Research on the Philippine Revolution

The Philippine Revolution began in 1896 and was a crucial part of  the development of one of my design ideas. I first started looking at revolution and rebellion as it has connotations to the word 'Unconformable' which is the word I'm basing my typeface on.

The Propaganda Movement - this movement happened as an attempt to call reforms and act against the misinformation that the Spaniards are spreading. Among the people in this movement was Dr. Jose Rizal a Filipino nationalist who wrote the book 'Noli Me Tangere' (Touch Me Not) in order to reveal the wrongdoings of the Spanish Catholic Church and government; the book came with a prequel 'El Filibustirismo'. Through the book Filipino's started coming together and having a strong sense of patriotism and nationalism (as they have lived segregated and fragmented in their own regions due to Philippines being an archipelago) upon realising their need and want for freedom from a 350 year rule from the Spanish rule.

Rizal was imprisoned due to his novels which triggered the 'KKK' 'Katipunan' (a secret anti-colonisation society) to start the Philippine Revolution. The mainly consisted of 'Katipuneros' (members) from 8 regions of the Northern Philippines (Central Luzon) (Batangas, Tarlac, Cavite, Laguna, Pampanga, Rizal, Nueva Ecija and Bulacan). The Katipunan called for a nationwide armed revolution led by their Supreme Leader, Andres Bonifacio; though it failed in central Manila other factions from other regions has succeeded  and gained control of smaller regions apart from Manila. Bonifacio died in 1897 with the power going to Emilio Aguinaldo a military leader and member f the Magdalo (Cavite) faction of the Katipunan. He later led the Philippine Revolution; form the said alliance with the USA in defeating the Spanish during the Spanish-American War and then in the Philippine-American War where  ordered "[t]hat peace and friendly relations with the Americans be broken and that the latter be treated as enemies" He was also the 1st President of the First republic of Philippines which formally declared war against the USA in 1899. The Philippines did not get independent state states until 1944.