why americans came to the philippines,what are their reasons?

Question

american intention on the philippines

Answer 1

It was part of the master plan for last two world wars.

Answer 2

Ramel Pogi, thanks for the "history-in-a-nutshell" lesson. You are right on the money, of course.

Here's my take: Give credit to the Americans for seeing the Philippines as it really is - It makes for an ideal military base because of its location & configuration and they did take full advantage of it. Aside from Japan (which is already an emerging power then) and Sri Lanka (which is so darn small), the Philippines is the only country surrounded by bodies of water to the north, south, east and west and all points in between. Its strategic location is what attracted the Americans to the Philippines - if they are to wield any control or superiority (even just in the military sense), they need a stronghold in Asia - and the Philippines it is!

In fairness, I have to say that of all the things the Americans have done (or have failed to do) for the Philippines, the introduction of the public school system (per Educational Decree of 1863) is clearly their best contribution to our development as a nation
(purely from my point of view). Prior to that, only the select few, i.e., the very rich, can get an education in the Philippines.

Thanks, Uncle Sam! (I think!)

Answer 3

basically, those times had simple intentions of power, conquer, expand, the large countries are getting as much resources and natural wealth from their colonies

just as the philippines is on the verge of declaring independence, slowly spain is losing its power on its other colonies also;
mexico is being influenced by US democracy which is somehow creating a conflict between these two nations (US & spain).

soon after the philippine declaration of independence, the americans came as friendlies since they cannot conquer or colonize a country with a newly declared sovereignty.

and since the earliest government of the philippines is structured similar to US democracy, you can fairly say that US influence is reaching asia then

when world war II broke out, americans lost control of the islands when japan took over but reclaimed by general douglas mcarthur

since then the purpose of US occupation became pure militaristic and so they built these military bases with the intention of securing their strong hold after the war

back then, US and russia were allies and so china became communist similar to the structure of russia, and france or great britain whom had its share of colonies in other parts of asia like hongkong; expressed no interest in sharing space with US inside the archipelago of the philippines

its simple war rules actually, going back to the days of the roman empire; you win the battle, you take the spoils

Answer 4

They were a Spanish colony until about 1898. We took over for several reasons:
- we beat the Spanish in the war of that year,
- America was becoming a world power based on the theories of Alfred Thayer Mahan and,
- the British, French and Germans were eyeballing the area for themselves.

Same reasons apply to Hawaii.

Answer 5

to expand from being isolationists....US started to pursue the Philippines during the Spanish-American War...which is practically the most unheard of war..but its real

anyway yeah to become a world power?