Teddy Roosevelt’s life and John McKinley’s assassination. This was several chapters combined with limited coverage of each thing. No deep dive like the Civil War or WWII. It was like an overview.
Thanks for covering this it really means a lot. I was born in the Philippines but raised in the US and it wasn’t until recently that I learned just how entangled and twisted the history of the Philippines was with the US. I also learned about how often Filipino-American contributions get swept under the rug. It makes me want to cry. Like many are saying I don’t hate Americans but I’d be lying if I didn’t say there was a part of me that feels so much vitriol, grief, despair, confusion, frustration, erasure, and loneliness towards not just the US but all of the different countries that tried to subjugate us over and over and over again. I don’t think a lot of Filipino Americans realize just how much of our heritage we lost. The US has always been upheld as this “savior.” I’m not saying it’s bad to be American but compared to other Fil-am kids I had such strong ties to my heritage that most fil-am kids didn’t. To me, the US took my sense of identity away. I didn’t choose to grow up here. As a young child all I wanted was to be white, blonde, and blue-eyed. No one in American media looked like me and when Asian representation began to grow in media it STILL wasn’t me. I will never ever fully be seen by my peers as 100% American or 100% Filipino I’ll always be something lesser than one or the other. This is a pain I know many fil-am people go through and experience at different intensities. Our histories are important to learn from and to heal from. Thanks for this Mr. Beat. It means more than you know.
Your comment is very powerful, thank you for posting it.
You’ve never been in the US. You are in Canada. You’re confusing the two countries!
And Filipinos aren’t Americans. They will never be Americans.
@@anonymoususer8895 ??? I literally grew up in the US
@@cynn6442 No you grew up in Canada!
Well presented. My great uncle served in the 168th Infantry in WWI. He greatly admired General Pershing. There was a photo of the General on display in his home. This made me interested in General Pershing. I read many books about WWI and others about our involvement in the Philippines.
In addition, my uncle received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star as a machine gun sergeant during WWII in the Philippines. This added to my interest about the area.
A sad part of US history.
Thanks for the kind words and for sharing that info about your ancestors!
In my native Zamboanga City, you will find a place dedicated to him, Plaza Pershing.
Incidentally, the first Filipino to die in American service in France during the WW 1, was from my City, Pvt. Tomas Claudio.
Thank you Mr. Beat for this video. It will help to shed light on Americans about the truth my countrymen had faced before. More power to you!
As an historian and anthropologist of the Philippines, I want to say that this is an excellent video on this conflict.
This war and subsequent colonization was in some ways a preview of what would come later in the Vietnamese-American War. The idea of scorched earth and mass killings was the response, as you say, to guerrilla warfare. Guerrilla warfare is almost always going to happen in a resistance movement such as this. So all of the atrocities committed in the Philippines were basically immediately forgotten and then repeated in Viet Nam. And then again in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The actual colonial period that followed had massive repercussions for Filipino politics that are felt today. For example, American federalist policies are essentially what created the local warlords that turned into the modern political and economic dynasties in the country. These powerful families dominate politics and economics.
Another issue most people gloss over is how women’s rights suffered under the Americans. For the most part, women and men had a very high level of gender equality even after 300 years of Catholic influence. This is because Spain had not really expended many resources in trying to change Filipino culture outside of conversion to Christianity; for example, Spanish language never became a major language in the archipelago, with only around 10% of Filipinos ever gaining fluency. Intermarriage was also rare, preventing large cultural transfer or creation of a creole or mestizo class (Mestizos mentioned in historical records in the Philippine context actually refer to Chinese-Filipinos, whereas Spaniards and the very few Spanish-Filipinos were called blancos; Filipinos often having Hispanic names originated with the Claveria Decree of 1849, not because of intermarriage, as both Spanish tax records and modern population genetics studies show). However, during the American period, the Filipinos in the congress wanted to include women in the government, but three times in a row the Americans stamped this out. The Americans essentially made a point to marginalize women in politics. Despite that, the Philippines still has had two women presidents, but there are issues of representation in congress until now.
Under the Americans as well began the resettlement policies in Mindanao, where Ilokano and Bisayan-speakers were moved into Mindanao to push out Muslims. This has led to continued marginalization of Muslims in the south.
There is really a lot more to discuss on this topic, but in many ways it is arguable that 50 years of colonialism from the US affected the modern Philippines more deeply than 300 years with Spain.
US Policies were devastating, especially from the Commonwealth Period, but I beg to differ that the country is still in a dire state after all the reforms, developments, and progress that the country has already and is still pursuing.
