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Charles Denby was born in Virgina June 16, 1830. He went to tom fox academy for his early education.His father was a ship owner and got a job as naval agent of the US and had to move to frrance he took his son with him. This is where Charels went to the College Royal at Marseilles and was a fluent French speaker. In 1850 he went to Virginia Military Institute and Georgetown College, in Washington DC and graduated with high honors. HE was a colonel in the Civil war and fought against the Indians for some time before he was discharged from the army for medical reasons. He also was United States Ambassador to China for many years. Charles thought that going to the Philippines would be easy he thought that the people would not take an army to control. He thought they were a peaceful people and did not need a large army to control. Also he thinks we have the right to Spain because it was won in the war and given to us at the end. If the US does not take the great opportunity to place our influence in the far east then the rest of the world will simply laugh at US. Also this place opens a foothold to the rest off the world in the pacific and allows the US to have imports and exports there. "We are taking our proper rank among the nations of the world( Charles **Denby**)." Also we will have rich markets in this world and we will flourish in this. As well we will have a advancement

List of reasons -He thought that the expansion to the pacific would be a benefit to the US if we could work with them. -Had experiences in the Asian world. -No need for an army and if one a small one to control people - Spanish owed the US the philapines after the war so we have a right to it. - Chance to spread out influence to the world int he far east. - take our place in the world. - will gain from markets and will have an advancement to china

Charles **Denby** " The Evident Fitness of Keeping the Philippines," //Annals of American History.// <[|http://america.eb.com/america/article?articleId=386581&query=**denby**]> [Accessed February 8, 2012].

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