Imperialists around the world used ideas of racial, national, and cultural superiority to justify imperialism. One of these ideas was Social Darwinism which was the belief that life consists of competitive struggles in which only the fittest survive. Social Darwinists felt that certain nations and races were superior to others and therefore destined to rule over inferior peoples and cultures. In an 1899 interview president McKinley explained "We could not give (the Philippines) back to Spain- that would be cowardly and dishonorable." instead he argued that the United States had no choice but to "take them all, and educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize...them.".
Answer:
Parliament / The People
Explanation:
The English Bill of Rights 1689 had forbidden the imposition of taxes without the consent of Parliament; however, the colonists had no representation in Parliament. As such, the taxes violated the guaranteed rights of the colonists. ( No representation = Unlawful taxation. )
United States control of Puerto Rico’s government with Puerto Ricans
becoming U.S. citizens after 1917; the Philippines providing a naval
base to guard U.S. trade in Asia, which in turn provided some
improvement in Filipino schools, roads, and healthcare.
It prevented the federal government's choice to stop making treaties and allowed it to continue passing the laws to carry out its Native American policies
