CHAPTER 7

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Proclamation of During the Ambrosio The Act of 1896 - Civil and armed
Philippine Spanish-American Rianzares Bautista Philippine campaign for
War, Filipino y Independence independence from
independence rebels led by Altamira (Decembe was signed by 98 Spanish rule begins.
Emilio Aguinaldo r 7, 1830 – people. The
proclaim the December 4, 1903), purpose and the 1898 - Revolutionary
independence of also known as Don motive of the forces under Emilio
the Philippines Bosyong, was a author was to Aguinaldo proclaim
after 300 years of Filipino lawyer and proclaim the independence.
Spanish rule author of the sovereignty and
Declaration of independence of 1898 December - During
The Philippines Philippine the Philippines brief Spanish-American
were claimed in Independence from the colonial War, US Navy destroys
the name of Spain rule of the Spanish fleet in Manila
in 1521 by Spanish Empire Bay.
Ferdinand
Magellan, a
Portuguese
explorer sailing for
Spain, who
named the islands
after King Philip II
of Spain. They
were then called
Las Felipinas

Political Political Philippine political cartoon, a 1900-41 Philippine

Caricature Caricatures of the Cartoons: Political drawing (often political cartoons
American Era is a Caricature of the including gained full expression
of American Era book authored by American Era, caricature) made
1990-1941 during the American
Alfred William 1900-41 by Alfred for the purpose
era. Filipino artists
McCoy, an W. McCoy | of conveying
American Goodreads editorial recorded national
professor of commentary on attitudes toward the
history and politics, coming of the
award-winning politicians, and Americans as well as
writer who current events. the changing mores
dedicated his Such cartoons and times.
professional play a role in the
career on the political discourse
 research of of a society that While the 377 cartoons
Southeast Asian provides for compiled in this book
history, especially freedom of speak for themselves,
that of the speech and of the historian Alfred
Philippines, as
McCoy’s extensive
well as the study Their main
of US Foreign research in Philippine
purpose, though,
Policy. One of his is not to amuse and American archives
dissertations you but to provides a
tackled the persuade you. A comprehensive
factional conflict in good political background not only to
the colonial cartoon makes the cartoons but to the
economy of Iloilo, you think about turbulent period as
Philippines from current events, well.
1937 to 1955. His but it also tries to
interest in Filipino sway your opinion
history allowed toward the
him to master the cartoonist’s point
Hiligaynon dialect of view. 
and understand
the political
situation, not just
of the region of
Iloilo, but of the
entire country.
Corazon Corazon Filipinos struggled
Aquino’s When former Aquino delivered to attain freedom On September 22, 1972,
President her speech at the and between the opposition Senator
Speech before insisted
Corazon Aquino Joint Session Of Benigno Aquino Jr.
the spoke before a the United States resistance from
Together with Senators,
US Congress joint session of Congress on the past have
inspired Filipino publishers, and anyone
the United States September 18,
Congress in revolutionaries in who had spoken up for
1986. the democracy was
September of our current era. It
1986, the dust also gives arrested at the Manila
was only clarification about Hilton Hotel in Ermita,
beginning to what really Manila by elements of the
settle. It was her happened during Philippine Constabulary-
first visit to the time of Ninoy Metropolitan Command
America since the Aquino. (PC-METROCOM) led
dictator Ferdinand by Col. Romeo Gatan.
The document
Marcos had been
describe the
deposed in
February of the
struggles faced by On August 13, 1983,
the Aquinos to Aquino began a
same year, and
help the meandering, week-long
the Philippines
Philippines flight that took him from
was reckoning
achieve freedom. Boston to Los Angeles
with everything
The document
his administration and through Singapore,
also mentioned
had inflicted. That Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
about the debt
included $26 Because Marcos had cut
incurred by the
billion in total off diplomatic relations
former
foreign debt, and
government with Taiwan, the
a communist
insurgency that
before Cory government there was
Aquino. This under no obligation to
grew, throughout
the Marcos era, speech also cooperate with his
from 500 armed shows how the regime's goal of keeping
guerillas to dictatorship Aquino away from
16,000. transforms into Manila.
We were just at democratic
the start of a long government.
road to recovery. From its president
down to its laws,
penned by her order, and rules.
speechwriter So The document
Aquino lodged an also mentioned
appeal for help. the killing of Ninoy
Addressing the Aquino and the
House, she terror from torture
delivered a and conviction
historic speech during the Martial
that managed to Law.
sway in our favor
the vote for an
emergency $200-
million aid
appropriation. In
the moving
speech (and our
current
ambassador to
the United
Nations) Teddy
Locsin, Jr.,
Aquino defended
her reconciliatory
stand on the
communist
insurgency—a
sensitive issue in
the U.S., given
that this was 1986
—and asked for
financial aid
towards rebuilding
the Philippine
economy.