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Author’s Background

Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista

Born in Biñan, Laguna on
December 7, 1830 to Gregorio
Enriquez Bautista and Silvestra
Altamira

Considered to be “one of the unsung

and unhonoured great Filipinos”
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 Finished his law degree at the

University of Santo Tomas and
practiced his profession in Manila.

 Called as “Tio Bosyong” by Jose

Rizal when he sought for advices
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 Known to be as a stalwart defender of
the poor, and labourers; giving them
free legal advices and defending their
cases in court free of charge.

 Joined various organizations, and

associations that spearheaded the
national interests of the Filipinos at the
time.
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 Member of Rizal’s Patriotic
association “Liga Filipina”

 When Rizal was deported to Dapitan,

he later on Joined the Cuerpo de
Compromisarios which set funds to
the propagandistas

One of the financial contributors of the

patriotic newspaper “La Solidaridad”
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He was an article writer for the

nationalistic newspaper of the
revolution, “La Independencia”

 Upon the outbreak of the Philippine

Revolution in July 1896, Bautista
was among those who were jailed in
Fort Santiago
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 After his release from prison, he

immediately went into hiding
somewhere in Malabon.

 Governor-General Fernando Primo de

Rivera gave him a general amnesty
inaccordance to the “Pact of Biyak -na-
bato” of December 14 and 15, 1897.
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Appointed as one of the twenty

members of the “Consultative
Assembly”.

Appointed as Auditor General de

Guerra by Aguinaldo.

Made the latter’s proclamation of a

dictatorial government which Aguinaldo
proclaimed on May 24, 1898.
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 Act of the Proclamation of the

Independence of the Filipino People- His
most significant penned document.

 A member of the Malolos Congress, and

was later on elected as
the president of the Revolutionary Congress
on July 14, 1899. Afterwards, he became
the second president of the Malolos
Congress.
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He became a court judge and worked

for the people in Pangasinan until his
death.

Bautista died on December 4, 1903, at

the age of 63 due to a fatal fall from a
horse-drawn vehicle.
Immediate History of the
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The Act of the Declaration of Independence was
prepared and written by Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista in
Spanish, who also read the said declaration. A passage in
the Declaration reminds one of another passage in the
American Declaration of Independence. The Philippine
Declaration was signed by ninety-eight persons, among
them an American army officer who witnessed the
proclamation.
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The Act declared that the Filipinos “are and have
the right to be free and independent,” and that the nation
from “this day commences to have a life of its own, with
every political tie between Filipinas and Spain severed
and annulled”.
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 June 12, 1898
The Declaration of the Philippine Independence
was proclaimed in the town of Cavite Viejo in the
Province of Cavite (present day- Kawit, Cavite)

Filipino Revolutionary forces under General Emilio

Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and Independence
of the Philippine Islands from the colonial of Spain.
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 Governor-General Dom Fernando Primo de Rivera signed

an agreement with Don Pedro Paterno and Don Emilio
Aguinaldo.

 Don Emilio Aguinaldo returned from exile in Hongkong.

 Revolutionary movement spread like a wildfire from Imus-

Cavite Viejo to various provinces.
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 List of grievances against the Spanish Government

stretching back to Ferdinand Magellan’s arrival in 1521.

 Proclaimed that they can do all acts and things which an

Independent State has a right to do.

 Don Emilio Aguionaldo as the Supreme Head of the Nation.

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 Abuses of the Spaniards (officials)

- Unjust Execution of Jose Rizal

- Instigation of the friars

 Confer upon the famous Dictator Don Emilio Aguinaldo all

the powers necessary to enable him to discharge the duties
of government.
Use of the Flag
Symbols:

1. White Triangle : emblem of the Katipunan

2. 3 Stars : 3 principal islands (Luzon, Mindanao, Panay)

3. Sun : gigantic steps made by the sons of the country

4. Eight Rays : 8 provinces which declared themselves in a state

of war as soon as the first revolt was initiated (Manila, Cavite,
Bulacan, Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Laguna and
Batangas)

5. Colors Blue, Red and White: Commemorate the flag of the

United States of North America
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 The declaration was signed by 98 people, among them an

