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Lesson 7 Proclamation of The Philippine Independence

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Proclamation of the

Philippine
Independence
June 12, 1898
1898
SPAIN vs. AMERICA
SPAIN Portugal
THE
REVOLUTION:
SECOND PHASE
HONGKONG
• Aguinaldo, who was exiled in Hongkong,
made arrangements with U.S. authorities
specifically General Dewey and Rounsel
Wildman to return to the Philippines and
assist the United States in the war
against Spain.
Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War
(April 1898) April 1898

• May 19,1898, Aguinaldo’s return to the


Philippines, rallied his revolutionaries,
and began liberating towns south of
Manila and other parts of Luzon and
Visayas.
JUNE 12,
1898
“Declaration of the
Philippine
Independence
Day”
from the window of
Aguinaldo’s house in
Cavite El Viejo town
(Kawit) with the first
flag of the
Philippines unveiled.
August 8, The Spanish commander informed the
1898 United States that he would surrender
the city under two conditions:
• The United States was to make the
advance into the capital look like a
battle
• and under no conditions were the
Filipino rebels to be allowed into the
city.
August 13, the mock Battle of Manila was staged,
1898 and the Americans kept their promise to
keep the Filipinos out after the city
passed into their hands
September General Dewey occupied Manila and
1898 planned peace negotiations with Spain,
Aguinaldo convened a revolutionary
assembly in Malolos, Bulacan.
January 23, Aguinaldo was proclaimed the first
1899 president of the Philippines Republic.
February 6, Treaty of Paris with Spain
1899 The Philippines were now a U.S.
territory, acquired in exchange for $20
million in compensation to the Spanish.
1899-1902
PHILIPPINES
vs. AMERICA
December, Aguinaldo formally launched a new revolts
1899 against the United States. The rebels, consistently
defeated in the open field, turned to guerrilla
warfare, there were 65,000 U.S. troops in the
Philippines, but the war dragged on
• William Jennings Bryan, opposed U.S.
annexation of the Philippines
November, • William McKinley was reelected, and the war
1900 continued.
March 23, • U.S. General Frederick Funston and a group of
1901 officers, pretending to be prisoners, surprised
Aguinaldo in his stronghold in the Luzon
village of Palanan, Isabela and captured the
rebel leader.
• Aguinaldo took an oath of allegiance to the
United States
1902 American civil government took over
administration of the Philippines, and the
three-year Philippine insurrection was
declared to be at an end. More than 4,000
Americans perished suppressing the
Philippines–more than 10 times the number
killed in the Spanish-American War.
1935 • Commonwealth of the Philippines was
established with U.S. approval, and
Manuel Quezon was elected the country’s
first president.
July 4, 1946 full independence was granted to the
Republic of the Philippines by the United
States.
RECOGNITION
• Emilio Aguinaldo’s declaration of Philippine
Independence was recognized neither Spain
nor the United States.
• It was only in 1964 when President Diosdado
P. Macapagal signed the Republic Act 4166
designating June 12 as Philippine
Independence Day on the country began to
celebrate Independence Day on June 12. It is
used to be celebrated on July 4. (Guillermo,
2015)

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