Wanting a Change

               The Philippine Revolution against Spain began in August 1896, when the Katipunan group was started. Led by Andrés Bonifacio, the Katipunan was a secessionist movement whose goal was to make the Philippines independent. Without Spain, the Philippines would have never been able to spark these ideas of freedom, because what they knew prior to their arrival was Primal.  Hostilities broke out on February 4, 1899, after two American privates on patrol killed three Filipino soldiers in San Juan, a Manila suburb.[iii] Backed by the Americans, the Katipunan slowly gained control back over the archipelago. With the execution of Bonifacio the war escalated and a US ship was sunk. Caused by the sinking of their ship, the US declared war with Spain in 1898. [iv] The Philippine Declaration of independence occurred on June 12, 1898 in Cavite II el Viejo (presently Kawit), Cavite, Philippines. However, this act of freedom was passed yet their total independence was not .[v]