Why did the U.S. buy the Philippines?

[@bengold121]

Always questions more.......don't trust junior high school and high school books to teach you about history because they are all control and regulated by governments. Governments especially the US; they like to paint their history books nice and rose and leaving the killing and the nasty things out.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Yess!!!

[@maricelprichard7939]

Spoken like someone who either didnt attend or flunked out of an american school. Most schools teach the nastiness first and foremost. Shit happens on a global stage and it cant all be rosey.

[@garyslo-pokeguillory8543]

First, You Need To Eliminate The Word "Democracy" When You speak of the USA! It IS NOT a damn democracy! It Is A Representative Republic As set By The US Constitution.

[@bengold121]

I heard that the U.S. is turning into a fascism country.....since big corporations are tell the government what to do with their influence of money. What is your take on that?

[@garyslo-pokeguillory8543]

Ben Gold unfortunately so, but not for those exact reasons. Greed And Power Of The politicians fed by those corporations ave the extreme dumbing down of our population. They Stopped Teaching The Constitution Long Ago, So People Wouldn't Know Their Rights And that the government works for them. Add It's Worked, Three People Now Think They Work For The All Mighty Government. Sad We Have Fallen So Fast.

[@Literaryartbaby]

I was unaware of this history. I love how the Filipinos fought for their freedom and defeated the Spanish. You can not learn history accurately from public schools romanticized textbooks. Much respect for the Filipino people. The same tactic "buying" the land was pulled in Louisiana.

[@alexismarcos1233]

Filipinas was part of Spain, not a colony but OK, now they have what they deserve 😊

[@oswaldocanda7231]

Treaty of Paris is a big lie.o naloko ng kastila ang US. Independent na ang Pilipinas ng nanyari ang treaty of Paris at wala ng pakialam ang Spain sa Pilipina.@*

[@lila7720]

@@oswaldocanda7231 true after that the americans focused on education (although they thought us mostly the english language) but its enough for us to start our own steps in becoming an independent country

[@Kolchak_Enjoyer]

I thanked castilla for turning us Catholic

[@johnnotrealname8168]

@@Kolchak_Enjoyer To be honest the U.S. mostly lied about the Spanish regime in the 19th Century. The Spanish were reforming, granted too late, but the Americans tried to justify their regime by blaming everything on the backwards Spanish. If you want a paper on this by a Filipino then here:( core.ac.uk/download/pdf/48645937.pdf ). However yes Spain was rather nice in converting the natives, they did not as is commonly thought force conversions. Also @Alexis Marcos is just wrong. The Philippines as much as it pains me to write was a Colony. There were ideas of incorporating it into the mainlands, making it either another Kingdom or just more Spain proper as well as representation in the Spanish Cortes but the Spanish were too thickheaded to try that. I should note that King Alfonso XII's economic policies meant that the Colonies were much richer than even the U.S., in a sense, One Puerto-Rican Peso was worth 10 U.S. dollars which is a ridiculously good exchange rate. In fact he was a Good and Able King and most people accepted his rule, he created Railroads and telegraph stations in Cuba and Puerto Rico.

[@tsukirunsu]

They never mentioned that in schools. Probably because of the remaining fragments of the US influence in the Philippine education system.

[@memez127]

ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴍᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴜs.

[@elements1168]

Actually they did

[@al23786]

Just the way I learned it.

[@clairechavoso8363]

Lahat ng collony nasa sibika at kultura sa elementary ,nag cutting classes ka siguro nun

[@gamemaster47]

Look up Yellow Journalism. This was initiated by the US to misinform people from the spanish colonies through propaganda. They demonize spain even after they took over their colonies to make them look like the hero :D

[@Boredman567]

I'm from the US, and I remember briefly covering the US seizure of the Philippines in history class. The gist of what I learned was that after Spain lost the Spanish-American War, the US took their colonial claim to the Philippines, thereby making it a US colony. Many in the US were eager to get in on the imperialism business that Europe was "succeeding" so well in. We took a look at some of the propaganda of the time, and it was striking how they depicted the Filipino people. In order to make them seem "lesser", the Philippines were always portrayed using caricatures of the Negrito peoples. This was during one of the most racist and hateful periods in US history, and a large portion of white Americans had little regard for the rights of non-white people, especially black people. I don't think we covered things that happened during the occupation, but I figured that the US was doing what the other colonial powers were doing: exploiting a foreign people for their own gain. It's interesting to learn that Spain had actually been pushed out by the Philippine revolutionaries by the time they "sold" the country to the US.

[@kb-ww1uw]

It was interesting looking at American propaganda about the Philippines in the early 1900s. Filipino depictions always looked like tribal men (or rather a tiny minority in the Philippines known as the Aetas) in depictions when most of the Philippines and Luzon, Filipinos were more akin to Brown-skinned spaniards like Mexico and South America and arguably even more rooted in spanish influence since the country was been in colonial rule for over 300 years.

[@tmyofficial1080]

Most americans are racist. We cannot deny this fact. I remembered an article about a human zoo in myrtle.

[@GaryHField]

@@tmyofficial1080 because they are Anglo Saxons. Anglo Saxons are notorious for their racism.

[@robertrussell6116]

Hometown boy in Cavite, and being from a military family I see some history here and there all true, but not in the story. America valued life, and war wasn't worth the colonial claim. The whole time, America was guiding the Philippines to govern themselves. But with Arthur MacArthur and later Field Marshal Douglas MacArthur, it's hard to make that clear, but that is another story.

[@coolbeans545]

@@robertrussell6116 it's really hard to believe how america valued life with their history of abusing natives 😅

[@JobeeTabs]

Only few in the Philippines today would know that Germany also had intentions of having the Philippines as his first colony in the Asia-Pacific region.

[@krysta-ajhaah-min-yah8368]

Never knew that. May I ask for more details?

[@laudeinvicta7113]

@@krysta-ajhaah-min-yah8368I believe Germany sent two ships FULL of troops near Manila. When they saw Dewey, they had a standoff. It was said that Dewey wrote in his journal that, if the standoff escalates he is ready to go for war against Germany.

[@Sir_Wiener44]

@icecold723 no philippines would be part of hitler thenl.

[@ZiyadABDULLAH20]

@icecold723 Only few Filipinos today know that Philippines was once under control of the Great Britain during 7 years war between France and Great Britain.

[@kagamitaiga6856]

Mga bobo sa comment section magiging alipin parin naman kayo kapag nagpacolonize kayo mga tanga. Isipin nyo nalang kung bakit pa nagkaroon ng himagsikan kahit "maganda" naman ang pilipinas noon!

[@karlnixon7566]

Mannnn, I'm late discovering you but I'm learning a lot about the Philippines thanks to you. Just wanted to thank you! You're awesome.

[@kennethclayton5884]

Wow very knowledgeable information. I'm an American, I love history. You did an excellent job in presentation. I will have to look into this amazing and heart breaking in one breath.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Kenneth Clayton thank you :)

[@positivelynegative3260]

Imperialism, something that the United States hasn't quite given up on to this day.

[@samlabo1688]

You don't like USA Wait till you get a taste of what is coming

[@giovannimonsanto9563]

Pretty much

[@angeladevonne]

OBVIOUSLY

[@Steve-zc9ht]

Wait till you see China you think the usa is bad they only had 3 major colonies the Philippines Puerto Rico and Guam

[@user-ll5fq3tl1j]

@@Steve-zc9ht : I suggest to watch some videos of Johnny Harris in youtube about US. Yes China is bad but overall throughout their history US is worse. They are plastic.

[@radxavier2269]

as a history major, we need more people like you Sir Kirby

[@KirbyAraullo]

rad sumagaysay awww thank you! Salamat!

[@carvercapitalequitypartner122]

Thanks so much. I was never clear on the details. Your info makes sense. It is my understanding that the Americans killed more Filipinos in 30 years than Spain killed in 300 years.

[@bhing1483]

I was looking for this comment, thank you.

[@ZiyadABDULLAH20]

Actually grade 6 lang naturo 'to, I mean mga Filipino talaga ang lumaban sa mga Espanyol nuon during Spanish-American War 1898.

[@rudrigodiaz1099]

Hindi. Mga Espanyol-Filipino at mga Native-Filipino ang lumaban sa Spanish Colonial Government nung panahon na iyon. Malaki ang pagkaka-iba.

