DICTATORIAL &

REVOLUTIONARY
OF
EMILIO
AGUINALDO
EMILIO AGUINALDO
 Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy
 Filipino leader, politician and military leader
 Born: March 22, 1869 (cavite el viejo)
 Died: February 6, 1964
 Parents: Father- Carlos Aguinaldo y Jamir
Mother- Trinidad Famy y Valero
 Colegio de san juan de letran
 At the age of 28, emilio aguinaldo declared as a
cabeza de barangay
 And on 1895, emilio aguinaldo was the first called
capitan at cavite el viejo.
INTRODUCTION:
 Spanish-American Relationship:
-The Battle of Manila Bay on April 25,1898- the most
significant battle in American History because it established
the United States as a world power
-Commodore George Dewey
 The Exiles in Hong Kong:
-Arrangements to assist Americans against Spain in the
Spanish-American war
-US Consul E. Spencer Pratt gives an impression to Aguinaldo
that the Americans would not Colonize the Philippines
 Aguinaldo ‘s return to the Philippines:
-May.17,1898
-5,000 Spaniards are have been captured from Cavite,
Paranaque, Las Pinas, Pampanga, Laguna, Batangas,
Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Quezon and Camrines
DICTATORIAL GOVERNMENT
 Mariano Ponce
 Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista
 May.24,1898
 Apolinario Mabini:
-"utak ng himagsikan" or "brain of the
revolution” -Dakilang Lumpo or "Sublime
Paralytic“
 On 12 June 1898, Aguinaldo proclaimed the
independence of the Philippines at his house in
Cavite El Viejo.
 The Philippine Flag: It was handsewn by
Marcela Mariño Agoncillo wife of Don Felipe
Agoncillo with the help of her daughter
Lorenza and Delfina Herbosa Natividad, niece
of Dr. Jose Rizal and wife of Gen. Salvador
Natividad
 Apolinario considered the declaration of
independence premature and inadequate.
 On June 23, Aguinaldo issued another decree,
this time replacing the dictatorial government
with a revolutionary government (and naming
himself as President).
REVOLUTIONARY REPUBLIC
WHAT IS REVOLUTIONARY REPUBLIC?
 A revolutionary republic is a form of
government whose main tenets are popular
sovereignty, rule of law, and representative
democracy.
At the instance of Mabini, Aguinaldo delivered
on June 23 a message, penned by Mabini,
giving his reasons for changing the form of
government to a revolutionary one. On the
same day, Aguinaldo issued a decree setting up
the Revolutionary Government.
 It change the title of the chief of state from Dictator
to President and defined the object of the
government as the "the struggle for the
independence of the Philippines until all nations,
including the Spanish, shall expressly recognize it,
and to prepare the country so that the true republic
may be established”.
 On January 21, 1899, Aguinaldo promulgated the
Malolos Constitution.
 The Malolos constitution is the first important
Filipino document ever produced by the people's
representatives.
 The constitution specifically provided for
safeguards against abuses, and enumerated the
national and individual rights of the Filipinos.