The country that you're referring to and where I live has been relatively growing and prospering, now experiencing constant 6% growth that made it the 32nd largest economy in the world and still growing, where service and manufacturing sectors are now the main drivers of this economic growth. An economy slated to be a Trillion Dollar GDP by the 2030s (Standards and Poor Global) shows resolve and eagerness of the industries and economy of the country.
There are laws from the Commonwealth Period that have just recently being reformed, such as the Commonwealth Act of 1936, and the Commonwealth Act of No.1, where its vague requirements for declaring Martial Law has led to the Martial Law Era of the county.
The concerns with Muslim separatism is already improving, with the introduction of the Bangsamoro Organic Law in 2019 that gave an autonomous parliament for Muslim-majority Mindanao region and all major Muslim separatist groups are now disarming and engaging in civilian public service.
As for the "Dynasties" the US has a big part that made them alarmingly significant, but at the same time, after various republics, the country wouldn't try to embrace Parliamentarianism and a Federalist System, which is much more proper for the country, being a multi-ethnic and diverse country, where Christians, Muslims, Indigenous Group exist. There were calls for government change, from the Ramos Administration call for Federalism to Arroyo's Parliamentary Shift Efforts, and as recent as the Duterte's Federalism Initiaitive, and the 2022 Constitutional Convention under the current Marcos Jr. Admin
Manufacturing is absolutely not one of the main drivers of the economy of the Philippines. In fact, the Philippines has been long criticized by development experts for never creating a manufacturing sector. This is why the unemployment/underemployment rate has stayed steady at about 25% for about 50 years now. Job creation is a major weakness of an economy that skipped manufacturing, which the Philippines has. Actually, manufacturing was deemphasized more and more over the decades in favor of neoliberal development policy, which by nature deemphasizes manufacturing. The Philippines has had the lowest rate of industrialization in general in the entire region, excluding Laos and Cambodia. In fact, manufacturing has been so neglected that Viet Nam has now passed by the Philippines in manufacturing despite starting in a far poorer state. In the 1980s, Viet Nam was one of the three poorest countries in the world, but then grew rapidly due to export and now manufacturing, two things the Philippines has never done. The Philippines is a net *importer* of rice, for example, which is inexcusable. But not unexpected since there has never been land reform in the country either. The land reform policy created during the Aquino administration explicitly left loopholes that allowed major corporations to maintain their hold on land. This means that most farmers in the country are still effectively sharecroppers, stunting economic independence.
The 6% growth rate is a bit of a red herring. It is almost entirely buoyed by the OFW program, first implemented by Marcos in 1972, but greatly expanded in subsequent administrations. This is a big part of why that 6% growth hasn’t led to job growth or significant poverty reduction. It’s because the growth isn’t coming from industry, it’s coming from remittances. That is why the underemployment rate stays steady at about 25% despite ostensible economic growth.
I myself am actually in the review process for an academic paper on the comparative history of economic development policies in the Philippines and Viet Nam, so if you’re interested I can definitely talk about this more.
Federalism would just more firmly entrench local dynasties since it would give provinces more autonomy. The opposite needs to happen: the central government needs to be stronger and literally take land out of the hands of the dynasties.
I am actually not really a fan of the Bangsamoro policy. Autonomy in terms of law makes no real sense in what is supposed to be a cohesive nation. Rather, the better policy is to simply stop sending the military to commit mass murder against Lumads and Moros. Also, again, to implement better development policy to create more economic opportunities. The Bangsamoro region is literally the most poor part of the Philippines, and this is largely because of that chauvinism in government.
Also, as an aside, GDP means literally nothing for the average person. It’s actually quite an awful metric. What you really need to look at is wealth distribution, and in that regard the Philippines is pretty unequal. Its Gini coefficient for example, is around 41, which is really not good. What the GDP growth, the high underemployment rate, and Gini coefficient represent is the fact the that 6% growth per year mainly goes to the pockets of the dynastic families I mentioned before. In particular, that level of inequality combined with the fact that the country is only low-middle income (meaning baseline wages are very low) means that severe poverty is a major issue, leading to social development issues. The Philippines is a country that simultaneously has serious issues with stunting in children *and* diabetes in a certain much smaller demographic. Only a country with severe wealth distribution issues can have both of those things at once.
Salute to you Sir for sharing the facts of the Philippine-American War. Much love from the PH.
As a Filipino, it was very interesting and saddening to me when I found out that this was not being taught there in the US. Thank you for making a video on this!
You missed the part about killing all males ages 10 and above in retaliation to the Balangiga massacre. Most of the US soldiers were also veterans of their Indian wars, they employed the same tactics.
Jacob “Howling Wilderness” Smith moments
Please George, can you share more about the Balangiga massacre? Thank you.