[@startrack3898]

Well.. evidence dapat muna bago bitawan ang mga salita na hindi pa naman napapatunayan☺☺

[@Filo-Joe]

Taena mga Negritos lumaban Dyan at mga aetas.

[@ron_m21]

Mga Espanyol ang lumaban sa America

[@mengoingabroad8576]

Great exposition. This fills in the blanks in the history we were taught1 in the US, and specifically in US Army ROTC. Thanks.

[@helloshort4489]

Bro I'm indian , I was just googling how Americans purchased Philippines for 20 million dollars it exactly showed how u told in the starting of the video. Then I searched about actual facts on KZbin and I found your video. History is always showed by the lens of victors to the world what can we do 😭

[@qasisters5214]

@Casual Dude This is so true!!!!

[@heavenablaze6343]

It is not only the Philippines but it includes Puerto Rico & Guam. All are colonies of Spain. For the sum of $20M

[@anjobonzal4489]

History is political after all 😪

[@missdelad.deladela7748]

Am I right that Guam and Puerto Rico is still part of the United States (US colony) and their President is Joe Biden?!

[@HBC101TVStudios]

@@missdelad.deladela7748 Yes. And Puerto Rico is fighting for statehood which is admission to the Union as the 51st state, making it a proper, integrated part of the US and no longer a "colony".

[@johngotek]

You cannot hide the real truth and reality.

[@Steve-zc9ht]

No one was hiding it did you not take 6th grade history class

[@delta5-126]

@@Steve-zc9ht Very true, I still remember these things but then again most of us never remember much of school because frankly it can be dreadfully boring.

[@Steve-zc9ht]

@@delta5-126 FACTS

[@WithmeJuan]

It’s too sad that even school textbooks were controlled by politics. So kids have their own different beliefs and facts to share. I even found myself searching on my own through the help of internet these days, to find WHAT IS REALLY THE TRUE HISTORY OF MY COUNTRY- The Philippines.🇵🇭🙏

[@TheMaster4534]

Yeah, our textbooks are full of bullshit. Romanticizing America, demonizing Japan despite a lot of good stuff that happened, as if its all a backstory to Aquino vs Marcos epic

[@lynnehummel6326]

From an American. I;m sorry for what America did to the Philippines and it's people. Very sad!

[@Thsiscool]

Hmmm, in my opinion, you don't need to apologize. The past is the past; what we must do, is to learn from it, grow from it, and understand. Should a white 5-year-old American boy, apologize for what he did or feel guilty for slavery in the United States? No, of course not, he wasn't born in that era; he didn't exist. However, most definitely, he, as well as all people, should know and understand the history, ethics, such as respectfulness towards all beings, and most importantly, liberty.

[@winzyl9546]

@Dex Ter Ikr, white americans should give back the native american lands and return to europe where they belong lmao.

[@Jupiter.141]

to be fair phil-american started bitter but compared to the spanish ruling The Americans provided education, pushing the Philippines to be modernized during that era, they are even willing back then to make the Philippines an official state same as guam and hawaii

[@ChildishSoap]

Guam is not a state​@@Jupiter.141

[@jerryzion2121]

Right on! Finally the real story is making the rounds. Historical truth.

[@yujinions]

I never knew this kind of detailed history, I'm always curious about what really happened during those times... The books at school are just summarized. I really love history. It's better than late than never.

[@daniellemontemayor6332]

Another great vid. As a student taking up history major your videos are big help especially in conversing in class, I' ll share your link. Lucky to find this channel.

[@bismuth4224]

I'm a Filipino but i have no idea about these things.... this is very informative and you've said it flawlessly... thank you...

[@y0bib910]

"when I grow up, I'll will work abroad and earn dollars" this is one of the goals of a Filipino student. Filipino educational system is actually western indoctrination. It's a series of manipulation of Filipino culture during industrial era.. but it wasn't enough making money from the land and seas of Philippines due to the inferior technology of transporting goods during that time by comparing to the present technological advancement. with the saying of AMERICA land of great freedom,democracy,hope,riches,etc. Filipino parents and later their kids were dreaming of working abroad(u.s) after graduating from American based educational system.. and its too late for them to realize that pineapples,banana,mangoes, etc werent the Americans were after, it was them (Filipino) were the Goods/products of the foreigner to be exported,and monetize. Filipino laborers are all over the world because they are efficient, doesn't complain and above all cheap labor, minimum wage doesn't matter to them cause their dollar currency is way to superior than Philippine currency.

[@covertfeelings8330]

Me and my friends were actually talking about which country we'd prefer working abroad during recess without realizing that we don't even consider helping with the growth of our nation.

[@rawrimadeinosaur7513]

@@covertfeelings8330 Thats why a lot of 2nd and 3rd world nations are trying to keep their working people inside their nation bc they want more people do develop their nation. Thats what I believe for some nation, that aint always the case thou.

[@edmyrvespucci]

thanks you so much for the History... I've been always wanted to know the history of the Philippines... I'm from USA.

[@yam.feliciano4448]

wow!

[@janredsantos4236]

STFU

[@edmyrvespucci]

@@janredsantos4236 por que!?

[@janredsantos4236]

@@edmyrvespucci nah i just couldnt believe that an american would want to learn our history

[@edmyrvespucci]

@@janredsantos4236 I'm Filipino. I want to learn my roots. The place my mom and dad grew up. I'm actually planning on moving there in the future to manage a business. So it's imperative that I know the country...

[@jrusselsantosdi6202]

and you forgot about why the US buys the philippines from spain because they need some strategic location on asia

[@35nanz]

He didn't forget, It's just that, it's out of the topic.

[@dane_vlogs]

Yeah, against communism and the communist nations like the former United Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR - modern Russia) and China.

[@Isabella-ts4fb]

The US didn‘t bought the Philippines. The US didn’t paid the Spaniards these $200M, the history is again mislead, US at that time was been invaded & colonize by Great Britain, so at that time they don’t have these amount of money. The person who paid our independence from Spain was a Filipino rich man, Mr. Tallado, so we didn’t owe anything fr. US, it was only the US was interested to invade & colonize the Philippines. They also used our country fr. Trading to China, Mexico etc..., what was written in History was many of it was manipulated bec. that’s what they want to spread to generations to generations. Our ancestors fight back w/ Spaniards & they lose, they don’t want to surrender w/ the Filipinos, they surrender w/ the US bec, they don’t want to accept that they lost the fight, the US helps our ancestors to fight against Spaniards but it’s already too late when they came , many were already been death & after the fight, the US don’t want too to give us independence, they’re the same w/ the Spaniards, greedy & wants to occupied the Philippines too. Those Historians wrote a misleading stories, they made a history that’s were all good & advantages for them.

[@yoloeveryday9057]

@@Isabella-ts4fb umm no the great britain has been not been fighting america its been decades and the americans just fought the american civil war so the american is fully indipendent on that time

[@Isabella-ts4fb]

@@yoloeveryday9057@, there's no Americans before, those were the people coming fr. diff. European countries who invaded US w/c is now been called United States of America, those Land located in US belongs to diff. Tribes of Indian people, w/c the Europeans massacre the Indians people. US again was only been invaded by European & colonize it . there's no such thing as americans before. Read the real history.

[@joshuru2987]

It's kinda funny how the US acts as if we owed everything to them!

[@brianc5186]

Us stabilized the region. Filipino freedom would not exist after ww2 if not for us.

[@brianc5186]

Trust us, you offer nothing

[@hinklefamily1831]

But... we don't? I'm not sure where your getting that from? We learn all about this in history and we know what happened. All we are now is trade partners

[@potassium6810]

Yep

[@peenoice5176]

They kinda do

[@okamuspanulirus9614]

Love how they skewed the story. History would rather dictate that U.S.A. bought the freedom of PH

[@jidieo1157]

So basically, Phil defeated Spain Spain said "no u didn't" Spain tried to keep rep and sold us to US And US was lyk "whatever dude, Hey Phil, we saved you, so basically we own you now"... Sounds about right

[@Steve-zc9ht]

Spain sold you to us because they didn't want to be seen defeated by "brown ppl" but ever since America took half of mexico the American ppl had a huge thirst for colonization because of there European blood so america took Hawaii bought Alaska colonized the Panama Canal Cuda Puerto Rico Guam American Samoa Hati and the Philippines today they only have American Samoa and Puerto Rico which are trying to push america into making them a state

[@bhing1483]

the US always acts like they own everything and everyone, then wonder why pple see them the way they do.

