Polity Republic of Biak-na-Bato

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Revolutionary republican government led by Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine Revolution.

Establishment

  • November 1897: Aguinaldo and his men retreated northward, from one town to the next, until they finally settled in Biak-na-Bato, in the town of San Miguel de Mayumo in Bulacan. Here they established what became known as the Republic of Biak-na-Bato.

Chronology

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1. Philippine Revolution

Was a war of independence of the Philippines, at the time part of the Spanish East Indies, against the Spanish Empire. However, the Philippine efforts proved useless as the outbreak of Spanish-American War resulted in the U.S. army invading and occupying the Philippines.

1.1. First Phase (Philippine Revolution)

Was the first phase of the Philippine Revolution, a revolt against Spanish rule.

  • November 1897: Aguinaldo and his men retreated northward, from one town to the next, until they finally settled in Biak-na-Bato, in the town of San Miguel de Mayumo in Bulacan. Here they established what became known as the Republic of Biak-na-Bato.
  • December 1897: The Pact of Biak-na-Bato, signed on December 15, 1897, created a truce between Spanish colonial Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera and the revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo to end the Philippine Revolution.

Disestablishment

  • December 1897: The Pact of Biak-na-Bato, signed on December 15, 1897, created a truce between Spanish colonial Governor-General Fernando Primo de Rivera and the revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo to end the Philippine Revolution.