With its victory and subsequent annexation of the Philippines ... of America's "Manifest Destiny" had been arguing that the country should flex its newfound muscles and join the ranks of colonial ...

The Philippines became a new frontier ... During the near 50-year U.S. colonial regime, American officials in Manila encouraged landless farmers from Christian provinces to settle in Mindanao. The ...

The difference is that Muslim separatists see Spanish and American colonialism in the Muslim Philippines as having been supplanted by colonial rule from Manila under the Philippine republic. The ...

As part of our week long series “The Legacy of American Empire,” we look at our former colony, the Philippines. The US gained control after the Spanish American Wat. The Philippines gained ...