ACT OF PROCLAMATION OF PH INDEPENDENCE Flashcards
When was the Act of Proclamation of Independence of the Filipino People happened?
June 12, 1898
The Act of Proclamation of Independence of the Filipino People is also known as?
Acta de la Proclamacion de la Independencia del pueblo Filipino
He was the first President of the First Republic of the Philippines.
Emilio Aguinaldo
Birthdate and place of Emilio Aguinaldo
March 22, 1869 - Kawit, Cavite
Death of Emilio Aguinaldo
February 6, 1964 - Veterans Memorial Hospital Quezon City
The resting place of Emilio Aguinaldo
Aguinaldo Shrine, Kawit, Cavite
Political Parties of Emilio Aguinaldo
Magdalo Factio
Katipunan (1897)
National Socialist Party (1935)
Spouses of Emilio Aguinaldo
[m. 1896] Hilaria del Rosario (1877-1921)
[m. 1930] Maria Agoncillo (1881-1963)
Children of Emilio Aguinaldo
o Carmen Aguinaldo-Melencio
o Emilio Aguinaldo Jr.
o Maria Aguinaldo-Poblete
o Cristina Aguinaldo-Suntay
o Miguel Aguinaldo
Education of Emilio Aguinaldo
o Bachelor of Arts, Colegio de San Juan de Letran (college preparatory) (1880)
Profession of Emilio Aguinaldo
Entrepreneur
Soldier
Politician
Inauguration of Aguinaldo
January 23, 1899, Barasoain Church, Malolos, Bulacan (aged 29)
Where was the seat of government during the First Republic?
Malolos, Bulacan
Who was the vice president of Emilio Aguinaldo
None
Who were the prime ministers of Emilio Aguinaldo
Apolinario Mabini (January 1-May 7, 1899)
Pedro Paterno (May 9, 1899-April 25, 1900)
Who was the chief justice of Aguinaldo?
None
Who was the senate president of Aguinaldo?
None
Who was the speaker of the house of Aguinaldo?
None
What was the legislative position of Aguinaldo?
None
What was the judicial position of Aguinaldo?
None
What were the previous positions executive of Aguinaldo?
- Local: Cabeza de Barangay, Binakayan, Cavite El Viejo (now Kawit, Cavite)
- Provincial: Capitan Municipal, Kawit (1895)
- National: President of the Tejeros government (Tejeros Convention) (March 22, 1897-November 2, 1897)
- National: President of the Biak-na-Bato Republic (November 1,1897-December 20, 1897)
- National: President of the Dictatorial government (May 24,1898 –June 23, 1898)
- National: President of the Revolutionary government (June 23, 1898-January 22, 1899)
They worked under other administrations as member of Council of State.
o LAUREL
o ROXAS
o QUIRINO
o MAGSAYSAY
o GARCIA
o MACAPAGAL
After the execution of Andres Bonifacio – Aguinaldo’s _______ suffered a series of reverses as Spanish forces were strengthened by reinforcements from Spain.
revolutionary forces
(After the Death of Supremo)
______ was captured by the Spanish forces.
Naic, Cavite
(After the Death of Supremo)
Spaniards gained control of particularly the whole province of ______.
Cavite
(After the Death of Supremo)
Aguinaldo and his men were forced to retreat to ______Province
Batangas
From Batangas he proceeded with his men to the hilly province of _____. From there, he and about 500 handpicked men proceeded to _________ in Bulacan.
Morong
Biak-na-Bato, San Miguel de Mayumo
Aguinaldo established a new government in San Miguel de Mayumo in Bulacan, which came to be known as the _______
Biak-na-Bato Republic or Biak-na-Bato Constitution
Aguinaldo also issued a proclamation in July 1897 entitled to the ________ which enumerated the demands of revolutionary government from the Spanish government.
Brave Sons of the Philippines
(Brave Sons of the Philippines)
The following demands of revolutionary government from the Spanish government, which seemed to manifest his willingness to return to Spanish fold if these demands were met:
o Expulsion of the friars and the return to the Filipinos of the lands they appropriated for themselves.
o Representation in the Spanish Cortes, freedom of Press, and tolerance of all religious sects.
o Equal treatment and pay for PENINSULAR (Spanish-born Spaniard residing in the Philippines) and INSULAR (full-blooded Spaniards born in the Philippines) civil servants and abolition of the power of the government to banish citizens.
o Legal equality for all persons.
The Biak-na-Bato Republic was a constitution based on the ______
Cuban Constitution of Jimaguayu
The Biak-na-Bato Republic which was based on the Cuban Constitution of Jimaguayu was drafted by?