[@kruxxed1339]

Death to america

[@theoriginalG99]

This is the first time I've watched a video of yours and I must say your tone is compelling and it stretches far into my attention. You are a unique master of history. That's the most interesting way to teach history I've known by far.

[@francesoutlaw7021]

Giggo Galac, it would be better if there is accuracy of facts, then I would agree with you 100%.

[@azazzelx]

Dealing with US as an ally can be beneficial but might come with a hefty price in your end because of possible double-crossing...

[@garyschwitz3383]

Excellent presentation! Thanks so much for making this video and I hope many to follow. I LOVE THE PHILIPPINES and have lived there in the past. Truly, I have always wondered why the people love Americans so much --- given the bloody slaughter and immoral war of aggression the United States waged against the people of the Philippines??? This may only be true because this part of history has some how been silenced. I hope to return to Philippines and live in Puerto Princesa. God bless! PS As a formally trained historian with a Master's from Princeton, I have made it my "hobby" to study the History of the Philippines.

[@garyschwitz3383]

Thank you Atimeasthis for taking time to answer my question in such an effective, comprehensive way. I have to say you make a convincing argument. One caveat, I'm not certain you have followed La Raza (the race) Which is a group of Mexicans that hate the United States and believe all the areas of Texas and California were taken from Mexico and they want to conquer them back. Since the country of Mexico is filled with thousands of US factories through NAFTA as well as millions of dollars sent each month to Mexico from US immigrants, legal and undocumented. Well, one wonders why their response is not similar to the Philippines or Vietnam. This is a real problem to explain and I do not even have a theory at this time. Thanks again and I hope your stay in Vietnam is glorious. I hope to move to Puerto Princesa, Palawan with my Filipina wife and three children within the next few years when she receives her US-Philippine dual citizenship and the children receive derivative citizenship.

[@iam_jeremy]

I learned something new today, thank you! I hope that you could recommend further readings at the end of your video.

[@Nomadunlimited]

The US just mediated for the transaction of this treaty to occur.The money used to pay Spain is from the richest clan of Filipinos,our ancestors.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Sorry but that's not true...

[@trebledc]

Spain is already weaken by war in their country against the British and all the looting caused a high inflation in Spain in short they are already bankrupt. That America was also progressing after the 13 British colonies was freed due to British has lost focus on it. Point being this land conquering and war is all about looting and resources not freedom of the people.

[@rodrigoadrianrodriguezaedo4477]

A: Imperialism

[@yomeiskian7195]

Philippines has also huge part of history

[@jeffreykostbar9859]

I have been to the Philippines many times and thought I knew history pretty well. I knew about the double cross of the Filipino's after the the Spanish American war, but I never knew exactly how or why the "buy out" was even necessary or done. So, you learn something every day.

[@thatwaslithe3849]

I hope you can put captions to your upload for us to better understand since it's very insightful as a student

[@stuartlimbrick4187]

I appreciate your view, and being enlightened to greater depth on Philippine history, especially the distortions and motives of great powers in their agenda to acquire wealth and territory. To this we must learn to look deeper into more interpretations of history, and not trust easily what we are fed as true. This is especially true in our present times, when in spite of the information exchange opportunities of the internet, the truth is even harder now to distinguish! One fact that is difficult to avoid however, is the gratitude the Philippino people must have, as well as the Europeans, for the mammoth effort the US made in military commitments to liberate the world from Japanese, and German tyranny. 175,000 allied troops landed in Subic Bay, and routed the cruel Japanese from their occupation, at great cost and sacrifice, and we will never forget that. I wish America could find it's feet as a moral influence in world affairs in modern times, but I admit that is still the stuff of dreams.

[@jd44usa]

I never know this. Thank You

[@dantankunfiveancestorsfist]

Everything sound so simple but its not, the Pilipino revolutionariors lack of super power support mainly either from England, France, Germany or Japan was one of the many causes of the failure of the First Philippine Independence plus lack of a fully develop government, the division and infighting within the revolutionariors play a large part too. Colonialism was at its height at that time the British have control over India, Malaysia and substantial influence over China, France in Indo-China and Japan control over Korea and is focus in conquering China. In the end after WWII the USA decided to give up the Philippines and concentrate their resources in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan because the Philippines was view as unsustainable in a small token of appreciation and recognition the USA allowed immigration priority to Filipinos to the USA.

[@joeylongchasen7309]

Right, if the US didnt take Philippines then someone will as for the reason you already mentioned. In short we are destined to be taken by other western power as spanish power greatly diminishing during that time

[@dantankunfiveancestorsfist]

The only South East Asian country that was able to avoid Western colonization was Thailand. Andres Bonifacio founder of the Katipunan would die not on the hands of Spanish soldiers but assassinated by fellow Filipinos revolutionarios.

[@joeylongchasen7309]

Thailand were able to avoid western colonization due to them being a buffer country between French in Indochina and British on Malay Peninsula, also they have a strong political institution and the king by that time further centralized the authority, define a definite border and make a good diplomacy being a buffer country between two power as their leverage. BTW Bonifacio didn't recognized the election held which saw him badly losing in power, burned down a village in Indand and tried to create another group... a very clear act of treason

[@dantankunfiveancestorsfist]

The key is Thailand had a strong political institution compare to the Philippines. Bonifacio loosing power having him assassinated is not the right way his assassination further split the revolution and this is how the Spaniards and later the USA able to control the Philippines....divide and conquer in fact the Philippines has been dividing themselves.

[@joeylongchasen7309]

He was executed not assassinated, first Bonifacio lost power thru the Tejeros convention which he organize himself. He place in abysmal 5th place which show how we was unpopular within the group. He then draft a document rejecting the election made like a modern day loser politicians, Aguinaldo talk to him to cooperate with the government but he refused, went away burned the village and churh on Indang due to people refusing to give him provisions before proceeding to steal carabao and other animal by force. He became a liability, if you want to unify nation there should only one leader.

[@matthewandrew]

Great video.

[@Jkell012]

The US paid $20 million for the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico

[@dera7921]

actualy Prince Julian Mcloed Talliano clan paid usa to get back the phil.. talliano paid by gold..

[@lovelou9087]

@@dera7921 your such idiot

[@truebrainnoggin8534]

Finally someone knows my history!!!

[@Paradise2Paradise]

Thank you for this knowledge. Wow! Simply, wow!

[@KirbyAraullo]

Paradise2Paradise thank you!

[@jamesrayel7564]

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[@johnreyguevarra8968]

United states cannot buy Philippines, Philippines is much more wealthy nation than united states because of our kept tons of gold. Gold of the Philippines than can save the world! Haha!

[@zenandreirosario5657]

Weirdly, this was taught at our school few weeks ago. But um, thanks for the summary bud :3

[@junbalasama6895]

Kung ikaw ang teacher ko sa history sa college bro/Sir. I think I'm so knowledge right now. Thank you for this video i learned a lot.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thank you din 😊

[@TuRminaTuR]

This is the content I’ve been needing all my life. Thanks for sharing, this and many of your videos are giving me a profoundly revealing insights into my identity. Beyond appreciative of you. I’m gonna find a way to repay you someday. I have an overwhelming amount of anger about this particular video but we’ll just keep this on the positive note for now until I can manage my emotions and keep this conversation productive.

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thank you 😊

[@decapitanfluffy9634]

4:38 You are wrong. Here in the US in history we learned about the Philippine American war and also Imperialism. We learned that the Philippines got their independence from Spain but then the US comes in and takes it as a colony(of course this was a bad decision for the US) which led to the Philippine-American War(trust me it’s in US history books) The Filipinos wanted independence but the US wanted to colonize it and for 3 years they fought which killed so many Filipinos. In the US, history is uncensored and it always doesn’t glorify the US. For example the controversial decision to use atomic bomb in Japan.

[@francesoutlaw7021]

De CapitanFluffy, how I wish everyone could read your post.

[@NotAnExpert220]

Agreed we are more open about our failures than a majority of countries. Like that time we tried to take Canada Woopsy #1812problems .

