台灣史真有趣！這篇文章又來給讀者一個驚奇了。猜猜看：最早提出「台灣獨立」構想的人是誰？廖文毅？唐景崧？還是蔣介石和毛澤東？
答案：這些漢人都不是，而是一個美國人。他就是1853年率領「黑船艦隊」要求日本開國的培里將軍。隔年（1854）再訪日本之前，他曾來到台灣，勘查基隆，回國後，向國會力陳台灣（當時叫福爾摩沙）的重要性。他說美國應該買下福爾摩沙，不然可鼓勵福爾摩沙人獨立，建立親美政府，然後美國可租下基隆作為美國在東南亞的基地。
不過當時美國地廣人稀，又是基督徒國家？，對建立海外殖民地並不積極。培里的「福爾摩沙獨立論」不被採納。不過作者說，美國後來協助古巴獨立，拿到軍港；也協助巴拿馬獨立，租借到巴拿馬運河旁的土地。其實都是這個方法的實現。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_C._Perry
Matthew Calbraith Perry[Note 1] (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was a Commodore of the United States Navy and commanded a number of ships. He served in several wars, most notably in the Mexican–American War and the War of 1812. He played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.
Perry was very concerned with the education of naval officers and helped develop an apprentice system that helped establish the curriculum at the United States Naval Academy. With the advent of the steam engine, he became a leading advocate of modernizing the US Navy and came to be considered The Father of the Steam Navy in the United States.
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