Felix Ferrer & Isabelo Artacho
The Biak-na-Bato Republic was signed on?
November 1, 1897
The Biak-na-Bato Republic provided a _____ Council, which were led by?
Supreme
President: Emilio Aguinaldo
VP: Mariano Trias
The Biak-na-Bato Republic was established with the following officials:
President: Emilio Aguinaldo
Vice President: Mariano Trias
Secretary of Interior: Isabelo Artacho
Secretary of Foreign Affairs: Antonio Montenegro
Secretary of Treasury: Baldomero Aguinaldo
Secretary of War: Emiliano Reigo de Dios
(The Pact of Biak-na-Bato)
Realizing that it would be impossible for him to end revolution, ______ toyed with the idea of exploring peaceful negotiation as an alternative.
Gov.-Gen. Primo de Rivera
He was a Mestizo who had spent some years in Spain and volunteered as a peace negotiator,
Pedro A. Paterno
On _______ Paterno brought Primo de Rivera’s offer of peace to Aguinaldo’s headquarters.
August 9, 1897
It took ______ months before Paterno was able to come up with a peace agreement, now called the ________, signed by Paterno as representative of the revolutionists and Primo de Rivera for the Spanish Government.
four (4)
Pact of Biak-na-Bato
The Pact of Biak-na-Bato, which was signed on _______ consists of three parts.
December 14 and 15, 1897
The three parts of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato
- The pact provided for an end to the revolution by the laying down of arms by Aguinaldo’s revolutionary forces.
- Aguinaldo they would then be granted amnesty and allowed to return their homes.
- Aguinaldo and the leaders would go on voluntary exile to Hon Kong. They would be given P800,000 by Spanish government in three instalments:
a. P400,000 upon leaving the Philippines.
b. P200,000 when at least 700 arms have been surrendered.
c.The balance upon declaration of general amnesty.
Spain also promised to pay ______ to Filipino civilian who suffered losses because of the revolution.
P900,000
To ensure that the Spanish government will fulfil its promises, Aguinaldo demanded that ______ remain at Biak-na-Bato as hostages.
two Spanish generals
(To ensure that the Spanish gov’t will fulfil its promises)
Aguinaldo saw to it that the governors ‘nephew, ________ accompany the exiles to Hong Kong.
Colonel Miguel Primo de Rivera
With a Check amounting to ______ Aguinaldo together with 25 revolutionary leaders left for Hong-Kong on December 27,1897.
P400,000
With a Check amounting to P400,000, Aguinaldo together with _____ revolutionary leaders left for Hong-Kong on December 27,1897.
25
With a Check amounting to P400,000, Aguinaldo together with 25 revolutionary leaders left for Hong-Kong on _____.
December 27,1897
Those who were left behind asked Primo de Rivera to give them balance of _____, supposedly to be given to the needy ones among them. Governor Rivera, however, released only _____ which proportioned among themselves.
P400,000
P200,000
They where the 20 Filipino exiles and Spanish officials who were in Hongkong in 1898
- Mariano Llanera
- Anastasio Francisco
- Pedro Paterno
- Escolastico Viola
- Agapito Bonzon
- Gregorio del Pilar
- Primitivo Artacho
- Maximino Paterno
- Vito Belarmino
- Celestino Espinosa
- Miguel Primo de Rivera
- Emilio Aguinaldo
- Joaquin Pezzi
- Antonio Montenegro
- Maximo Kabigting
- Tomas Mascardo
- Manuel Tinio
- Wenceslao Viniegra
- Benito Natividad
- Melecio Carlos
Some of the Filipino generals left behind did all they could to surrender the arms from the rebels, some of them were suspicious of the Spaniards. Thus, they declined to give up their arms, one of them, ______ of Tarlac Province, established the Central Executive Committee, which would exist until General Governor of the Republic would again be established.
Gen. Francisco Makabulos
Thus, they declined to give up their arms, one of them, Gen. Francisco Makabulos of Tarlac Province, established the ______, which would exist until General Governor of the Republic would again be established.
Central Executive Committee
For their part, the lower-ranking Spanish authorities continued to arrest an imprison many Filipinos suspected of having been involved in _____
rebellion
The Rebellion spread further to the deferent provinces of the archipelago. Including:
Zambales
Pampanga
Laguna
Pangasinan
Nueva Ecija
Tarlac
La Union
Ilocos Sur
Cebu
Bulacan
Caloocan
Camarines Norte
The Pact of Biak-na-Bato was, thus, a _______ only for compromisers, Aguinaldo, and his group. The Pact of Biak-na-Bato turned to be a failure.
cessation of hostilities
(According to General Emilio Aguinaldo)
“General Primo de Rivera paid the first installment of 400,000 while the two Generals were held as hostages in Biak-na-bato. We, the revolutionaries, discharged our obligation to surrender our arms, which were over ______, as everybody knows, it having been published in the _____ newspapers.”
