DECLARATION OF THE

PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE
PROFILE OF THE AUTHOR
Ambrosio Rianzares Baut
 “Don Bosyong”
 Birthdate: December 7, 1830
 Birthplace: Binan, Laguna, Capitaincy General of the
Philippines
 Died: December 4, 1903 (aged 72)
 Distal relative of Rizal family
 Lawyer; defender of the poor in court cases against
rich Filipinos and Spaniards
 Member of La Liga Filipina
 Imprisoned him at Fort Santiago; suspected of being
involved in the Philippine Revolution
 First adviser of Emilio Aguinaldo
 He was the one waved the Philippine Flag before
the jubilant crowd on June 12, 1898; during the
Philippine proclamation of independence in Cavite.
 July 14, 1899: elected to the position of president in
Tarlac’s Revolutionary congress; appointed judge of
the court of First Instance of Pangasinan
 Unsung author of the act of proclamation of
Independence by the Filipino people.
 A distant relative of the Rizal family, Bautista
frequently provided advice to Philippine national
hero Jose Rizal during his school days in Manila
He believed that such a move would inspire the
people to fight more eagerly against the Spaniards
and at the same time he wants us to know the
meaning of unity.

“United we stand, divided we fall”

HISTORICAL CONTEXT
The revolution started when Filipinos had enough of the violent
Spanish rule

 Arbitrary arrest and abuses by the Civil Guards

 Shooting of those placed under arrest
 Unjust deportations of illustrious Filipinos
Revolution in August 1896

 In order to regain the independence and sovereignty of

which the people had been deprived by Spain through
Governor Miguel Lopez de Legazpi
 The leadership of the revolution was given to General
Emilio Aguinaldo after Andres Bonifacio was allegedly
accused of sedition
Ferdinand Magellan’s arrival on the Philippine Islands

 Landed on the shores of Cebu and occupied the Island by means

of Pact of Friendship with Chief Tupas

 Was later killed after being provoked to a fight by Lapu-Lapu

The Philippines under Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

Chief Kalipulako of Mactan – Landed on the Island of Bohol by

entering also into a Blood Compact with its Chief Sikatuna – taking
by force the Island of Cebu

Manila has been taken into possession after blood compact between
de Legazpi and Chiefs Soliman and Lakandula
December 15, 1897

 The Philippine Revolutionary Army and the Spanish Government

made a truce known as the “Biak-na-Bato”
 Emilio Aguinaldo is crowned as the President of the Biak-na-
Bato under the governance of Gov. Gen. Fernando Primo de
Rivera
Destruction of the Plaza of Cavite

 Non-fulfillment of some of the terms

 Failed truce
Hong Kong

 The leaders of the Revolutionary army alongside with General

Emilio Aguinaldo used the money received from the Spanish
government to buy new weapons while the Spanish government
did not commit in making the necessary reforms
New Revolution

 Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo returned to the Philippines in order to

initiate a new revolution with the help of US Navy led by US
Navy commodore George Dewey
 The revolutionary movement spreading like a wild fire
New Revolution

 Started on August 28, 1896 on Imus and Cavite-Viejo which was

won by the Filipinos and spread throughout Bataan, Pampanga,
Batangas, Bulacan, Laguna and Morong
 They defeated the Spanish fleet in the Battle of Manila Bay that
took place on the 1st May 1898
GOMBURZA

Doctor Don Jose Burgos, Don Mariano Gomez and Don Jacinto Zamora

 Hanged - Military uprising at the fort of San Felipe in Cavite

KATIPUNAN
 a Philippine revolutionary society founded by Filipino anti-Spanish people
in Manila in 1892
 which was aimed primarily to gain independence from Spain through revolution
 initiated by Filipino patriots Andrés Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata, Ladislao Diwa, and
others on the night of July 7, when Filipino writer José Rizal was sentenced to
banished to Dapitan
 Initially, Katipunan was a secret organization until its discovery in 1896 that led to
the outbreak of Philippine Revolution
KATIPUNAN
 Being a secret organization, its members are subjected to utmost secrecy and are
expected to abide with the rules established by the society.

