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Becoming America

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The Importance of Independence

In 1899, Filipinos began a new fight for independence against the United States. Teddy Roosevelt: "Not one competent witness" believes they are capable of self-government. General Frederick Funstin: U.S. forces are concentrating people in camps or garrison towns where they are cut off from food supplies.

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