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Act of Declaration of Philippine Independence

Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista wrote the Act of Declaration of Philippine Independence in Spanish in 1898, patterning it after the American Declaration of Independence. The Philippine declaration declared the Philippines independent from Spain and was signed by 98 people, including an American officer witnessing the proclamation. It established the sovereignty and independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule.

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Act of Declaration of Philippine Independence

Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista wrote the Act of Declaration of Philippine Independence in Spanish in 1898, patterning it after the American Declaration of Independence. The Philippine declaration declared the Philippines independent from Spain and was signed by 98 people, including an American officer witnessing the proclamation. It established the sovereignty and independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule.

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Act of Declaration of Philippine

Independence
Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista
(December 7, 1830 – December 4,1903)

• Distant relative of the Rizal family


• War counselor and special delegate
• War popular among peasant as “Don Bosyong”
and Laborers
• He died of a fatal fall from a horse-drawn
carriage at the age of 72. When he wrote the Act of Declaration
of the Philippine Independence, he
patterned the act on the American
declaration of independence
Historical Background:

The Act of the Declaration of Independence was prepared and


written by Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista in Spanish, who also read
the said declaration. A passage in the Declaration reminds one of
another passage in the American Declaration of Independence. The
Philippine Declaration was signed by ninety-eight persons, among
them an American army officer who witnessed the proclamation.
The Act declared that the Filipinos “are and have the right to be
free and independent,” and that the nation from ”this day
commences to have a life of its own, with every political tie
between Filipinas and Spain severed and annulled”.
The Philippine Declaration of Independence occurred on June
12,1898 in Cavite II el Viejo (now Kawit), Cavite, Philippines.
With the public reading of the Act of the Declaration of
Independence, Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio
Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the
Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain, which had been
recently defeated at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-
American War.
Important Historical Information:

A. Magellan’s arrival on the Philippine islands:


• Arrived on the shore of Cebu and established a pact of friendship
with Chief Tupas
• Was later killed after being provoked to a fight by lapu-lapu

B. The Philippines under Miguel Lopez de Legazpi:


• Manila has been talen into possession after the blood compact
between de Lagazpi and Chiefs Soliman and Lakandula.
C. Establishment of Biak-na-bato Republic:
• Emilio Aguinaldo has been crowned as the President of the Biak-
na-bato Republic under the governance of Governor General
Fernando Primo de Rivera.
• Pedro Paterno proposed a pacification of the revolution which was
accepted by the Governor General which granted amnesty to
convicted persons during the movement, and was later nullified
after Spanish troops were killed on a bombing at a plaza on Cavite
D. Philippine Revolution:
• “Don Emilio Aguinaldo returned in order to initiate a new
revolution…”
• First movement started on August 1896 on Imus and Cavite-Viejo
which was won by the Filipinos and spread throughout Bataan,
Pampanga, Batangas, Bulacan, Laguna and Morong afterwards;
and later on, Manila has been once taken control of the Filipinos
with the aid of the Americans.
The Grand Narrative of Philippine History:
On June 12, between four and five in the afternoon, Aguinaldo, in
the presence of a huge crowd, proclaimed the independence of the
Philippines at Cavite el Viejo (Kawit). The event saw the National
Flag of the Philippines, designed by General Aguinaldo and made in
Hongkong by Mrs. Marcela Agoncillo, Lorenza Agoncillo and Delfina
Herboza unfurled for the first time. This was followed by the
performance of the “Marcha Filipina Magdalo” now known as
“Lupang Hinirang”, the National Anthem. The composer, Julian
Felipe. was a music teacher from Cavite. The lyrics to the anthem
were sourced a year after from the poem of Jose Palma entitled
“Filipinas”.
General Aguinaldo explained the symbolism of the Filipino flag.
Each of the three colors has an appropriate meaning:

A. The lower red stripe represents


patriotism and valor
B. The upper blue stripe signifies
peace, truth and justice
C. The white triangle stands for
equality
• The three stars indicate the three geographical areas of Luzon,
Visayas and Mindanao.
• The eight rays of the sun refer to first eight provinces of Manila,
Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Laguna, Batangas and
Cavite which took up arms against Spain and were placed under
martial law by the Spaniards at the start of the Philippine
Revolution in 1896.

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