Wikipedia @ 25: Wesley Merritt
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Wikipedia @ 25: Wesley Merritt
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Wikipedia is celebrating its 25th birthday, and somehow as a result I ended up reading about Wesley Merritt, who was the shortest-lived Governor-General of the Philippines!
00:00 Intro
00:25 Wikipedia's 25th Birthday
01:24 Colonial History of the Philippines
02:55 Wesley Merritt
03:57 Prelude to the Spanish-American War
05:09 What caused the USS Maine to sink?
06:26 Declaration of War
07:13 The (Mock) Battle of Manilla
09:00 Aftermath
10:03 Outro
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