the first phase revolution

THE FIRST PHASE REVOLUTION
○ The first phase of the Philippine Revolution is also called the Filipino-Spanish War.
○ August 1896, when the Spanish authorities discovered Katipunan, an anti-colonial secret organization
○Emilio Aguinaldo (who were from two different factions of Katipunan) won early victories.
○ On April 21, 1898, the United States launched a naval blockade of Cuba, which was the first military action of the Spanish–American War.
○ Philippine Revolution exploded on August 23, 1896, in the event that is commemorated as the "Cry of Pugadlawin." Located in the outskirts of Manila, there assembled on that day members of a secret revolutionary society known as the Katipunan (Kataas-taasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan nang mga Anak ng Bayan.
○ February 17, 1872, when three Filipino secular priests,leaders in the movement for the secularization (in effect, nationalization) of Philippine parishes, were executed publicly by garrote for their supposed complicity in a military mutiny at a Cavite arsenal on January 20, 1872.
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○ The revolutionary society, Katipunan, was established, on July 7, 1892
○the first phase of the Revolution ended inconclusively, with both Filipino and Spanish forces unable to pursue hostilities to a successful conclusion.
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○ The Philippine Independence of June 12, 1898, was the result of the "Revolution of 1896”
○ Immediately thereafter, on June 23, 1898, Aguinaldo made a transition from dictatorship to a “revolutionary government” and changed his title from Dictator to President.
○ On September 15, 1898, the first Filipino Congress was convened in Malolos, Bulacan. On January 23, 1899, this Congress officially promulgated the “Philippine Republic.”