@@eliyahu1896 It was an event in 1901 when the townspeople of Balangiga setup a successful ambush/attack on an unsuspecting American garrison of 74 men. The US soldiers were having breakfast when they were attacked. The church bells were used as a signal for the attack which were later captured as war trophies. It was considered at that time as the worst defeat of the US army and in retaliation to that they burned towns and killed all males as young as 10 (any male who can carry a rifle or fight). The US did it on the entire island of Samar and not just the town of Balangiga, that is where the infamous "howling wilderness" line comes in. This is my very simple summary.
I'm a history major and soon-to-be teacher in Finland and I'm genuinely curious about how objectively American history is taught in American schools. I'm Finnish, and we have to deal with the fact that we collaborated with the Nazis, but it feels like we can already discuss that pretty objectively and admit it. I wonder if it's the same in America considering their not-so-great moments.
It's heavily dependent on the specific local schools,as are the vast majority of things in the US. America is huge yo
In my school I didn't learn about this war(it was just vaguely mentioned) but that might have been because COVID shortened the schedule. We learned about slavery and other atrocities tho
There are only so many hours in a day.
I love when someone yells "this isn't taught in schools!"
Well, you have to pick and choose what you present.
I'm seeing a pattern that the colonized countries know more about these wars than the colonizers (USA, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands). There's probably guilt in teaching their citizens what they did to the natives.
@@One.Zero.One101 Spain 🇪🇸 rule in PH 🇵🇭 is only briefly mentioned in Spanish 🇪🇸 curriculum
Thank you for featuring this war Mr. Beat
It's also worth pointing out that full independence was only granted in 1946 because the United States did not want nor could it afford to assume any financial responsibility over the Philippines following World War 2.
So the Philippines cost the US money to "control"? what about extorting the natural resources?🤷♂️
+1
We just meat shield and modern cheap labor sleeve
There were other reasons, most notably, that they refused to give Indonesia back to the Netherlands but they could not square that away by still keeping the Philippines.
The Philippine-American War was called the 1st Vietnam because of its similarity to the Vietnam War and quite its a crossover, you have players like Japan and Germany providing limited support towards the revolution, Sun Yat-Sen in particular help by obtaining firearms and such in Japan. Resistance in the Luzon and Visayas went on beyond 1902 particularly Macario Sakay's Goverment that fought till 1905.
Why is that though? There seems to be this idea that the Vietnam war was imperialistic. But it wasn't. The USA was there to help the South against the north. It was a civil war. Did the USA intend to set up some sort of presence there if the South had won? I don't know. Probably, until the government was able to govern effectively. But I imagine that the South would have wanted that.
Do you feel the USA was wrong to get involved in Korea? Because I think that war has far more in common with Vietnam war than with the USA-Philipinne war.
I am not saying the USA did not do awful things in Vietnam. I'm not sure they should have got involved. But, what about Korea? That was a very similar situation. And if the USA didn't get involved, it's likely the whole country would be under a regime like North Korea.
@@peterwallis4288 we're talking about the similarities of the conflict, you're going off topic by talking about the Korean War, which was a war many allied nations including the Philippines fought in.
@@gamechanger8908 I'm just saying they are not similar in the way he seemed to suggest. Why would you think the Vietnam war was imperialistic? It was a completely different situation, one that was a lot more similar to the Korean War. I don't see what's off topic about saying that.
@@peterwallis4288 the Imperialist French still had lingering precense in Vietnam, and planned on reinstating colonial rule. The fact even if the US knew or not they were fighting on the side of imperialist against communist.
It was more like the Iraq War in the 2000s
I’m a Fil-Am history buff and have visited a number of local VFW-sponsored museums in my region. Most will do a decent job of informing about wars going back to the Spanish-American, but the Philippine-American war is almost always overlooked. It almost just seems like the war America has been trying to gaslight into the ether for the last century…
You’re not American. You’re Canadian! You’re confusing the two countries!
The VFW's formation had a lot to do with the fact that some members of the USWV, who focused on the Spanish American rather than the Philippine Wars, had not even left the country. One Philippine War veterans organization chose the new VFW for that and other reasons.
@@anonymoususer8895
Take off eh!
An addendum about how the war "started",
My history professor told us that the first shot was fired because an American soldier told a native to "halt" expecting them to understand English (which is completely on brand for America). The native, not understanding what halt meant, continued walking and the solider fired.
Also, while a centralized military did not fare well for the Philippines in its revolutionary wars, guerilla warfare was something the revolutionaries were quite adept at (exemplified by Japanese resistance). Luna wanted to use guerilla warfare since the beginning of the war.
