National Historical Institute

(1997)
Documents of the Philippine
Independence, The Malolos
Constitution and the First
Philippine Republic
National Historical Institute (NHI)

• undertakes research and publication of Philippine

historical works and educational activities on historical
events and personages
• restoration, preservation and conservation of movable
and immovable objects of historical value
• implementation of the National Historic Act of the
Philippines (PD 260 and PD 1505);
• administration of historic sites, structures and
memorabilia of national heroes
• and implementation of Republic Act 8491 or “The Flag
and Heraldic Code of the Philippines
Declaration of Philippine Independence

• June 12, 1898- proclamation of the independence of

the Philippines at Cavite el Viejo (present Kawit,
Cavite)
• June 5, 1898 – Aguinaldo issued a decree setting aside
June 12 as the day for proclamation of Philippine
Independence
• Act of declaration of independence – prepared by
Ambrosio Riamzares Bautista in Spanish, signed by
98 people , however was promulgated on August 1.
 • Filipino revolutionary forces under general
Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty
and independence of the Philippine islands
from the colonial rule of Spain.

• The event saw the unfurling of the national f lag

of the Philippines made in Hongkong by Marcela
Agoncillo, Lorenza Agoncillo and Delfina Herboza.

• The declaration was not recognize by the US nor

Spain later sold the Philippines to the United States
in 1898 Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American
war.
Proclamation of the Independence Day of
the Philippines.
 Teodoro Agoncillo (History of the Filipino People)

-He was a prominent 20th-century Filipino historian.

-He and his contemporary Renato Constantino were

among the first Filipino historians renowned for
promoting a distinctly nationalist point of view of
Filipino history (nationalist historiography). He was
also an essayist and a poet.
 1960s
 revolts was happened in order to achieve freedom
against the colonizers
 leads Teodoro Agoncillo to wrote and published
the source
Prior Knowledge:
 The Independence Day of the Philippines was being
celebrated by the Filipinos every 12th day of June.
 The first raising of the Philippine flag was held in Kawit,
Cavite.

Acquired Knowledge:
 The Philippines was being sold by the Spain to the US
($20M) due to the fact that they lost against the war.
 The Philippine flag was made in Hongkong.
YES.
 written by Teodoro Agoncillo
-prominent historian who has knowledge on the
events happened in our country
 showed us how Filipinos suffered in the
past