1. Who is Ambrosio Rianzanes-Bautista? Give 3 significant facts about him.

a. Ambrosio Rianzanes-Bautista y Altamira, popularly known as Don Bosyong, was Filipino

lawyer and the author of the Declaration of the Philippine Indepence.
b. Ambrosio Rianzanes-Bautista is a distant member of Rizal family , frequently advised
José Rizal, A filipino Nationalist.
c. Ambrosio Rianzanes-Bautista, War Counsellor and special delegate, has been task with
proclaiming and implementing the declaration

2. What does the document want to convey?

- The Philippine Declaration of Independence was proclaimed on june 12 1898
in Cavite II e Viejo Philippines. With the public reading of the Act of
Proclaimation of Independence of the Filipino People. Filipino revolutionary
forces under General, Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the soveriegnty and
independence of Philippines island from Colonial rule of Spain.

3. How did Filipinos regard the United States of America based on the document? What is your
stand on this ? Do you agree with Filipinos the way they look at the americans?
- The subsiquent Philippinre – American War. Three years and killed 4,200
Americans and 20,000 Filipino combatants. The decision by US politicians to
Annex the Philippines sparked political debate. Mostly I agree how Filipino’s
look at the Americans, because Filipino look at the American people with full
gratitude for gaining freedom from the Spanish Government by displaying the
colour of the Philippine flag and the American flag.

4. What is the importance of this document in the history of our country?

- One of the most significant moments in Philippine history is the Declaration of
Independence. For hundreds of years, the nation was colonized by numrous
countries. Imagine the Filipinos finally attaining freedom afterall their
struggles, It is priceless.