Benevolent assimilation

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Benevolent Assimilation was a proclamation issued on December 21, 1898 by U.S. President William McKinley to the Philippines.^[1] It consisted of rules that would completely destroy all forms of Philippine culture in expression and rebellion.^{[citation needed]}

The proclamation was later watered down, but then announced in the original form when an official declared repeated the speech in the Philippines, not knowing of the watered down copy.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• Philippine-American War
• Manifest destiny
• The White Man's Burden

[edit] References

[edit] External links

University of Hawaii Philippine History Site article on Benevolent Assimilation