THE FIRST PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC
MALOLOS CONGRESS AND MALOLOS CONSTITUTION
THE FIRST PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC
THE AMERICANS STARTED THE WAR
THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN WAR
GUERRILLA WARFARE
FILIPINOS LOSE THE WAR
THE CAPTURE OF AGUINALDO
HISTORICAL VALUES
1. Filipinos should be proud that the first independent republic in Asia by Asians was established by Aguinaldo in the Philippines from 1989 to 1901.
2. Filipinos are brave and sturdy people who will fight for their rights and independence, even if they lose.
3. Filipinos lost the Filipino-American war because they were not united and they had inferior weapons.
4. Like all wars, the Filipino-American war was very bloody and expensive.
a. The Americans sent 126,248 troops, of whom 4,234 died.
b. They have spent a vast sum of $16,000.
c. 200,000 civilian died of starvation and/or diseases.
d. Property worth of billions of pesos was damaged.
5. We should remember and honor President Aguinaldo and other heroes of this era because they fought with courage and honor. These veterans of the revolution were the real founding father of our independence.