Imperialism- La Lucha (The Struggle for Freedom)

Writing Prompt (L)
Why do you feel people in North and South America and the people of the Philippines both have last names like Gonzales and Garcia?

Click on Link: WORLD MAP then answer the following
1) What is the title of the Map.
2) What 3 colors dominate (control) most of the map and which country does each of these color represent?
3) Who controls the Philippines in the map.

Read and Respond to the questions:
The Dutch took gradual control of the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), while Spain took possession of the Philippines in 1565. Although missionaries and government officials did enter the colonies, the main priority was the control of trade and exploitation of local resources. The Dutch, for example, reorganized the production of raw materials in their colonies to suit their requirements, controlling which produce could be grown on which islands, and destroying plantations that did not fit in with their needs.

1. Who controlled Philippines and when?
2. What was the main priority of the Empires controlling the colonies.
3. What is a raw material?

StoryTime- Listen, Read along, and Respond to the questions
Invasion of the Philippines- Pg 53-74.

1. Prediction: Based upon the picture and caption on page 53. What do you feel happened during the U.S. invasion of the Phillipines.
2. Who was Emilio Aguinaldo
3. What was the Treaty of Paris, when was it signed and what did it do?
4. How did the U.S. “reward” the people of the Philippines for years of struggling for independence against Spain (see pages 62-64).