[@DoubleBourbonBaconCheeseBurger]

The atomic bomb wasn't controversial it was a lesser of two evils, a blessing in fact. Without it millions more would have died in an invasion.. millions of Americans, millions of Japanese soldiers not including the millions of Japanese citizens

[@clarksorenes7106]

This video is for the Filipinos so that's why he called it the "forgotten chapter" of Philippine History.

[@Allanrpsx]

your experience does not reflect the entire US. There are many flaws and biases in the US education system, but I will say that, at least where I went to school, they did teach us the faults that have been widely accepted by Western countries.

[@gotclickbaited3215]

I feel proud of myself because i know about treaty of paris

[@django1331]

I love history and I learned something from your video. New subscriber here!

[@randyallen4959]

I first learned about Philippine American war and the genocide, in 1976 from a friend from the Philippines. Thank you, I learned more.

[@AB-iy2dv]

I want to begin a more in-depth study of the history of the Philippines. Can you recommend a few books/ authors to get me going? Daghang Salamat 👊🏽🇵🇭

[@chrisstar6848]

US need Philippines because of its strategic location in Asia, economic reason, religious and military naval. That’s why US cannot afford to lose Philippines.

[@lila7720]

If they did then why did they agreed to make the philippines an independent country heck they even let us side with china.

[@chrisstar6848]

Liam i don’t think so

[@gadguillen]

It does make sense. I also learned the C.I.A. helped Cory Aquino in 1986. Marcos Sr. was desperate to return back & ready to face all allegations against him in the Philippines Court, but the U.S. forbade him because of 4-year investigation on his corruption. In 1990, the U.S. Court at NYC concluded that Marcos Sr. was found not guilty in all accounts. In 1991, Cory Aquino ended the relationship between the U.S. & the Philippines by not renewing the Agreement as her retaliation.

[@francesoutlaw7021]

Gad Guillen, please talk about facts based on truth. No one can sue a dead person as Ferdinand Marcos Sr. was already dead in 1989, except people can make legal claims against his estate. In 1990, Imelda Marcos was found Not Guilty of all federal fraud and racketeering charges stemming from allegations that she helped loot her country in a Federal District Court in New York.

[@kagamitaiga6856]

Tangina talaga Aquino

[@ejmicha6535]

Rip BIAS Philippines history and the mind of the filipinos

[@josephjr]

Think deeply.

[@jacksbob8746]

Frances Outlaw hindi siya guilty sa US. pero sa sa supreme court natin ngayon oo. hehe kaya lang kaalyado. hehe

[@mnemov]

The Philippine's history can be quite Inaccurate since there were records that were burned ;-;

[@kenroth8354]

I read a book here in the US about Filipino-American history Authored by Baptist Christians. They mention all but never a page about the Philippine American genocide.

[@sobrangitm]

wow this is so informative! Maraming salamat at mabuhay Kuya Kirby! 🇵🇭

[@francesoutlaw7021]

Kirby, as much as I appreciate your video presentation that you've got most of the facts right, for me I need more substantial truths backed by facts to believe. For everyone's information, the United States did not "buy the Philippines." Contrary to what you've said and some Filipinos believe, the Philippines was not up for sale, hence, for the United States to buy! There is a big difference between "selling and buying" versus "cession." But first, let me give you some facts. August 23, 1896 - Philippine revolution started. August 13, 1898 - Philippine revolution ended. April 21, 1898 - Spanish American War started. August 13, 1898 - Spanish American War ended. February 4, 1899 - Philippine American War started July 2, 1902 - Philippine American War ended. (If you can argue against this dates, you are very welcome.) For the mere reason that Spain lost the war with the United States, it only meant Spain must SECEDE it's colony or territory to the victor of the war, the United States, whichever it prefers (i.e., the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.): to take over the Philippines or leave her as an independent state in spite of the fact Filipinos had no experience in running a government or a democratic form of government that the United States wanted. During the time Filipinos were revolting against their colonial master, the Spanish American War broke out and ended at the same date, as illustrated above. No one can say that Spain was too embarrassed to accept defeat by the "brown counterpart," as they already lost to the Americans meaning the United States can take any territory she wishes. (What is there to be embarrassed when Spain was already defeated by the United States?) In 1902, President McKinley decided to take over the Philippines due to reasons, in his own words, that "Filipinos were inexperienced and uneducated," contradicting the fact that Filipinos already established their own First Government, with Biak-na-Bato Constitution, and Emilio Aguinaldo as the country's first president.) Nevertheless, in order for Spain to secede the Philippines, whoever was taking over must pay for the properties Spain could not bring back home (i.e., churches, colonial houses, universities, artworks, and all other forms of properties); therefore, the Treaty of Paris in 1898 concluded with the United States must pay Spain for $20 million dollars called CESSION OF A COUNTRY (THE PHILIPPINES) THAT CONTAINED PROPERTIES OF SPAIN. In other words, if the United States must take over the Philippines and claim it as territory or commonwealth, Spanish properties must be compensated. By saying the United States BOUGHT or purchased the Philippines from Spain is by far utterly RIDICULOUS that only immature and innocent children would say! The Philippines was not like "a piece of candy you buy from neighborhood store." The world knew through France that Spain was defeated by the United States at the time Filipinos were revolting against their colonial masters; thereby, when the Americans arrived in the Philippines, Filipinos wanted to drive them away by another war called Philippine American War from 1899 to 1902, as illustrated above. In 1898, the Americans knew they had acquired the Philippines through the Treaty of Paris in spite of the fact Philippines had already established its own government. In 1899, Filipinos waged war against the Americans because the latter said "we own this country through the Treaty of Paris in 1898). So, with the dates illustrated above regarding the Philippine Revolution against Spain and the Spanish American War, how is it that the Americans were waiting for the result of the revolution? By AUGUST 13, 1898, BOTH THE AMERICANS AND FILIPINOS ALREADY KNEW WHO WON THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION AGAINST SPAIN AND THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR. The Americans were not sitting around waiting if Filipinos would win over Spain - they were at war with Spain in Cuba. Thereafter, the Americans arrived in the Philippines although there were non-military Americans already in the country conducting trade and commerce, as well as missionary work. It is valiant for anyone to take on history, but it is unacceptable to paint a different picture with what is clearly written in records of our great past.

[@plumangpilak9145]

Philippine revolution only start on 1896?? Maybe you have to check your fact first before arguing others facts..... You can have any sugar-coated word but directly speaking US bought us from Spain....

[@plumangpilak9145]

And why is it that we should have a democratic form of government ?? And who have the right to decide that we can't govern our own self?? Even before the Spanish arrived in Philippines we already have our own government..... USA is just the same with Spanish an invader,,,, they treat all non white people as slave , an inferior being.....

[@marisbaldado2813]

Totally agree. Enlightened

[@francesoutlaw7021]

@@plumangpilak9145, U.S. did not buy the Philippines. U.S. won the Spanish-American War and received the Philippines as its commonwealth through the Treaty of Paris. My facts are backed by what is written in history. How about yours?

[@francesoutlaw7021]

@@plumangpilak9145, the Philippines has a democratic form of government because the colonial master said so in 1935. Now, if you don't like democracy, then change it to whatever form of of government you like including communism.

[@dannyboy9848]

excellent analysis. I tend to think of the Genocide in the Philippines as the worst atrocity America has committed. and if you look into some of the primary sources you will find that racist hatred was major factor of the war crimes.

[@thatoneguy6480]

Betrayal at it's finest

[@covertfeelings8330]

It was the same with Cuba I think...

[@jannieph8812]

This is an amazing channel. Please continue making videos like this.

[@anndee7172]

This is why Douglas McArthur said: give me 10,000 filipinos and I will conquer the world. Because he literally just command the Phil. It was Filipinos who died and gained what we call our Freedom.

[@hilaga2008]

thank you for the analysis, it made it easier for me to explain the 20M paid by the US to occupy the Philippines in Dec. 10,1898

[@SonofDiablo97]

I'm glad I have no American soldier ancestor who involved in Philippines... Sad story. But my great great great grandpa and his sons and there grandsons thought the Spanish, American and Japanese empire though... But We have Filipino, Negrito or first people in Philippines, Chinese, Japanese, Aztec, Yaqui and little Arabic and Indian blood. And I have gf who is Filipina too and I'm proud too and I'm sorry about what the. Americans did to you I'm very sorry.