I live in the area where Luna was ambushed and killed and it's less of a grand historic monument and more of a nice park where you spend your afternoon and eat rice cakes (the rice cakes are really good btw).
Ah yes. In Heneral Luna, these were portrayed.
Btw, do you put sugar on the rice cakes or just directly eat it?
One video I saw stated the vote to annex the Philippines had very few supporters in the U.S. Senate and was on the way to failing, but the outbreak of hostilities actually reversed that and resulted in its passage.
19:42 "If we ignore these mistakes of the past we're more likely to just repeat them"
And repeat they did, the Vietnam War, The Afghan War, The Iraq War and other interventions. Glad to see this war is getting more attention.
@Salvador Vizcarra China doesn't steal territories of other sovereign nations? I dunno about that...
@@blackwater7183 Name one? Any? Tibet? LolL
@@cesarmontera2247 They always threaten and bully other nations, if it weren't for the other other nations they would definitely take them. Their claim in the Spratly islands for one. They bully Philippines fisherman even through they are in their economic zone. Hello, Taiwan? Do I need to say more? The only thing holding China back is it's scared of the other nations more powerful than itself.
@@cesarmontera2247 Preventing Taiwanese independence and the current West Philippine Sea issue. You're Welcome.
@Salvador Vizcarra Are you that much of a clown, bruh? Because you make me laugh hard. FYI, most of China's neighboring countries have a border or territorial conflict with them. You don't know about their conflicts against India, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Brunei. Are you really that blinded by China? What you said here about the US is just how superpowers act, and soon it will be the same action that China will be taking; in fact, they already started it. With them gaining power day by day, they will impose their will more on small countries like the US did in the past, so it will make no difference. It is just that the US became a superpower before China. Just wait for it: if China successfully reunifies with Taiwan, the whole South China Sea is next, and then the islands that are occupied by Japan, then their territorial dispute with India. Book it! 😂😂😂
I'm a Filipino who was born in California and raised in Texas so, even though I took AP classes for everything during high school, I didn't know half of what was in this video until I started to do the research myself. The extent of what I was able to learn was the "Little Brown Brothers" poem.
I also find it disappointing that so many fellow Americans will also bring up the sins of other colonizers to almost justify American colonial rule at the few times that I would bring up the Philippine American war. We definitely need to take a good look at ourselves as a people and realize that learning history is supposed to feel bad, and feel bad so that we don't make these irreparable mistakes and commit these irreparable harm again in the present and the future.
If anything, you are a filipino of convenience. A filipino when it suits you, an american for everything else.
@@HerrZenki Ah, the curse of bipatriotism
@@HerrZenki I've met several Fil-Ams who are proud of their distant homeland when the people succeed in anything, but when it involves hardship, problems, corruption. They would distant themselves like an angsty teenager acting like they don't know their parents who they feel is embarassing them.
@@gamechanger8908 Hence the "Filipino when convenient" monicker.
If anything these so-called "filipino-americans" can't even be considered filipinos anymore as they are too far removed from the philippine cultural context itself.
Yeah
19:17 I did not learn this much about the Philippine-American war back in my school days in the Philippines (62-77). Thank you! 🙏🏻 I hope that history lessons in the Philippine Education System has improved a lot by this time. 😊
I am a high school history teacher and the book they give me for US history has very little on this war.
I was genuinely impressed how big the section was in the World history textbook on the Phillippines, which goes into depth on the colonial conflicts with Spain, the US and Japan before getting into the Marcos regime.
Thank you for your service. Also, did you see my old history textbook video? I think it'd be right up your alley.
@@iammrbeat Yss, I did. Loved seeing all the history teachers.
We had our teachings in Civics class (grade 7). I think our teacher was more open about certain things.
@Peter Lyon And now the Philippines is once again in the Marcos regime. I am upset that my country has once again been ruled by this terrible family.
@@manual3584 No they are not these 2 people are not the same. Please be mindful to being open and respect Filipino democracy as they are tired of the anti-marcos sentiment. Filipinos in turn give light on the Marcos cause and gave them a chance which is why they elected him.
Pilipino naitionalists: "You have freed us"
Us: "Oh, I wouldn't say “freed.” More like “under new management.”"
Pretty much :(
Great reference but man, I'm sad now.
I am 53 and American. The first I ever learned of this war was when I was about 50. And I went to school in liberal California with a very liberal history teacher (which the parents complained about), and I think even he didn't know about the war, because he certainly exhaustedly taught us about the atrocities of Vietnam that Americans had done.
