[the philippines) are and have the right to be free and
independent; that they have ceased to have any allegiance
to the crown of spain; that all political ties between them
are and should be completely severed and annulled; and
that, like other free and independent states, they enjoy
the full power to make war and peace, conclude
commercial treaties, enter into alliances, regulate
commerce, and do all other acts and things which an
independent state has a right to do.
of proclamation of independence of the
filipino people, june 12, 1898 what does this proclamation reflect about the people of
the philippines in 1898?
-they were divided along ethnic lines.
-they were anxious to go to war against spain.
-there were strong nationalist feelings in the
philippines
-spain was anxious to end its colonial domination of
the philippines