1,000 stand
Manila
(According to General Emilio Aguinaldo)
“….But the Captain General Primo de Rivera failed to fulfill the agreement as faithfully as we did. The other installments were never paid; the Friars were; either restricted in their acts of tyranny and oppression nor were any steps taken to expel them or secularize the religious Orders; the reforms demanded were not inaugurated, though the _____ was sung.”
Te Deum
(According to General Emilio Aguinaldo)
“…This failure of the Spanish authorities to abide by the terms of the Treaty caused me and my companions much unhappiness, which quickly changed to exasperation when I received a letter from ______ (nephew and private Secretary of the above-named General) informing me that I and my companions could never return to Manila”.
Lieutenant-Colonel Don Miguel Primo de Rivera
In Hong Kong, Aguinaldo was told by the U.S. Consul _____ that Dewey wanted him to return to the Philippines to resume to the Filipino resistance.
Rounsenville Wildman
(The Spanish-American War of 1898)
The country that revolved against its colonial master (Spain). This country is quite close to the US, which makes American businessmen put huge investments on its sugar industry.
Cuba
(The Spanish-American War of 1898)
Fearing the American nationals are endangered by the on-going struggle between the Cubans and Spanish authorities, _____ sent the US battleship Maine to Cuba for purpose of evacuating American citizens in case the revolution worsen.
President McKinley
The US battleship that President McKinley sent to Cuba for a purpose of evacuating American citizens in case the revolution worsen.
Maine
A letter from _______, the Spanish minister to the United States, which had been stolen from a post office in Havana was published in the New York Journal on Feb. 9, 1898.
Enrique Dupuy de Lome
The letter from Enrique Dupuy de Lome pictures and described President McKinley as?
would-be-politician
weak president
President McKinley was the ____ of the American nation, that’s why the Americans got mad when Enrique Dupuy de Lome insulted him.
symbol
To aggravate the situation the American battleship Maine docked at ____ was blown up, allegedly by the ____ on Feb. 15, 1898, which resulted in the loss of about 260 crewmen.
Havana harbour
Spaniards
To aggravate the situation the American battleship Maine docked at Havana harbour was blown up, allegedly by the Spaniards on ______, which resulted in the loss of about ____ crewmen.
Feb. 15, 1898
260
(After the US battleship blew up in Havana harbour)
This incident aroused public indignation in the U.S. According to ______, the father of Yellow Journalism, the battleship was blown up and sank not by the Spaniards but by the American spies stationed in Cuba to provoke the war.
Randolf Hearst
President McKinley recommended and directed American intervention to Cuba to the US Congress on ______, accepted McKinley’s recommendation and voted for the war with Spain.
April 11, 1898
Spain declares war against US on _____
Thus, on _____ the Spanish-American War began.
April 24, 1898
April 25, 1898
On April 25, 1898 Commodore ______ upon orders of President McKinley, proceeded immediately to the Philippines with a squadron of four armored cursers, two gunboats, and a revenue cutter. It was led by the Flagship Olympia.
George Dewey
The name of the Flagship Commodore Dewey used when he was sent to the Philippines.
Flagship Olympia
On May 1, 1898 they entered Manila Bay in the early morning and engage the Spanish fleet of 12 ships, headed by Admiral ______ in a battle that lasted for only few hours.
Patricio Montojo
The Battle of _____ was one of the most significant battles in the history of the American people as it established the United States as a world power.
Manila Bay
For the Filipinos, Dewey’s victory signalled the end of more than ____ years of Spanish colonial rule in the Country.
300
On _____, the squadron destroyed the antiquated Spanish fleet commanded by Admiral Patricio Montojo in Manila Bay; sunk were 8 vessels: the cruisers Reina Cristina and Castilla, gunboats Don Antonio de Ulloa, Don Juan de Austria, Isla de Luzon, Isla de Cuba, Velasco, and Argos.
May 1, 1898
The Battle of Manila Bay happened on?
May 1, 1898
The Filipino exiles in Hong Kong closely monitored the developments in the Philippines and the conflict between Spain and the United States. They considered seeking _____ in their armed struggle against the Spaniards.
American assistance
Aguinaldo with _____ and _____ secretly went to Singapore and arrived there on April 23, 1898, in the afternoon.
Gregorio de Pilar and J. Leyba