[@deanofthetower663]

Don't be sorry man. America is just giving the sense of democracy onto us Filipinos but we have also some peeps who are in a disgusting power struggle. I understand America doesn't trust the Filipinos to fully govern themselves during those times. It's just history :D

[@kiantogaming6277]

Yeah his right besides the war is over and both filipinos and americans are allies again...

[@petermcabyan7347]

Joseph Pierce FALSE...the spaniards enslaved the pilipinos like what they did to mexico. ONLY rich pilipinos can go to school like dr. Jose rizal. The American took over and give free education to ALL pilipinos. But pilipinos still have the ideas tought by the spaniards, NOT TO TRUST NO ONE. That was the start of being CORRUPT until now.

[@rray1953]

Joseph Pierce ... Ahh... Maybe you got Japanese ancestor huh? That make you maybe more glad?

[@rray1953]

Nahh!... You wouldn't be sorry at all... You'd be bragging...

[@aso6437]

As I remember a bit of this history from school before they changed the history books, all is true except you left out the part where the American people themselves didn't want a colony in the Philippines and they are the ones who forced the American Government to change the policy concerning the Philippines. Because of the up roar of the American people against it.

[@denzelb1333]

Michael Birdzell stfu

[@bisdakdiay]

Anerican people were probly mist of Filipino descent.

[@archangellagi5768]

Michael Birdzell - Yes there were protests against U.S. imperialism by the American people themselves. babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miun.acd4260.0001.001&view=1up&seq=423 [••Evening Post," New York, Sept. 25, 1900.] A DISCLAIMER BY MR. BACON ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ANTI-IMPERIALIST CLUBS I am quite willing to be numbered with those citizens who reprobate some acts in the administration of President McKinley, and some traits of his character as a public officer. The needless and murderous war in the Philippines, in which the islanders are slaughtered and their land ravaged, for the sole crime of defending their native country against foreign invasion, is one of the most shameful crimes of recent history. At the same time, it is most characteristic of Mr. McKinley that this great wrong is perpetrated by him in face of his own distinct enunciation of the right. " Forcible annexation," he says, " is criminal aggres sion;" and then proceeds to the crime which he has stigmatized.” -- The Anti-imperialist by Atkinson, Edward Published 1900 www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/philippines/tl01.html 1898-1933: America's Colony The Philippines become a reluctant part of a new empire. Back in the United States, a newly formed anti-imperialist movement protested the war as an act of criminal aggression against the Filipino people. But self-described imperialists insisted that America had a duty to bring order and civilization to what Indiana senator Alfred Beveridge called a "barbarous race." As the senator insisted, "The Philippines are ours forever. We will not repudiate our duty in the archipelago. We will not abandon our duty in the Orient. We will not renounce our part in the mission of our race, trustee under God, of the civilization of the world.”

[@RVS-fq4wh]

Also may I add, that the Philippines owned Palau Island in 1898-1899 after the Filipino Katipuneros defeated Spain, and that one Palauan representative is present in the Congress?

[@shanelerbooks]

As a Filipino born and raised in the US, I was not aware of this part of history. We were taught about the Spanish American war and the treaty of Paris. Thank you so much for spreading that truth! We need to put that out there!

[@julianacruz9024]

Many stories says that the Philippines offered by the US to be one of it's states but the Philippines refuse that offer.If this is happen I see the Philippines is more progressive right now.

[@peterhope9719]

colonial mentality

[@ligmaballs36]

But if Spain wasn't fighting the U.S, then shouldn't the have lost rebels lost the revolution?

[@johnvincenthao5996]

Egg actually Spain lost the war from British we back 1862 or 1864 British try to know the history of our country.the queen of England order to return it back to the pilipino people.so the american come in the scene.the spain government agree to free our beloved country if they pay for 20 million dollars.america never pay that amount to Spain.so it came a name from our country he said he willingly to pay in a from of coin a dim gold 18 carrats 135 per grams per dim.so one knows really the story our country.america betray us thats why aquinaldo so angry with America.actually the war it took 11 yrs not for yrs.from 1898 to 1902 only in mla and visayas area.total dead pilipino civilian and soldiers almost 280 thousand base on record only not including the mindanao.250 thousand women's childs and elders. lets not forget pilipino on how we betrayed that imperialism country. so we do take good care of our country. be wise in every action we do.

[@joelfavia]

Forgive but never forget..

[@EnglishLearnersHere]

Will check out most of your videos to know more about our history. Will share this in my English Learners Here Facebook Page. Thanks, Kirby!

[@dusseau13]

I am glad the bells were finally returned to Philippines.

[@shu5410]

it my school they said the Spanish - American war was fake and it was just to fool the people of the Philippines

[@hoodieboy1515]

everything is staged and fake... 9/11 was also fake..

[@lorenzostodomingo4203]

Actually the first stages were real but the last stages were fake

[@thebesig]

"The United States was funded freedom, justice, and democracy" Many folk think that the founders of the United States came up with the concepts of freedom, justice, and democracy, and revolted in opposition to the intrusive imperialism of the United Kingdom. However, this isn't exactly correct. The concepts of "freedom, democracy, and justice" that's associated with the U.S. and its founders actually predate the United States. We inherited those concepts from England, from Englishmen. The English brought these concepts to the Americas. We were always free and independent under the English/British monarchy. In fact, King George III didn't grant our forefathers their freedom and independence, he acknowledge the independence of 13 states... you acknowledge something that has always been the case. The King couldn't grant the 13 states something they always had under him and his predecessors... Their independence. As citizens, we always had freedom, justice, and democracy under the British Monarchs. We didn't fight to gain something that we "didn't have" before. We fought to keep something we always had. The British Parliament, by a series of acts that it passed, put the United Kingdom in breach of contract that the King had with the colonies. The colonies were corporate ventures, that the English monarchy supported, in attempts to not only gain riches from the land (Gold and other minerals), but to also build a territorial and economic empire. Part of that arrangement was for us to govern ourselves here through our own representatives in the colonial legislatures. The English colonies were founded with imperialism in mind. The idea that we'd stretch from "sea to sea" began during the colonial period, and continued on as our "manifest destiny" after the American Revolution. The events leading to our part of the 7 years war (French and Indian war) wasn't just about ongoing conflicts between the British and the French. It was also about both wanting to expand their empires. The French and English colonists both were expanding their reach, and both reached out to their mother countries. After the American Revolution, the new American Nation set its sights on the rest of the continent as a long term goal. We purchased a part of our country from the French, and conquered the other part from the Mexicans, and later the Indians. Our expansion beyond the continent was just a continuation of that... we expanded our reach to support our interests. In return, we re-enforced the concepts of freedom and democracy to the areas that we expanded into. Those concepts of freedom, democracy, and justice, were needed for economic prosperity. Onto Spanish American War in the Philippines. We defeated the Spanish in a naval battle in the vicinity of Manila. Unfortunately, we didn't bring a ground invasion force. There were talks between the Rebels and the Americans in the lead up to the battle. A ground battle was reportedly staged to give the Spaniards justification to surrender to the Americans. The video pointed out that there was humiliation involved with surrendering to the Rebels. That's part of the equation, they saw themselves as superior to the Rebels. There's another reason as well. The Spaniards knew that if they surrendered to the Rebels, they faced torture and other brutal forms of treatment. If you look at some of the photos from that period, you'd notice that the Spanish "prisoners" for the Americans looked happy and relieved. The U.S. side lead the Philippine side to believe that they were going to work toward the later's independence. One reason to why they didn't rush towards this was the feeling that the Filipinos weren't ready for self governance, to include effectively defending from foreign invasions. The Filipinos needed to be prepared for this eventuality. Other European powers had their eyes on the Philippines. In fact, other navies observed the battle between the U.S. and Spanish naval squadrons. Shortly afterward, the German Navy tried to provoke the U.S. Navy into a fight with them. The Germans wanted the Philippines. When Dewey asked them if they wanted a fight, and if so when, the Germans ran to the British... Who promptly told them that if they got into a fight against the Americans, they'd find themselves also fighting the British Navy. The Germans backed down. The U.S. needed to have a hold on the Philippines for economic and strategic reasons. Not long after their battle with the Spaniards in the Philippines, the U.S. called for volunteers for an Army to occupy the Philippines. The original intent was to get the Filipinos to go along with being prepared, and worked with, towards an independence date set by the Americans when the later felt that the former was ready. However, a series of miscommunications and miscalculations lead to the Philippine insurrection... A war that provided a series of "lessons learned" that we should've taken with us into the rest of the 20th Century, and into the Middle East during the early part of this century.

