United States // 46 Star Flag / San Luis Obispo
A National Flag of the United States of America at the time of the Phillipine Insurrection which spaned the two periods of the 45 star 1892 - 1903 and 46 star flag 1903 - 1912. This flag was made at the time of the conflict in the Phillipines when nationalist went to war aganist the United States which few Americans today are famaliar with. At this time the United States was deeply divided over the reasons and goals of the war. Phillipinne Nationalist believed they had been liberated when the United States intervened into the already uprising in the Philipines by the people of the Phillipines aganist Spain one of the colonial powers with a significant presence in the western Pacific area.
After the defeat of the Spanish it was thought by the nationalist that America was it's allie in the overthrow of the Spanish in the Phillipines in 1898/99. However, the US Congress and William McKinley decided to occupy the Phillipines due to it's stategic location in the Pacific and the beginnings of the rise of American international power and influence on the world political and economic stage. The nationalist sued for peace in the 1900's and after several starts and stops peace finally came to the Phillipines except for the Morro uprising in the Phillipinnes (an islamist inspired group that is still fighting today though only in certain areas of the Phillipines.
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