The Atrocities in Vietnam is nowhere near the Atrocities Filipino suffered from Americans. Because it's the Time of Colonialism. Vietnam war is very recent. The American people don't know what's happening in the Philippines, and news about it can be very much contained while In the Vietnam war the Media is very much improved.
@@my_other_side473 nope atrocities that happened in Vietnam is far worse than what Happened in Philippines, agent orange is literally still devastating Vietnamese to this day. While atrocities in Philippines is bad, US did established a cohesive government effectively halting most rebellion in the country, not to mention comparing what Spanish and Japanese literally makes Americans look less evil in nature
@@justamoogle5268 not really, yes agent orange is bad. But the war between the Philippines and the US, is a war of subjucation. Where US soldiers would shot you for just being Filipino that's why Almost a Million Filipino Died. While in Vietnam war the US is fighting the Government of North Vietnam, not the Vietnamese people as a Whole. When the US were fighting the Filipinos. They don't care if they wipe out the whole Filipino Race. With Concentration camps, torture etc.
@@my_other_side473 Vietnam war estimation of death is literally between 2M 4.5M with confirmed use of bioweapons and scourge earth tactics. Compare it to PH-US war with an estimation of 200k-1M with most of those deaths from wide spread famine and diseases
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"US did established a cohesive government effectively halting most rebellion in the country"
Ah, yes. Just to be clear - rebellion against who?
As a puertorrican, I would love to see this same video about this same invasion that took place in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Guam at the same time in 1898.
Mr Beat, you inspire me every day to keep working toward my dream of being a high school history teacher. Thanks for what you do
Thank you for this video. This war was not in my High School curriculum and the Spanish-American war only got an honorable mention. I am now obsessively fascinated by historical events that were left out or brushed over by the Board of Education.
Thanks for making this video! My maternal grandmother was from the Philippines, but not much information was passed down. I was definitely not taught anything about this in school, but that is not surprising. Thanks for doing what you do so well!
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Two year occasion al fan .
Thank you Mr . Beat , you inform people .
You seem centrist , neither left nor right .
You do good journalism .
Brooooo im a filipino and as a native here I know these details so much but for an outsider like you and made these video so accurately and precise and detailed, i am beyond happy. You deserve a sub brooO!
I have been waiting for this video for so long and I am glad to finally see it!
I do want to point out one thing. We did have a representative in during the Treaty of Paris but unfortunately, it did not have much weight about the outcome. His name is Felipe Agoncillo, an adviser to Aguinaldo and a lawyer.
Regardless of whatever happened in the PH-US war, the Filipino people still have a soft spot for Americans because of the Allied effort during WW2 that liberated the Philippines from the occupation of the Japanese. Americans built military bases in the Philippines where it helped aide the Americans during the Korean and Vietnam wars, with some Filipinos serving the war as well. In the present day, the US and PH militaries hold joint military exercises, before it was because of the growing threat of ISIS and now because of the unrest in South East Asian waters from Chinese vessels and battleships.
Great video, Mr. Beat!
Thanks Kirsten! I appreciate you correcting me there. Also, good points about what has happened since the war. Today, Filipino Americans make up the second-largest Asian ethnic group in the country, and relations between the two countries since World War II has been pretty great overall.
@@iammrbeat I appreciate you more for making this video, Mr Beat. Also love your collabs with Knowing Better and hoser.
Yeah, Japan uh...really did a number in tanking Filipino relations with basically everyone but the Americans. Duterte recently tried to cozy up to China in an attempt to play both sides, but after Xi made it clear that the Filipinos would be little more than second-class citizens to the Han Chinese and effectively a vassal state to China if they gained greater influence over the islands than America (Han chauvanism, gotta love their ability to torpedo relations out of a sense of superiority), and after Chinese started attacking Filipino fishing ships, Duterte went back to supporting America pretty quickly.
@@iammrbeat Filipinos having such warm relations with the US is for two main reasons. One being the obvious, we liberated them from Japan. The other is something I think is really understated, and it's that Filipinos who move to the US assimilate into mainstream American culture extremely easily which means national/ethnic tensions are almost nonexistent. They're very much like the Poles in that regard.
@Kirsten Bañuelos Yes, however he was not allowed in the meeting and the Philippines truly had no representation at all in the Treaty of Paris.
Thank you for making this video. My US History book in high school in the States entire section on the Philippine-American War (described as the Philippine Insurrection) was all of one paragraph of about 6 sentences.
Later in college in the Philippines it wasn't much better honestly. My fellow Filipino classmates didn't have much on our history only knowing Rizal was a great guy.
To add: it grabs my goat that the US and the Philippines have such a close history for hundreds of years, heck even before the US was a country and we're not exactly well known as a minority compared to others. If you can please do a video on anti-miscegenation laws that specifically mention Filipinos. It always tickled me i would have been illegal to exist not even twenty years before i was born.