[@gabrielguevara1012]

SOLID

[@rommellapastora8538]

this is a much detailed interpretation of what happens to that period. thank you Joe!

[@TheAaronChand]

The USA was a founded on imperialism colonization the white colonizers where imperialist the founding fathers were where imperialist why do you think they wanted to conquer and subjecte native Americans. Who where the orginal inhabitants

[@thebesig]

@@TheAaronChand No, the United States was not founded on imperialism and colonialism, although both played a role with regards to setting the chain reaction that was going to be needed that would lead to the United States coming into being. I mentioned some of that above. Other outcomes could've also happened that could have resulted in the United States not coming into being. We continued the trend once we gained our independence. However, we were founded not on imperialism but on a concept that our founders held with regards to governance. Our founders believed that we have a God given right to life and liberty and, with what we do with both, property (happiness). The British Parliament eroded on those rights, and on the rights that derived on those three. From April 1775 to July 1776, our forefathers were fighting for their rights as Englishmen. From 1776 until the conclusion of the war, they were fighting for their independence as 13 different nation states united under the banner of the United States. The Constitutional Convention was held specifically to form a single nation, and the foundations respected the right to life, liberty, and property (pursuit of happiness). This philosophy is based on Judeo Christian philosophy (life, liberty, property/happiness are traceable to the Old Testament). Meaning, we were founded on a belief based on Judaeo Christian philosophy... One that made us sovereign over ourselves, and where we governed ourselves through elected representatives. Our government governs over us with our consent... Our Constitution preserves the concept of right to life, liberty, and property (happiness) and, by extension, placed us on track to run as God intended for a society to run. On your statement regarding the Native Americans. First, they were not the first inhabitants. They've found evidence of earlier cultures there that predate the Native American Indians. Even some of the Native Americans have legends where their ancestors defeated a prior tribe. The reality is that had the United States not conquered the territory from the Native Americans, another would have. Prior to the Spanish arrival, we had three major Native American civilizations that had conquered other Native American tribes. The fact of the matter is that the Native Americans were fighting each other long before the Europeans came onto the scene. Someone would've conquered those Native American tribes, whether that would've been a European power prior the United States, a descendant Native American civilization (Based on Inca, Aztec, Maya civilizations) prior to the Europeans, or simply another Native American tribe. Second, on your question about "wanting to conquer" the Indian tribes. The reality is that we based our territorial possession of these Native American territories on international law/treaty. We didn't need to conquer them to gain more territory because as far as we were concerned, that territory was ours. We ultimately had to go to war with them partly due to conflicts between the Native Americans and our expanding civilization.

[@TheAaronChand]

@@thebesig the American Revolution compared to my ancestors in India which was also a colony of the British Empire the British East India company was ruling India as a colony during the American Revolution. All of India wasnt under Brtish East India company rule untill 1818. Or 1846 when The Punjabi Sikh Empire had been taken over by the East India company. My point being is unlike India or Africa or Caribbean islands Philippines Hati. The colored colonies The American colonies where hardly a colonized people they as you said where settler imperialist colonialists. Who had come from England Scotland Wales and Ireland. To take a part in the settler clonialsim that France Spain and Portugal was doing in the Americas. There was no racial superiority like there was between Indians Hindus Sikhs Muslims Punjabis in India. Or African countries or African Americans or Hati or with the native American populations. The American English Brtishers whites where the local rulers who where busy themselves committing settler clonialsim and chattel slavery on non white people. During India 1st armed uprising against the British East India company rule led by Mangal Pandey the indian mutiny or frist war of independence for India. The Indian soldiers Seaboys Hindu and Muslims. Revolted because there religious beliefs about using Enfield muskets with apparently had Beef and pork fat to grease the Carriages or Kartoos where obviously suppressed by the British East India company. The Brtish empire unlike North America Canada USA Australia new Zealand settler colonies didn't take the concerns of Brown people religious beliefs into consideration. So it wasnt freedom it was freedom based off of racial superiority. That's why Americans Australians Candian whites include the American colonies where obviously treated better

[@fazbell]

USA has done the Philippines no favors.

[@danluzurriaga6035]

Bullshit. First of all, the USA was NOT interested in having a long term colony anywhere and certainly not for the long term. Almost immediately after taking control, the US people and government were considering how to make the country independent which simply was not possible in 1898; left alone to their own devices, another stronger country in the area would have simply subsumed the Philippines. Yes, it is true. The USA only kept the Philippines in its commonwealth form for less than 50 years! That is an extremely short period of time and indicates an obvious lack of intent to make the country a conquered part of the US long term. When they Philippines did achieve independence after a draconian occupation by Japanese invaders (the cruelty of which today's Filipinos forget), the USA left the Philippines as the richest and most advanced country in Asia. "The pearl of the orient". No favors? The development of roads, the most advanced education system in Southeast Asia, hospitals and repurchasing the people's land from the Vatican from the Spanish occupations and giving it back to the Philippines, favorable trade terms, US citizenship, western civilization denied them by the Spanish...No, No favors at all, Fred. And in thanks for all of that, they kicked out our American bases and no complain that we are not being good allies in the South China sea as they cozy up to China, actually announcing to China, in China, that they are shifting their alliance from the the USA to China and Russia. Good luck with that. It doesn't matter now of course, except that I cannot let stupid comments like yours' that attempt to rewrite history go unchallenged.

[@fazbell]

@@danluzurriaga6035 You make some good points, but it's obvious you are still looking at US imperialism as a GOOD thing. Colonization ALWAYS sucks, regardless of how "benevolent" the colonizers claim to be.

[@danluzurriaga6035]

@@fazbell Well, first of all it was not US imperialism as the US is not an imperialistic country. We always had a representative government with no "emperor" (or king or queen). We did and still do have a commonwealth whose members get much more from US taxpayers than they give back to us. But call us "imperialist" if you wish. And let's get rid of it by forcing upon Puerto Rico their independence, even if their population consistently votes to reject independence but hates our president. Personally, I wouldn't care if those commonwealth territories all drifted off into their own independent lands of paradise but I guess if I were the average puerto rican, I might consider US imperialism to be a great deal, in conjunction with their free social programs and favored tax treatment AND automatic US citizenship which guarantees those benefits for life. Go ahead, become independent. Break a leg. I think that was the attitude of the US voters when the Philippines made their demands to become independent. I don't like US "imperialism" either because it costs me as a taxpayer too much money so in a way, I agree with you.

[@plumangpilak9145]

@@danluzurriaga6035 we win the war against the Spanish yet you suddenly step in buy us and declare that you are our new king... If you really just want to help why you never let a single US soldier die but only come when we are on the verge of our victory?? We never ask you to governed us but you forcefully want to control us,,, if you think you give us a favor when you kill atleast 3 million Filipino people and even build a zoo in America and the main attraction is the filipino people ,,, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HUMILIATION.... SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HYPOCRISY for me is really the ultimate form EVILNESS..

[@plumangpilak9145]

@@danluzurriaga6035 forcefully controlling other countries yet you call that justice and freedom?? You call Russian and Chinese communism as a corrupt form of government and yet forcefully feed your ideology to us is that how democracy works?? Look at that black American who live in America right now,,,. You white massacre the black American,s ancestors,,,, you kill their culture,, they don't even know how to speak their ancestors language,,, without a doubt they totally lost their SELF IDENTITY... Is that an acceptable price in the name of your so called democracy?? And if you say america doesn't really want to occupy others country for long duration of time.... So when will you leave america, when will you let the genuine native American people live and govern their own people?? Or will you just brush off all the heinous crime, the genocide, the harm, the humiliation, exploitation, enslavement, and all the abuse you committed as if all the torture they experience is just the right price for them to pay to have what they have today??

[@monicahan2760]

This is very well made. Educational, clearly summarized and approachable by all audience. Bravo!