American army officer who witnessed the proclamation. The
final paragraph states that there was a “stranger” who
attended the proceedings, Mr. L.M. Johnson, described as
“a citizen of the U.S.A., a Coronel of Artillery”
Implication to the
historical narrative
The Declaration of Independence is the
document that states the proclamation of Filipino
revolutionary forces under Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo
about the sovereignty and independence of the
Philippine Island from the colonial and abusive rule
of Spain after the latter was defeated at the
during the Spanish-American War.
Implication to the
historical narrative
The document somehow unveil the
struggles of Filipinos in attaining sovereignty,
and that after all the sacrifices they are and have
the right to be free and independent from the
Spanish colonizers.
Relevance to the
contemporary times
Granting pardons and
amnesty to some Battle of Marawi
prisoners Philippines being a
Democratic country
Underlying Values
Filipinos has a great
sense of nationalism and
patriotism doing all what
they can just to protect
and gain the
independence of our
country from colonialists.
Solidarity is
strength. When there is
cooperation and
coordinated effort,
great things can be
accomplish.
Author’s Background
Felipe Gonzales Calderon y Roca
 He was born on April 4, 1868 in Santa
Cruz de Malabon (now Tanza), Cavite
to a Spanish nobleman,Don Jose
Goonzales Calderon and Doña Manuela
Roca who was also a Spanish blood
 Studied at the Ateneo de Municipal
Manila for his primary and secondary
courses
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 He later enrolled at the University of
Santo Tomas and completed his studies
in 1893
 Filipino politician and intellectual known
as the “Father of Malolos
Constitution”
 Writer, orator, educator and revolutionary
leader
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 In spite of his Spanish heritage, he ardently
espoused the revolutionary cause against
Spain, thus his activities caused his
imprisonment after the Cry of Pugad Lawin.
 In September 1898, after the return of
Aguinaldo to Cavite from Hongkong, he
accepted Aguinaldo’s appointment as a
representative of the first district of Paragua
in the Revolutionary Congress in Malolos,
Bulacan.
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 July 21, 1899
Constitution was finally proclaimed, he is
the one who drafted the Malolos Constitution.

 July 23, 1899

Inaguration of the First Philippine Republic

 July 6, 1908
He died of colicomiserere in Saint Paul’s
Hospital at about 10 o’clock in the morning at the
age of 40.
Immediate History of the
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The Malolos constitution is the first important Filipino
document ever produced by the people's representatives. It
is a committee headed by Felipe Calderon and aided by
Cayetano Arellano, the constitution was drafted, for the first
time by representatives of the Filipino people and it is the
first republican constitution in Asia.
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The constitution was inspired by the constitutions of
Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Brazil, Belgium and France.
After some minor revisions (mainly due to the objections of
Apolinario Mabini), the final draft of the constitution was
presented to Aguinaldo. This paved the way to launching the
first Philippine Republic. It established a democratic,
republication government with three branches - the
Executive, Legislative and the Judicial branches.
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It called for the separation of church and state. The
executive powers were to be exercise by the president of the
republic with the help of his cabinet. Judicial powers were
given to the Supreme Court and other lower courts to be
created by law. The Chief justice of the Supreme Court was
to be elected by the legislature with the concurrence of the
President and his Cabinet.
 POLITICAL CONSTITUTIONS
TABLE OF TITLES

Title I : The Republic Title IX : The Secretaries of

Title II : The Government Government

Title III : Religion Title X : The Judicial Power

Title IV : The Filipinos and their Title XI : Provincial and Popular

Assemblies
National and Individual Rights
Title XII : Administration of the
Title V : The Legislative Power
State
Title VI : The Permanent
Commission Title XIII : Amendment of
Constitution
Title VII : The Executive Power
Title XIV : Constitutional
Title VIII : The President of the Observance, Oath and
Republic Language
Implication to the
historical narrative
The Malolos Constitution is a constitution that paves
the way in launching the first Philippine Republic. This
opened the eyes of the Filipinos on what are their rights and
privileges. Providing justice and defense on the Philippine
citizens freedom and equality of all religions as well as the
separation of the church and the states. The constitution is
like a manual and guide for every Filipinos containing all the
rights that a Filipino have.
Implication to the
historical narrative
The constitution as a whole is a monument to the

capacity of the Filipinos to chart their own course along

democratic lines. In a period of storm and stress, it

symbolized the ideals of a people who had emerged from

the Dark Ages into the Light of Reason.

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Relevance to the
Contemporary Times

Philippine laws Executive

Relevance to
the
Contemporary Legislative
Times
Democratic

Judicial
Underlying Values

• Fairness
Thank
You!