These subjects were taught in Elementary and Secondary in the Philippines. Only Rizal, Literature (which includes works written during war/revolutions), and Constitution were taught in college, unless you are majoring in History.
@@Somm_RJ Appreciate the clarification. I only attended University in the Philippines not primary or secondary school. Asawa and Nanay don't really talk much about what they learned regarding Aguinaldo and the Philippine-American war in elementary and high school.
Thanks. I’ve done months of research mostly conflicting. This is clear and consistent with facts found many other places. I pray we learn from this. Even if it’s nearly a century later. I admire you courage and clarity 😊
I’m grateful for this video. I’ve always been aware of the “Philippine Insurrection” but have never heard any details about it beyond the name. I lived 2 years in the Philippines in my youth and have always felt a great fondness for the place and its people; I’m ashamed that I never knew how bad our country’s behavior was at that time. Thanks very much for this video!
Even tho I'm not an American I heard about this war but never saw a detailed video about it. Thank you for this!
Yeah that's why I especially felt obligated to make it. Few Americans even know about it!
I wasnt expecting any history teacher/professor ive known cover this part of American History. Thank you from a Filipino American :)
Not Filipino but glad to learn the truth and be less ignorant of US and Philippine history.
Good job and quality presentation! 👨🎓👩🎓🤙😎
Excellent video! Learned a lot here! Bravo! Thank you Mr. Beat!
I had just watched Johnny Harris' video "How the US Stole the Philippines" before stumbling onto yours, and I really appreciate how together they gave me a deeper look into the circumstances and unfortunate hiding of this tragedy. Thank you.
Hi Mr Beat. I just want to say I honestly think your channel is one of if not the best on RUclips right now. I study Politics and IR at university in the UK, and I adore the US and it's political history and you cover the subject absolutely perfectly.
I'm currently having an awful time as I lost my grandfather, got dumped from a 3 year long relationship, and moved out of my childhood home all between January to March this year. It will take me time to heal, I'm not ok, but I will be, and I want you to know your videos distract me even just for a moment. Thank you for creating the content you do.
Nah. Stay away from our politics. You’re thinking of Canada.
You adore Canada and it’s political history. Not the US.
You adore Canada and it’s political history* not the US. You’re confusing the two countries!
I love this video Mr. Beat. It is very truthful to what happen in the pass without encouraging hate and loathing your own country.
Mr. Beat, great video as always. When I was in grad school, I read “America Is In the Heart,” by Carlos Bulosan. As a white man who grew-up around a variety of Asian American friends, including Filipino friends, it was an eye-opener. It follows Carlos, who is a native of The Philippines, coming to America in the 1940s. He has to deal with all the baggage of the colonial period, as well as the anti-Asian racist policies and attitudes of his own time. It’s a hopeful book, but it makes you endure some redemptive pain on the way through.
I didn't learn about this chapter of US history until I took a course in my History BA on US foreign policy from 1898. Very nice video, though I think more could have been said about the massive role of race and racism in the conflict. I would also add that the most fascinating thing to me about American imperialism in the Philippines, is that for all the talk about America "racially uplifting" the Philippines, and granting them independence "once they have been made ready to govern themselves", that's not what got them their independence. In reality, the two biggest factors were that Philippine sugar was exempt from tariffs, so was undercutting American sugar growers, and young Filipino men were moving to the mainland US in large numbers creating panic about them stealing white women.
I also think it's interesting that exactly like in the Iraq War a century later, America declared victory against the insurgency in the Philippines 3 separate times.
If you want to learn more about this conflict, I cannot strongly enough recommend reading "The Blood of Government" by Paul Kramer.
It’s crazy, I never heard about this! My ex was Filipina from the Philippines, and she talked about a lot of history but never brought this up. She brought up how grandpa had to fight for Japanese when his area got taken over by the Japanese.
My dad is Filipino and he tells me stories about his grandpa. When the Japanese took over, he fought with the resistance against the Makapili, who were collaborators with the Japanese. His sister was a very beautiful woman, but her family forced her to cut her hair to pretend to be a man and act as her older brother if they neighbors got suspicious. When the Americans arrived, my brother fought alongside the Americans and saved eachothers' lives. Right after the war, he protected Japanese POWs who were brave enough to surrender from the angry townsfolk, many of wholm refused to fight during the occupation, from harm. I'm proud of that as he never mentioned killing anybody, and I hope he never had to. He was one of the lucky few that was recognized and given citizenship, and the rest of his family hopped on the boat to America when the dictator Marcos took over. My girlfriend is Japanese, but I know he wouldn't have a problem with it.
