The document discusses the Philippine Declaration of Independence from Spanish rule on June 12, 1898. It provides background on Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista, the lawyer and adviser to Emilio Aguinaldo who authored and read the declaration. It describes the oppression of the Spanish colonial government that led to the Philippine Revolution in 1896 and Aguinaldo's return from exile to initiate a new revolution against Spain with U.S. support in 1898. The declaration proclaimed sovereignty and independence for the Philippine Islands after Spain's defeat at the Battle of Manila Bay, though this was not initially recognized by the U.S. or Spain.

1. DECLARATION OF THE
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE

2. PROFILE OF THE AUTHOR

3. Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista

4.  “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

5.  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.

6.  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

7. 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”

8. HISTORICAL CONTEXT

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Destruction of the Plaza of Cavite
 Non-fulfillment of some of the terms
 Failed truce

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. GOMBURZA
Doctor Don Jose Burgos, Don Mariano Gomez
and Don Jacinto Zamora
 Hanged - Military uprising at the fort of San
Felipe in Cavite

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

26. May 10, 1897, Andres
Bonifacio was
executed for being
guilty of treason and
sedition

27. CONTENT

28. 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.

29. 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

30. 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

31. Three
Stars
Sun
Eight
Rays
Blue
Red
White

32. IMPLICATION

33.  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

34. Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista –
eyewitness (lawyer of Emilio
Aguinaldo and the one who read
the declaration during the June
12, 1898)

35. 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”

36. HOW DOES THE TEXT CONTRIBUTE TO
THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL PATRIMONY?

37.  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.

38. DECLARATION OF THE
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE