Original Declaration on June 12,1898 On June 12, 1898, the Philippines declared its independence from Spain. This significant event took place at Emilio Aguinaldo's home in Cavite el Viejo ...

When the United States and Spain went to war over Cuba, the Philippines joined the side of the U.S. On June 12, 1898, Aguinaldo declared the independence of the Philippine islands, and in January ...

1916 - Jones Act, or Philippine Autonomy Act, which has the first formal declaration by the US to grant eventual independence to the Philippines. 1935 - Commonwealth of the Philippines ...

led by the highly coveted works of National Artist Fernando Amorsolo and a one-of-a-kind copy of the 1898 Philippine Declaration of Independence. Amorsolo’s 1929 “Under the Mango Tree ...

“A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.” Sure, the Declaration of Independence is all about King George III ...