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thank you!! 😊

[@MrRajaretinam]

The Filipinos should learn and protect the Spanish language ....beside Tagolog and English .

[@ophirianheritage3035]

thanks for spreading the the truth for the Filipinos around the World, may I suggest you Also look at the history of Maharlika now Free Mason of the philippines (also known as Katipuneros that time). who payed the money for the freedom of the Land now (philippines) in forms of Gold buillon. instead they published during that time that the american payed.

[@glennremoquillo393]

Only those who worship the Holy Marcos Family would believe the Tagean/Tallano myths.

[@francesoutlaw7021]

USANA Toronto Distributor, just be careful absorbing facts that have no justifiable truth to them. Oh, my niece works for Usana in Utah. :)

[@zanderhicks4717]

Question now is: Could the Philippines have been more progressive today had America not purchased and colonized it in the first part of the 20th century?

[@joeylongchasen7309]

If US didn't take us them some western power will do, we have a highly strategic location in asia plus natural resources to just ignore by other western power. Plus the fact we really don't have a strong and working central government, its not like western power will wait for us to have it

[@aikon56]

Excellent point. I read somewhere there there were German ships at Manila Bay when the US launched the attack against the Spanish Armada. The Germans indeed also had intentions of taking over the Philippines. So it was really a matter of who would colonize the country. I think one of the reasons the Philippines became what it is now is that the Americans allowed the aristocratic members of the Philippines to thrive during the former's administration of the country. While, many american businessmen got rich by setting up shop in the Philippines (Coconuts, tobacco, bananas, lumber, etc) , the rich Filipinos at the time amassed many industries.

[@gogogomez6498]

Zander Hicks: Wow. Your mother's lack of iodized salt is showing .... or is that another part of Philippine History... you are unaware of? Japan fought desperately to take the Philippines during WW2. Why? Not only because of its strategic location, but Philippines was the most prosperous country in Asia at the time, having earned that post during the USA's brief acquisition and tutelage. Negotiations were already underway at that time for USA to give Philippines its independence..... Of course, as usual... when times got tough and war broke out... and the doody hit the fan... the Filipino cry for independence was put on hold, since the Philippines were more than happy to welcome "Joe," to liberate them once again. Since its Independence and self rule, the only top ten list that Philippines has consistently shown up on, has been "Most Corrupt" country in Asia. Curious... a nation of people that blame all their woes and misfortunes on "Foreigner Rule" has been under self rule since 1946..... more than 70 years.... and has become world famous for a continuous level of unsurpassed corruption. As long as you point fingers at others, instead of your selves, nothing will change. By the way.... I am Filipino.

[@reychop]

Gogo Gomez, stop history revisionism. At that time, there is no Philippine government yet. The country is still tribal by nature. Even the spanish weren't able to fully unite Mindanao under the Spanish government. It is only after the US granted us freedom that we finally have a self-governing Philippines. There is no Philippines before the Spanish. We weren't prosperous back then but we do have rich deposits of natural resources and a great location. This same location is precisely why China likes to build its missiles on our islands these days. They can launch attacks on Japane, Vietnam, Malaysia and all the neighboring countries. Whoever controls the Philippines has a great position in Asia.

[@gogogomez6498]

You are out to lunch Reychop... EXe.... if you have nothing to say...it is best not to say it.

[@acaymo76]

I think your answer is too simple...it has to do rather with imposing views, values, moral...that come along with people. The Philippines is part of the Christian, Spanish speaking (erased now there) Empire, which was fought against for centuries by the Lutheran Anglo-Saxon culture. Remember that since 1492 Spain started to have other European countries against as it was very powerful. USA is the inheritor of the British way of dealing with reality. They are very good at thinking ignoring feelings whereas Christian people don't...Read about Luther. Almost every defeat Anglo-Saxon people had in History is been minimised or erased from text books, our defeats have been magnified arriving to the point of making Spaniards fools of themselves. Read about Blas de Lezo in Cartagena de Indias. Read about the Spanish inquisition compared with Luther protestant revolution in Europe...compare the number of deaths. Wherever British or USA people colonized, destroyed local production to impose their trading. Read about India and the textile production. Caring about locals is been inexistent. Almost no native Americans in USA left...compare it with those in Latin America...Spain sold land in the USA to them...as the country was smaller back then. It was NOT paid. They had the power and Spain was standing at the other extreme. Their strategy is been dividing geographically the Spanish world. Latin America should be one country but they are always intervening to create frictions in the region. But what they don't previewed is that Christian people we keep emotional ties, something they did not work on or if they did too fakely.

[@CayetanoenJapon1980]

I will tell you the numbers about Inquisition: 1560-1700 outside of Spain :72 sentenced to Death. Protestants in Holland at 17th century in the infamous " hunter witch around 300.000

[@angelachang5588]

Finding this youtube page of yours is like finding a rare jewel! Thank you for this Sir Kirby! I never thought that PH history would be this interesting. Sana po makagawa po kayo ng video tungkol sa pagsakop ng Japanese dito sa Philippines. Thank you po! 😊❤️

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thank you 😊

[@gilberttello08]

I learned new facts. Tnx brother!

[@ednacruz3359]

America has many contribution to the Philippines... PUBLIC EDUCATION. That is the greatest legacy of America to the Philippines.

[@lanzortiz3199]

yeah.. well they have done much more worst.

[@theshriekinghominin1760]

Doesn't negate the atrocities they've committed.

[@rizaljose8531]

They bought philippines because, it is OPHIR the biblical truth.

[@shannecuaresma6834]

Philippines never received a freedom. That's why Philippines is one of the poorest country until now.

[@_____blank_____7507]

Gaster Blaster Master where the f did you get this info, the Philippines is at 118th. The Philippines is rich in biodiversity and land.

[@cocakula6093]

@@_____blank_____7507 in this day hes right cause of duterte

[@cocakula6093]

@@_____blank_____7507 i think were number 68

[@dulay28]

Straight to the point and easy to understand. Thank you.

[@tyronekim3506]

Thanks for the history lesson. I learned something new today.

[@sushi_addict4417]

as a filipino living in a murica, i love it here. america has provided my family and i so much more opportunity than then the philippines will ever have. americas influence over the islands still holds much significance today. BUT STILL. cmon murica. why u gotta screw my people over like that man.

[@jasonjames4254]

The Philippines is located smack dab in the middle of important international trade routes. Then, as now, the Philippines has no real navy or military capable of defending itself and asserting it's sovereignty over a group of 7000+ loosely allied islands (with significant portions of Mindanao always wanting autonomy/independence). If it was not America asserting it's power and influence over the Philippines, it would have been Japan, Russia, or China. True, America is hypocritical and operates in it's own interest. But Filipinos are dreaming if they think that Japan, Russia, or China, would have left them alone to run their own country. And now that Filipinos do enjoy full sovereignty, is it a wonderful place to live? I wish the Philippines well, but... without U.S. help and intervention, it will likely be swallowed up by China. NOT GOOD!

[@mrnoname315]

Jason James true but you can't also ignore history. The US did a lot of good and bad things. As well as other countries. This isn't a blame game.

[@iamachinesepetwholies5476]

Alfredo Ubungen well said

[@louisea8266]

I love the Philippines but this is true though. I actually agree with this, surprisingly.

[@AFuller2020]

A little too much hand movement, makes me dizzy.

[@alouweit]

Great work Kirby!!!

[@rockyjohn2919]

This was not added in school's text books mainly because its a bit complicated to explain to a child. But in a college txt books it was in. As you can see high school history books are not thick with big letters, compare to college history books very thick with small letters in it.

[@armalvior]

Alright!... something to keep in mind. Viva Filipinas!!

[@kaboymandirigma5266]

Well said Cousin... More power to us... ARAULLO CLAN 😁

[@philippineball726]

I heard the line called "blame the Maine on spain"

[@gcf123t]

I think It's actually "remember the Maine damn Spain"

[@emmitch1658]

I like the way he speak so clear and Understable

[@KirbyAraullo]

Thank you 😊

[@MrSkyblue29]

Woah Great Job atleast if not all some Young Filipinos will watch this kind of knowledgable video about history about the real story! Godbless our Motherland!

