Lesson 4: The Americans, War and their cruelty

Question 1

As the American warrior volunteers terms were expiring, what happened?

Answer 1

-minor wins for:
laguna - americans died in rice field
marinduque
samar - snuck to town coffins with guns

the war was also straining americans’ resources and a lot were dying because of disease.

hence, they started recruiting “injuns” named as philippine scouts (regional)

Question 2

what is the constabulary

Answer 2

US crafting natives into the best soldiers
-propaganda to show that we’re savages
-a rationale for continued U.S. military presence and the establishment of colonial control mechanisms
-human zoo
- igorots and other tribal groups for america to gawk at

Question 3

eventually, the americans crushed the revolutionaries from luzvin

this led to what

Answer 3

moro-us war
massacre of sulu (bud dajo)
bud bagsak - negotiated w datus but some still did not surrender.

it was a battle of natives vs natives (maranao vs tausugs) (maranao in americans’ side)