Philippine Revolution Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
1896–98 conflict against Spanish colonial authorities
About Philippine Revolution
TheSpanish colonial empirewas beginning to collapse, starting with the wars for independence inLatin America. Support for a Filipino nation grew as the Philippines opened to world trade, rebellions against the colonial administration were quelled violently, revolutions raged in Europe, and the local intelligentsia discovered liberalism. The Philippines, previously ruled by Spain through Mexico, was placed under direct control from Madrid afterMexicodeclared independence in 1815. Spainwas also experiencing an internal crisis as the First Spanish Republic was founded after the 1868 revolution that ended the absolute monarchy under Queen Isabella II; the newly appointed Governor-General Carlos Maria de la Torre introduced the idea of liberalism, but his rule lasted only until 1871, when the m
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