Imperialism

Imperialism is another country claiming the power of another country. It can influence another country’s politics and economic, economic and political dominance. They will exploit resources and it can suppress local culture ( cultural imperialism)


US and Japanese empires in 1939


Cultural imperialism is connected to orientalism

  • the white mans burden - Kipling poem

  • The Philippines were being suppressed by not only the Spanish but also the United States of America

The white mans burden

  • a burden- a responsibility that you have to carry, its a white mans responsibility to colonize new areas

  • They must colonize to civilize half devil and half child, savages, uncivilized folks that needed to be uplifted and civilized by the united states- the half devils were Philippines

“March of the flag”

  • imperialist and expandship was a project to expand ideologies


The war of 1898- the Spanish and American war

  • Cuban nationalist before the war were hopeful that they could claim soverneity and defeat the Spanish

  • They didnt want the Cubans to achieve national independence and establish economic soverneighty

  • Yellow journalism and American war propaganda - false news channels

  • Hawaiians resisted colonization as much as they could, they used to be a monarchy

  • Politicians would oppose the colonization of places like Mexico and Hawaii is that their citizenship would change and they would be able to travel within country borders

  • Many Philippinos were fighting to drive the Spanish out, and the nationalist were inspired by the American ideals of independence, and they fought with the united states


Conquest of the Philippines and white mans burden

  • there was a strong missionary impulse that drove cultural imperialism

The Philippine-American war

The new Independence Day in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Philippines

  • American racist depict the POC as infants, children are seeen to be less intelligent and lack moral authority. They also are very dependent, Uncle Sam is the only one that towers the colonized sinc he is the only one with cultural and political authority.

  • Colonization was celebrated!