The Philippine Revolution (1896—1898) is a battle between the native Katipuneros and Spanish colonizers in the Philippines.
Emergence of a Filipino Consciousness and Identity
During the Spanish colonial period, Filipinos did not think of themselves as Filipinos but Pampanguenos, Ilocanos, Cebuanos, etc. The Spanish military would quell uprisings from one region with natives from another. The story of Diego Silang is a good example. Natives from Macabebe, Pampanga were used as soldiers against the rebellion in the Ilocos. Diego Silang wanted to establish an Ilocano nation. The term Filipino referred to Spaniards. Differences in culture and language alienated natives from each other. Chavacano for example, developed at first as a pidgin language as native workers could not communicate with their own native language.
The martyrdom of Gomburza, and propaganda literature by the ilustrados
and literature of Jose Rizal gradually formed a unified Filipino consciousness and identity. Natives from different regions started to coordinate and interact with each other. For the first time, revolutionaries united against the Spaniards when the Katipunan was formed.
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