Philippine-American War | Acts of Sedition | 4

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 29 December 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

With the war officially over, William Howard Taft took over authority as the Governor of the Philippines. Taft was a deep believer in the U.S. policy of “benevolent assimilation” and turned to schooling and political attraction to draw Filipinos to his mission. But he continued to struggle with pockets of armed resistance and challenges to American rule, including a series of “seditious” plays that hit Manila’s thriving theater scene.

Filipinos were caught in a country broken by war, and in the coming years, many migrated to the U.S. to look for jobs, education and a better life. Filipino migrants powered the factories, fields and plantations in Hawaii and the West Coast, but they also faced hardship and discrimination in pursuit of the American dream.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music, download the app today.
0:18.0	Imagine it's May 14, 1903.
0:21.0	You're a playwright, standing in the wings of the Teatro Libertade in Manila.
0:25.0	It's a packed house.
0:27.0	Crowd fills the seats and spills out into the open doorways.
0:31.0	All night they've shown enthusiasm for your play, laughing at the jokes, gasping at the drama, and stamping their feet during the fighting.
0:38.0	It's all more than you could have hoped for.
0:40.0	But now you have a problem on your hands.
0:43.0	You're huddled with your actors behind the curtain.
0:45.0	This is the final scene. The climax.
0:48.0	You're all supposed to be in position.
0:50.0	But they just look nervously at each other.
0:53.0	Well, what's wrong?
0:55.0	Finally, your lead actress speaks up.
0:58.0	One won't take the stage.
1:00.0	You look around frantically, and notice for the first time that your lead actor is missing.
1:05.0	What's the problem? He's been great?
1:07.0	Yes, but he's afraid to do the scene. He says he can't go through with it.
1:12.0	She glances over your shoulder to where an American flag flies high on a wooden pole.
1:17.0	You've been rehearsing this final scene for months.
1:20.0	Wands' character is supposed to grab the American flag and trample it beneath his feet.
1:25.0	Such an act is clearly dangerous, but you wanted to choose a symbol that could not be ignored.
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