Benevolent assimilation — was a proclamation issued on December 21, 1898 by U.S. President William McKinley to the Philippines. [ [http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/benevolent.html McKinley s Benevolent Assimilation Proclamation] ] The proclamation was later watered down,… … Wikipedia
benevolent — 1 *charitable, philanthropic, eleemosynary, humanitarian, humane, altruistic Analogous words: benign, benignant, kindly, *kind: generous, *liberal, bountiful, bounteous, openhanded: obliging, complaisant, *amiable Antonyms: malevolent Contrasted… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Philippine–American War — ] cite news first =Ambeth R. last =Ocampo year =2005 month =January 7 title =The First Filipino Novel journal =Philippine Daily Inquirer] cite web title =Chronology of Significant Events Relating to the Career of Emilio Aguinaldo with Respect to… … Wikipedia
History of the Philippines (1898–1946) — This article covers the history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946. It spans the Spanish American War which resulted in the United States acquiring sovereignty over the Philippines from Spain via the Treaty of Paris which ended that war, the… … Wikipedia
Water cure — is a form of water torture in which the victim is forced to drink large quantities of water in a short time, resulting in gastric distension, water intoxication, and possibly death.cite book|title=Oxford English Dictionary|quote=In the… … Wikipedia
Littleton Waller — Infobox Military Person name= Littleton Waller Tazewell Waller born= birth date|1856|9|26 died= death date and age|1926|7|13|1856|9|26 placeofbirth= York County, Virginia placeofdeath= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania placeofburial=Arlington National… … Wikipedia
The White Man's Burden — is a poem by the English poet Rudyard Kipling. It was originally published in the popular magazine McClure s in 1899, with the subtitle The United States and the Philippine Islands . The White Man s Burden. McClure s Magazine 12 (Feb. 1899).]… … Wikipedia
Bienvenido Santos — Infobox Writer name = Bienvenido Santos imagesize = caption = pseudonym = birthname = birthdate = 1911 birthplace = Tondo, Manila deathdate = 1996 deathplace = occupation = nationality = Filipino period = 1955 1987 genre = short story, novel… … Wikipedia
Water cure (torture) — This is an article about a form of torture. For other uses, see Water cure. The Water Torture Facsimile of a woodcut in J. Damhoudère s Praxis Rerum Criminalium, Antwerp, 1556. Water cure as a term for a form of torture refers to a method in… … Wikipedia
La carga del hombre blanco — The white man s burden, dibujo satírico en la revista Life, 1899 … Wikipedia Español