A funny footnote about my family relating to the Filipino American war however is my family relation to the man who started the revolution against Spain. My dad's side of the family comes from the sister of Andres Bonifacio, the man who kickstarted the rebellion with the Katipunan. He was killed cartel machete-style by the power-hungry Aguinaldo as he was a much more capable leader, and he didn't want the people to side with him. A lot of Filipinos also turned on each other because of regionalist loyalty. They kind of got bit in the ass because their disunity killed many of their best generals and lost them the war against the Americans. You won't really find many Filipinos who have misgivings or resentment towards the Americans though because even those who are educated enough to have reason to do so would know that throughout history, we have shot ourselves in the foot and marinated it in saltwater.
My mom is Filipina and I get the feeling she does not know the history of her country at all (at least, not before WW2). I wish my grandparents were still alive today (and that we talked the same language) because I would love to hear their side of the story.
I bet she knows the war happened, its just a bit awkward to talk about the war because of how brutal it was, like saying "Your ancestors invaded and massacred our people". I had a conversation with my American boss about the war, I can tell he felt uncomfortable because of how much he doesn't know about it. Americans are mostly under the impression that they are morally superior, cultured, and on the side of good, but when you bring up this war, its like saying Americans did something terrible too.
Now you know why she's an ex.
@@Kitiwake actually it was more of how she was abusive towards me and broke me down I had to end it ,she broke my heart she took me to a bad place in my life .
Excellent video. Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video. A must see video for everyone.
I learned a lot about this in my college government courses. This was in the 70’s things were opening up. In 7th grade we learned about America’s Imperial period. I remember a homework assignment that asked us to find the “wording” from the Constitution that explains the Founding Fathers distain for any Imperial plans. We had a week to write it within 250 words. He was grinning at the 250 words though as many student faces fell. Being German I figured no sweat we even have a copy that we all had read from a trip to Philadelphia.
High school social studies teachers generally did a much better job teaching this stuff in the '70s compared to today.
I’m convinced we had some of the least conservative teachers! The whole 70’s there were only a handful of teachers that were still “in 1945” mode. Our high school Physics teacher was a real Progressive. He can give Bernie Sanders & Elizabeth Warren a run for being “far left”.
@Salvador Vizcarra ,
I commend you on your obvious knowledge about all the American "activities" , actions, interventions, invasions, war, influences, coups, take overs and the very large and destructive consequences of them all to so many ...the majority of which were civilians and in the case of South Korea ...Allies as well( in the Korean War ) that 99% of Americans would be unaware of. What I think is most important...given the fact that the lives lost and the mistakes made cannot be reversed...is that the American Government and military needs to admit and acknowledge and make public ...or at the very least not continue to cover up , avoid, deny and withhold the facts of things done and at some level admit what was done even if it proves too hard to apologise or find fault...but at the very least NOT HIDE those things that were done and the difficult facts that were the outcome by them being done and happening.
I can understand it would be difficult for anyone to admit the consequences , especially in human terms, of their actions, whether "legitimate" or not...but to deny or refuse to say what they did or was done ...only ensures they will continue to happen and the consequences will not be considered before or in the aftermath , seen. And soon after , officially forgotten.
Which makes certain the fact ...not a single, positive learning or understanding will exist to give the wisdom , remember the costs or give pause ...before it happens again and again...and again...as badly and at the unnecessary costs of so many lives that should never have been lost as history repeats...lives lost forever all for an outcome that almost always achieved nothing or provided any gain worth the cost to ALL parties...
There's is NEVER a Winner and both parties always Lose. The only difference is one of them will lose "less" than the other.
Sometimes....actions must be taken...but most of the time ...throughout time...history has shown that most of them achieved nothing for anyone but cost everyone enough to not do it again.
Something that ALL should have learned by now...but haven't.
LEST WE FORGET...
...it will happen again and THAT'S WHY more need to know about the things too many do not want to admit, remember or learn from and make sure that, for them, the fewer that know , the better things go for them and for History to repeat the lessons never learnt and the events never learnt in the lessons never had
Awesome breakdown, no biased information, no propaganda, just the truth of an almost forgotten or barely mentioned conflict in the world. Keep it up 👍
I’ve wrote a few essays on turn of the century US imperialism, so it’s cool to see this topic come up. Truly a fascinating, not much talked about period of our history.
I study this period quite a bit, although it doesn't generally seem to be focused on much in American high schools.
Wow.
This is horrific and disgusting, and yet painfully unsurprising.
Ya gotta question your textbooks.
Love your channel, and thanks for sharing!
