This week, we focused on trade and International business.
What do you suppose that Americans thought about the idea of making colonies in
the Philippines? Do you think that any were against the idea due to being
British colonies before the Revolutionary war? I feel that many people would
have been against the idea of colonizing the Philippines because of that event.
We read about the argument that Mr. Beveridge shared with the President. He
mostly claimed that the Philippines could not govern themselves and I quote,
"They are not capable of self-government" (2) in the section, The
Filipinos Are Children. I think that he was being very racist in this
comment to get the President to agree with him. I believe that most of his
argument was geared towards things that would benefit him the most. Although he
did include many things that would benefit the country as a whole. He used
things like trading and military bases to convince the President that he should
choose to colonize the Philippines. I think that after helping free the
Philippines it was very odd to try to control them. I personally think that an
alliance by choice would have been better. Just literally ask to form a treaty,
and perhaps they would have agreed considering that America helped them. Although
I do suppose that since their was a chance that they could have disagreed,
they went for total control.