[@Mack697]

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[@guy3fire]

The reason that this is fake history is Spain had a modern navy that no amount of Philippine Independence tribal Army could ever defeat. USA came and smashed the Spanish navy (1898) and sped up Philippine independence by oh, say 70 years. Without Philippines having a big brother (USA) step in and take out Spain's navy and fortresses, Spain could have held Philippines until the Japanese invaded cir. 1942, and USA would have again had to rescue the Philippines from Japan. In those days, both a modern navy and a modern army was needed to secure a country; today, a modern air force is also needed. And USA has been providing Philippine's protection since 1898, with much cost to American tax payers. Praise God for Jesus teaching us what we call modern society, an end to tribalism, slavery, and teaching to love our neighbors as ourselves. History is always more complicated than it can ever be taught.

[@iminformedbecauseisawabunc9402]

You simply just can't call shit fake history and call it a day. The Filipino rebels were close to winning and then the US swooped in and casually massacred the natives. What little they contributed to the country didn't redeem the fact they genocided 1-3 million Filipinos. It amazes me how many people are ignorant of history.

[@guy3fire]

In the Philippine Insurgencies for Independence against Spain, America and her superior forces in the in the Philippines had no intention of conquering the semi-despotic aristocratic government of Spain to replace it with a more despotic aristocratic insurgent Aguinaldo government. It is normal that insurrections against partial-despotism empower new completely despotic governments: eg. Russian Communism, Chinese Communism, French Rule of Terror, Japan during WWII, German Nazism, Cuban Communism, Cambodia’s Pol Pot, South Africa’s Apartide Replacement. Exception is USA whose revolution was first founded on national Biblical Christian Revival. America’s goal for Philippines was Democracy, but Aguinaldo’s goal for Philippines was understood as Aristocratic Totalitarianism. Aguinaldo’s self-exile based on his acceptance of Spain’s Monetary Bribe shows that Aguinaldo’s motivation was self-seeking aggrandizement and not sacrificial service toward Filipinos. America’s rejection of the insurrectionist leaders’ intentions of worse autocratic despotism was wise, as America prepared the Philippines for Democratic self-rule, by filling all Philippine offices with Filipinos. Yet, in 1965, Filipinos still elected Dictator Ferdinand Marcos as the 10th President. This is not a criticism of Filipinos over other people, but rather evidence of the requirement of deep, shallow and wide ubiquitous Biblical (not Catholic hierarchical) values needed to make democracies work. Although it is true that there were Filipino insurrectionists in 1892, there have always been Filipino insurrectionists, and still today there are Filipino insurrectionists. The accusation that in 1898, “America swooped in and stole the revolution” is a typical silliness, like the mosquito claiming to be killing the elephant when the hunter shot it, every superseded insurgent has claimed this since the first. Funnier still is that the children of the unsuccessful insurgents always believe the silliness that their father tells them, that “if it hadn’t been for (blank) stealing it from me, I would have been (King of the Universe)”. Read this for a fuller understanding: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War If you believe Islam’s Mohammad when he said “The Earth is flat, and Zul-Qarnain (Alexander the Great) reached where the Sun sets (in a spring of murky water)” [Quran 18:86] and that Mohammad was the ideal man, then you might believe this typical dishonest Muslim: E. Ahmed’s wrote “The Theory and Fallacies of Counter-Insurgency,” The Nation, August 2, 1971.“the bloodiest colonial war (in proportion to population) ever fought by a white power in Asia; it cost the lives of 3,000,000 Filipinos.” My experience with “Muslim honesty” causes me to expect them to exaggerate ten-fold. People will often ask why do Census figures not show a drop in population for that period? Answer: the genocide is an old wive’s tale, and Muslim tale. “The war and colonization by the U.S. changed the cultural landscape of the islands, as people dealt with an estimated 200,000 to 1,500,000 total Filipino civilians dead due to the rebels seizing their food supplies” ~Wikipedia So we learn that the civilian deaths were caused by the insurgent rebels roaming, stealing and destroying, as should be expected, just as happens everywhere else that insurgent rebels roam. It is hard to rewrite history in the first few years after an event, so, like this, the lie is slowly spread over generations, and the lie replaces the truth for people of low character. And we hear, as Muslims like to say, “It is known”, as they present their rewritten “facts”. Everyone should read George Orwell’s classic book titled “1984” written in 1948 … it’s a sci-fi romance dealing with propaganda. Additionally, everyone should study the history of people rewriting history. The problem with rewriting history is that the “new” history doesn’t add up, just as the Philippine population data doesn’t add up to genocide. Fools, mockers and conspiracy theorists will always be among us; don’t be gullible.

[@iminformedbecauseisawabunc9402]

This isn't a conspiracy theory. This is proven historical fact. Like I said, you simply can't go around and call shit "fake history" because you don't like it. Literally no American soldier died by Spanish hands. It was a farce. This is common knowledge are you kidding me? A big part of your argument is basically "I don't believe it because I don't like Muslims" which is just 👌. 10/10. Seriously this is a whole new level of ignorance. You do realize the bible contains just as crazy stuff right? Might as well denounce all of Christianity and yet here you are claiming that somehow in order to have a proper, functioning democracy, which you imply as the only proper type of government, we should all follow that crazy-ass book. Despite the fact that democracy was used by the ancient greeks hundreds of years before the bible to great effect. And about that census thing, many people (and not just that filthy filthy muslim oh no) including U.S. sources disprove that only 200,000-ish people died. Basically there's a lot of evidence pointing towards the census being highly inaccurate. Also P.S.: That wikipedia article you linked me has the native rebels being called "pro-spanish insurgents"... Yeah I'm done with you.

[@guy3fire]

Since the population then was 9 Mil, and by your history rewrite, it dropped by 3 Mil, then there were then only 6 Mil. That is 33% drop within a few months (far worse than the European Black Death of the middle ages). Many cities and towns would have been completely wiped out. Bodies in the street, everywhere. It would have been universal knowledge and unable to hide it from the locals and the rest of the world, but yet it was "hidden" and not found out until 70 years later. Clearly, little space men with incinerator guns came down from Mars and did it while none were looking. But, No, not the harshest emotion laden critics from that time claim anything of the sort that you are propagandizing in the historical rewrite committee. // You don't have common sense. In all insurgencies, there is always division, and always support for the previous "masters". Those elitists who benefited from hundreds of years of Spanish rule (often inter-bred) always want to keep their elitist position and want to take things back. If there weren't pro-spanish insurgents here, it would mark an incredible break from history (and common sense). // And unlike other religious books, the Bible has never had anything in it proved to be unhistorical, although there is a large history of fools attacking it, with only themselves proved fools in the end. And Jesus was clearly the greatest teacher in history, with all the civilized, technological world first adopting his teachings and then all the other peoples wanting governments based on his teachings for themselves (except for those who want to dominate and subjugate others). Only those who don't internally burn for their own righteousness reject Jesus and his teachings. Self-arrogant men will always do self-arrogant behavior; just as Dictatorial President Emilio Aguinaldo, who preferred treasure from Spain over equality of Filipinos and giving the best lives possible to Filipinos, and he twice publicly denounced his and the other's insurgencies for selfish benefit. Not a good back-bone to build a democracy. And if half his troops were better men them him, and half the troops were worse men than him (fair proposition), then there would be plenty of scum-of-the-earth men for a few of them to propagate crazy, unsubstantiated claims of Filipino genocide. // And what kind of silly name is "Le Mustachio Republic", as if the mustache gave any moral nobility to anything. And, by the way, a "Republic" is just an immoral oligarchy of elitists set on enslaving and subjugating others who have the god infused right of equality.

[@iminformedbecauseisawabunc9402]

"Bible has never had anything in it proved to be unhistorical" You know, before I saw this I had a slight hope that you weren't a complete dumb ass. I always thought you were kinda stupid, but then I saw that and decided I'll just give up. I don't think I can say anything to change your mind with that amount of stupidity so I don't think there is a point bothering with your other mind numbing "points". Also the fact that you decided my username was worth attacking and not realizing it was meant to be a silly joke and went on to tell my tiny, feeble mind an area of hair somehow doesn't affect morality is just.. wow. Amazing. Ever heard of fun m8? Truly an intellectual. You sure showed me.

[@MarcusV741]

I forgot the title of a book by MARK TWAIN condemning US war on Philippines.. but there is, or was..

[@TinaVargas-gu7qc]

Thank you Kirby ❤