Emilio Aguinaldo

Biography

EMILIO AGUINALDO WAS A FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY LEADER AND POLITICIAN WHO

PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE
FROM SPANISH COLONIAL RULE AND LATER IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE PHILIPPINE
REPUBLIC. HERE IS A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF EMILIO AGUINALDO:
EARLY LIFE:
1. BIRTH: EMILIO AGUINALDO WAS BORN ON MARCH 22, 1869, IN CAVITE,
PHILIPPINES, TO CARLOS AGUINALDO AND TRINIDAD FAMY.
ROLE IN THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION:
1. KATIPUNAN: AGUINALDO JOINED THE SECRET REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY
KATIPUNAN, WHICH AIMED TO OVERTHROW SPANISH RULE IN THE PHILIPPINES. HE
QUICKLY ROSE THROUGH THE RANKS DUE TO HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
2. CRY OF BALINTAWAK: AGUINALDO BECAME A KEY FIGURE IN THE EARLY STAGES
OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION WHEN HE LED HIS FORCES IN THE "CRY OF
BALINTAWAK" ON AUGUST 23, 1896, SIGNALING THE START OF THE ARMED
UPRISING AGAINST SPANISH RULE.
3. DECLARATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE: ON JUNE 12, 1898, AGUINALDO
PROCLAIMED THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM SPANISH RULE IN
KAWIT, CAVITE, RAISING THE PHILIPPINE FLAG AND PLAYING A CRUCIAL ROLE IN
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRST PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC.
PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN WAR:
1. TREATY OF PARIS: THE PHILIPPINES WAS CEDED TO THE UNITED STATES BY SPAIN
IN THE TREATY OF PARIS (1898) THAT ENDED THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
2. RESISTANCE: AGUINALDO, INITIALLY COOPERATING WITH THE AMERICANS, LATER
LED FILIPINO FORCES AGAINST THE U.S. WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE
UNITED STATES INTENDED TO ANNEX THE PHILIPPINES.
3. CAPTURE AND SURRENDER: IN 1901, AGUINALDO WAS CAPTURED BY AMERICAN
FORCES, LEADING TO HIS OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE
END OF ORGANIZED RESISTANCE. THIS MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE
FILIPINO-AMERICAN WAR.