Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Philippines yakanga iri nyika yeSpain kubvira mukupera kwezana remakore rechigumi nematanhatu kusvikira paPhilippine Revolution ya 1898. Asi United States, pasinei nokupikira kuzvimiririra seCuba,
vakatenga nyika ndokurwira kutonga, vachibudirira muna 1902. Hurumende yeU.S. yakazotanga kuchinja zvinhu zvakawanda mune zvokutengeserana, zvematongerwe enyika, uye zvokutonga, kunyange zvazvo yairambidza kutengeserana, kurambidza zvokurima / kutama, uye kurambidza kupinza michina munyika. Dzimwe nguva dzaifambira mberi zvikuru uye dzakanangidzirwa ku"kuvandudzwa" kwehurumende nekutengeserana muPhilippines, kana kwete nokuda kwokuzvidzora uye kuenzanisa mari / kudzora. Zvisinei, vakuru vakuru vomunharaunda yePhilippines, vakadzidza zvikuru uye vaine ukama hwakanaka kupfuura vanhu vomunharaunda yacho, vaiwanzokwanisa kushandisa zvakanaka kuchinja kwacho kuti vasimbise nzvimbo dzavo.