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Extracted text: INTRODUCTION The extensive involvement of the Michigan Historical Collections in Philippine materials is reflected in the rich body of Philippine materials held by the Michigan Historical Collections. Michigan residents and University of Michigan students have ties to the Philippine Islands. The collections document the American colonial experience as well as subsequent relations between the US and the Commonwealth and Republic of the Philippines. The University of Michigan faculty's interest in the Philippines was initially scientific, but it later broadened into political involvement. Dean Conant Worcester went to the Philippines for the first time in 1887, accompanied by University of Michigan zoology professor Joseph B. Steere was on his second expedition to the Philippines at the time. Under the auspices of the, Worcester led his own expedition. From 1890 to 1893, he was a member of the Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences, and he later wrote a book about the Philippine Islands. After that, following the United States' victory over Spain and the ratification of the Treaty of Paris in 1899, the Philippine Islands became an American colony. Worcester was appointed to the First Philippine Commission by President McKinley. The Philippine-American War, which lasted from 1899 to 1902, is well documented in the collections. The uprising, led by Emilio Aguinaldo, was an attempt to secure Philippine independence and thwart American plans to retain control of the Islands. The papers of men like William Atwood, Harry Bandholtz, Frank Burton, Charles Carpenter, Russell McPeek, and Owen Tomlinson, who played major and minor roles in the military operations to put down the Filipinos, are housed in the library. The papers of Simeon Ola, a brigadier general in the Philippine forces, are also on display. Many prominent citizens, including members of the Anti-Imperialist League, had spoken out against American involvement in the Philippines. The Michigan Historical Collections holds a small number of Anti-Imperialist League papers, which attest to many Americans' strong anti-colonial feelings.
Extracted text: CONTEXT The Philippines and the United States of America have a long and illustrious history. For starters, Filipinos are the Americas' oldest Asian ethnic group. The first documented presence of Filipinos in what is now the United States dates back to October 1587 around Morro Bay, California with the first permanent settlement in Louisiana in 1763 the settlers there were called "Manilamen." and they served in the Battle of New Orleans during the closing stages of the War of 1812, when the British Empire and American Republic once again went to war against each other. Texas, an American state that was once a Spanish territory, was even dubbed "The New Philippines," so named because the Spanish wanted to replicate the prosperity they had achieved in the Philippines. The French and American revolutions inspired the Philippine Revolution against Spain in 1898. In the Treaty of Paris, the United States eventually purchased the Philippines from Spain, and the Americans then invaded and destroyed the First Philippine Republic. Except for a brief interruption due to Japanese occupation, the United States ruled the Philippines from 1898 to 1946, when it was granted independence after being devastated by World War II. For several reasons, the Philippine-American relationship is characterized by enduring resilience. For example, the United States took control of the Philippines from the Spanish and then shared power with emerging Filipino elite, introducing suffrage, implementing public education, and promising eventual national independence. A shared experience fighting the Japanese in World War Il and defeating a postwar communist rebellion solidified the two countries' "special relationship." The United States used this alliance to force the Philippines to sign an economic and military treaty that favored American businesses and the military. Not only did Filipino leaders accept the realities of this strategic game and seize any opportunity to assert national interests, but they also benefited from American generosity. This mutual caging was at its most brazen during President Ferdinand Marcos' dictatorship. As a result of the Philippines' termination of the agreement, the military alliance suffered, and the US significantly reduced its support for the country. But the schism was short-lived, and both countries rekindled their "special relationship" in response to the United States' "Global War on Terror" and, more recently, Chinese military aggression in the West Philippine Sea.