PKP National History Practice Test

The date marks the proclamation of the Philippines’ independence from Spain, declared by Emilio Aguinaldo in Kawit, Cavite. This moment signified the birth of a Filipino nation and the vow to govern itself, even though sovereignty would later be affected by the new American control established after the Treaty of Paris later that year. The other events listed didn’t occur on that day: the Galleon Trade began centuries earlier, martial law started in the 20th century, and the Treaty of Paris was signed later in 1898, ending the war and transferring colony status to the United States.