 Katipunan's existence was revealed to the Spanish authorities after a member

named Teodoro Patiño confessed Katipunan's illegal activities to his sister the
mother portress of Mandaluyong Orphanage.

 Seven days after the wrong turn of history, on August 26, 1896, Bonifacio and his
men tore their cedúlas during the infamous Cry of Balintawak that
started Philippine Revolution
MAGDALO FACTION OF KATIPUNAN
It was named after Mary Magdalene, patroness
of Kawit, Cavite. It was officially led
by Baldomero Aguinaldo, but his cousin Emilio
Aguinaldo was its most famous leader

Notable members:
Baldomero Aguinaldo Tomas Mascardo
Emilio Aguinaldo Candido Tirona
Crispulo Aguinaldo Daniel Tirona
Manuel Tinio Gregoria Montoya
MAGDIWANG FACTION OF KATIPUNAN
a Philippine revolutionary organization founded by Filipino
rebels in Manila in 1892, with the aim to gain
independence from Spain. The Magdiwang Council was
acknowledged "as the supreme organ responsible for the
successful campaigns against the enemy.

The Magdiwang chapter was started by Mariano Álvarez,

related by marriage to Andrés Bonifacio, the leader of the
Katipunan.
Lorenzo Fenoy - Vice President for Batangas
Pascual Álvarez - Minister of the Interior
Ariston Villanueva - Minister of War
Ananias Diokno - Vice Minister of War of Batangas
Mariano Trías - Minister of Welfare and Justice
Emiliano Riego de Dios - Minister of Economic
Development
Diego Mojica - Minister of Finance
Santiago V. Álvarez - Captain General
Artemio Ricarte - Assistant Captain General
Miguel Malvar - Assistant Captain General for Batangas
Mariano Riego de Dios - General, Cavite Division
Paciano Rizal - General, Batangas Division
May 10, 1897, Andres Bonifacio
was executed for being guilty
of treason and sedition
CONTENT
Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo
proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine
Islands from the colonial rule of Spain after the latter was defeated
at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-Filipino War.

The declaration was not recognized by the United States or Spain.

Law the prescription established by law to legalize the vicious
acquisition of private property is not recognized

Biak-na-Bato

The Philippine revoulution begun through historic times

Leads us to be free and sovereign country to the works of

unyielding hope of Filipino prosperity
Important to proclaim the freedom of the Philippines

Lead the outside nations to perceive the freedom of the nation

The Act of the Declaration of Independence was prepared by

Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista, who also read it

The Philippine Declaration was signed by ninety-eight persons

Three
Stars
Blue
White
Red

Sun
Eight Rays
IMPLICATION
 seeking for independence and to inspire

 United states wanted to become a powerful world

by the end of 1800’s

 the United States gained land from Spain

Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista – eyewitness
(lawyer of Emilio Aguinaldo and the one who
read the declaration during the June 12, 1898)
 Friars – “instigation of the Archbishop and friars
interested in keeping them in ignorance for egoistic and
selfish ends.”

 Inquisition which every civilized nation repudiates as a

trial without hearing.

 “Spreading like a wildfire to other towns”

 HOW DOES THE TEXT CONTRIBUTE TO
THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL PATRIMONY?
 The Philippine declaration of independence contribute to the development of
national patrimony by the returned of Don Emilio Aguinaldo in order to initiate a
new revolution and new government that he had given the order to rise on when
several towns anticipating the revolution, rose in revolt.

 And to the political ties between Spain was completely cancelled, like the other
countries, a state who is independent and free and enjoyed the full power, enter an
alliance and do all other things and acts which an Independent state has right to
do.

 is through celebration. With that celebration, many Filipinos tour and went to see
historical places to recognize heroes who took pain just to have freedom.
 DECLARATION OF THE
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE