Key Figures

These are three important people during the time of the Philippine revolution!

Emilio Aguinaldo

Partially of Chinese descent, Aguinaldo was the Philippines' revolutionary leader, first against the Spanish and then, after the end of the Spanish- American War, against the Americans.

General "Butcher" Weyler

Spanish General sent to Cuba in 1896 to put down the insurrectos' rebellion. Called the "Butcher", Weyler put much of the Cuban population into unsanitary concentration camps. He was recalled to Spain in 1897.

John D. Long

Secretary of the Navy under McKinley's administration, beginning in 1896.