Philippine Declaration of Independence (1898) After Spain's defeat at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War, Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands. However, neither the US nor Spain recognized Philippine independence. Instead, the Spanish government ceded the islands to the US in the 1898 Treaty of Paris, sparking a period of hostilities between ...
Independence The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off. - Thoreau, Henry David
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