What is our title to the Philippine Islands? Do we hold them by treaty or by conquest? Did we buy them or did we take them? Did we purchase the people? If not, how did we secure the title for them? Were they thrown in with the land? ...If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, it is impossible to secure title to people, either by force or by purchase. Some argue that American rule in the Philippine Islands will result in better education for the Filipinos. Be not deceived. If we expect to maintain a colonial policy, we shall not find it to our advantage to educate the people. The educated Filipinos are now in revolt against us, and the most ignorant ones have made the least resistance to our domination. If we are to govern them without their consent and give them no voice in determining the taxes which they must pay, we dare not educate them - if they learn to read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States they will mock us for our inconsistency…. Close Reading: Which foundational document is William Jennings Bryan referring to when he writes “If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed…”- the US Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, or both? Cite evidence from either document to support your claim. 2. Close Reading: According to William Jennings Bryan, why will educating the Filipinos not be good for the United States?

What is our title to the Philippine Islands? Do we hold them by treaty or by conquest? Did we buy them or did we take them? Did we purchase the people? If not, how did we secure the title for them? Were they thrown in with the land? ...If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, it is impossible to secure title to people, either by force or by purchase. Some argue that American rule in the Philippine Islands will result in better education for the Filipinos. Be not deceived. If we expect to maintain a colonial policy, we shall not find it to our advantage to educate the people. The educated Filipinos are now in revolt against us, and the most ignorant ones have made the least resistance to our domination. If we are to govern them without their consent and give them no voice in determining the taxes which they must pay, we dare not educate them - if they learn to read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States they will mock us for our inconsistency…. Close Reading: Which foundational document is William Jennings Bryan referring to when he writes “If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed…”- the US Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, or both? Cite evidence from either document to support your claim. 2. Close Reading: According to William Jennings Bryan, why will educating the Filipinos not be good for the United States?