Constitution of Biak-na-Bato

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The Constitution of Biak-na-Bato was the short-lived revolutionary charter adopted in 1897 by Filipino insurgents under Emilio Aguinaldo, establishing a provisional republican government during the Philippine struggle against Spanish colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document ⓘ
political charter ⓘ
revolutionary constitution ⓘ
adoptedBy Filipino revolutionaries ⓘ
Katipunan-led revolutionary government ⓘ
linked to: Katipunan
adoptionDate 1897-11-01 ⓘ
adoptionYear 1897 ⓘ
author Felipe Calderón y Roca ⓘ
Isabelo Artacho ⓘ
basedOn Cuban Constitution of Jimaguayú ⓘ
contains provisions on civil rights ⓘ
provisions on revolutionary government structure ⓘ
provisions on separation of powers ⓘ
context Philippine Revolution ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
dissolutionCause Pact of Biak-na-Bato ⓘ
durationDescription in force only for a few months in 1897 ⓘ
governmentType republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President ⓘ
historicalSignificance first formal constitutional charter of a Filipino revolutionary government ⓘ
ideology anti-colonial nationalism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
inspiredBy Latin American republican constitutions ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
leaderDuringAdoption Emilio Aguinaldo ⓘ
legalForm written constitution ⓘ
legalStatusAtTime fundamental law of the Republic of Biak-na-Bato ⓘ
opposedTo Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines ⓘ
placeOfAdoption Biak-na-Bato, San Miguel, Bulacan ⓘ
politicalSystemEstablished provisional republican government ⓘ
presidentUnderConstitution Emilio Aguinaldo ⓘ
purpose to legitimize Filipino resistance against Spain ⓘ
to provide a legal framework for the revolutionary government ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedConflict Philippine Revolution against Spain ⓘ
relatedEvent establishment of the Republic of Biak-na-Bato ⓘ
relatedTreaty Pact of Biak-na-Bato ⓘ
signedBy Emilio Aguinaldo ⓘ
members of the Biak-na-Bato revolutionary government ⓘ
status short-lived ⓘ
subjectMatter organization of revolutionary government ⓘ
rights and duties of citizens ⓘ
war-time governance ⓘ
supersededBy Malolos Constitution ⓘ
territorialScope revolutionary-controlled areas of the Philippines ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ

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Biak-na-Bato Republic → constitution → Constitution of Biak-na-Bato ⓘ
San Miguel, Bulacan → associatedWith → Biak-na-Bato Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Biak-na-Bato