However, it is pertinent that we understand the ripple effect that Turner's thesis had on the world. The future president had already written three of the fourteen volumes of Winning the West, before reading the pamphlet. The concern I see that affects our society is that Turner was able, through a speech, not to influence but to encourage Roosevelt to continue writing more about Winning the Race in the West. The impact of Turner's ideas and Roosevelt's rise to the presidency are an excellent indication of the importance of the thesis across "frontiers" which included the Chinese Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine-American War. During these two engagements, American soldiers were accused and convicted of brutally beating, killing and even raping women and men in both regions. Tolerance of “manifest destiny” was still alive and well, and Roosevelt, then governor of the Philippines, would soon take over the presidency of the United States in 1904. Although this had a negative impact, it remains important to our very history