My great-grandfather fought in this war (recent German immigrant to US - military service was his path to US citizenship). And he never wanted to talk about it.
Yes, I have read several books about this war. Overall good presentation as always, Mr Beat.
Were you able to meet him?
@@justinnamuco9096 No, just what my mother has passed on to me.
Just like starship troupers 😂😂😂
Mr.Beat thank you for making this. My best friend is Filipino and he will definitely enjoy the fact that the history of his homeland is being documented.
I also honestly had no idea that this war was that terrible (especially the 1 million+ casualties bit.) all I heard/read in our AP US textbook was that we fought a local rebellion post victory against the Spanish and won. Then the Japanese turned up in WWII. Our government needs to formally apologize for the fact this happened and build a joint memorial with the Filipino government in Manilla.
Casualties are actually far higher.
The US Department of Foreign Affairs listed the casualties as:
American soldiers: 4K dead.
Filipino soldiers: 16K dead.
Filipino civilians: 200K to 800K dead.
But Filipino historians say that it can run as high as 3 million. Last Spanish census listed 9 million inhabitants. First American census, 6 million inhabitants.
That's just with the Spanish-held Luzon & Visayas regions. In the independent Mindanao regions, no one knows how many were killed. All I can say is that the Colt .45 1911 A1 was created to counter the Juramentados of Mindanao since the Army .38 Long Colt lacked the stopping power. And when Mindanao was pacified, settlers from Luzon and Visayas were given large tracks of land to settle there since Mindanao was depopulated. Anyway, the Christian settlers were happy since Mindanao were mostly muslims and it was considered no great loss.
There's one of the biggest American/Filipino cemetery in Manila and Iloilo. Those with missing loved ones in WW II should look for it. Your family members who fought in WW II might be there. They're being taken cared of.
I distinctly remember being in my social studies class when I was in 6 or 7th grade. We got to the Spanish American War, which had damn near half a chapter written about it in the textbook, and then at the end was mentioned in a small paragraph a war with the Philippines. No details, no resolution, no reason, just “oh btw this happened”.
I was confused, but wow! Finally I have context, and it’s a crying shame this isn’t taught in our American schools. Thanks for shining a light on this
Being unable to criticize your country isn't a sign of love; it's a sign of psychosis.
Mr. Beat not missing a beat with this vid. Common successful video again. Great as always
Thanks Mr. Sherman
We appreciate your detailed explanation and analysis on this. There's more to the Philippine-American War than that's just being talked about in textbooks. We only ever get little information on it.
This is my first time learning about this war. Thanks for continuously delivering the most informative and engaging content.
I would love for you to also cover the US invasion of Grenada in one of your next videos.
Found the European.
I can't but help wonder how many artist, musicians, writers, scholars, historians, tradespeople, etc. were murdered due to this war/racism/imperialism. Very sad.
Most of the rich population of the country were unscathed from the war. Since many were quick to support the US.
The ones who suffered the most were farmers and revolutionaries
Thanks for the refresher course. I went to schools both in the Philippines and here in the United States. I learned the Philippine- American war when I was in 5th or 6th grade in The Philippines. In my high school history class, here in the US, it was taught but with few details.
This is new to me, thank you for making this video. I did hear about 'scuffles' very briefly but realising now it was an all out war is shocking
The Phillippine-American War isn't studied NEARLY is enough as it should be. The lessons the US learned during it would define US foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region into the Cold War. Some of the counter-insurgency tactics employed by MACV and US forces in the Vietnam War even dated back to this period. I've always been a fan of your channel, and I feel like if more people had history teachers like you, America would be a far better (and smarter) place.
This is really because of a few things
1. Both Countries are Allies, the Philippines Relies on the US and her bases to try and maintain sovreignty, and help protect it from a larger Power like China, the Philippines would obviously bad mouth the US for its influence in the Country but in exchange for its Sovreignty it will only do so in order to further its own interests, the US on the other hand would obviously not depict itself as a conqeror especially in a Conflict so brutal it caused the US to turn Isolationist.
2. The War is overshadowed by the Colonial Period of Spain and WW2
Often in the Philippines the more remembered parts are the Spainsh of which it takes its National Identity and Japan whose Conquest lead to the Countries independence by the US, Spain is remembered for the Lenght of its rule and its harsh policies and Japan for its War Crimes.
3. China, the current biggest reason why its obscure, the Philippines today see China as the bigger threat to her sovreignty than its former Colonial overlord that is now her ally, protesting too much against her ally might mean China would see weakness and try to take terretory from the Philippines.
As an American with a half Filipino father, I only very recently learned of this war. Thank you for making this video!