One of the literary works of Dr. Jose Rizal was The Philippines a Century Hence, which analyzes the Filipino people's miseries and predicts the course of the nation in one hundred years. It was time, in Rizal's opinion, to remind Spain that the events leading up to the French Revolution could have significant repercussions for them in the Philippines. The first of Rizal's hypothetical scenarios for the Philippines' development over the following century was that it would continue to be a Spanish colony. Second, Filipinos would unavoidably rebel against Spain if they were to continue being exploited and mistreated. The Philippines could also be seized by another nation when Spain's influence in the region is eliminated. Aside from such forecasts, Rizal also addressed a number of problems that our nation has, such as a lack of press freedom, human rights violations, and a lack of representation in the Spanish government. Filipinos could no longer tolerate the oppression inflicted on their society by foreign colonizers as they awoke, opened their minds, and began to realize it. Rizal raised the question of whether or not Spain could prevent the progress of the Philippines. Spain has no means to stop the progress of the country. It had been unsuccessful in keeping the populace uninformed and ignorant. The Filipinos, on the other hand, had been able to act on their desire for a change in their way of life because they lived in perpetual destitution. They started looking into alternative perspectives for how they might advance. As an alternative to impeding progress, destroying the population did not succeed either. The Filipino race was able to endure conflict and starvation, and it increased in size as a result of these tragedies. In reality, what Rizal had predicted in his article The Americans fought Spain for control of the Philippines in 1898 and eventually won the conflict. They ruled with democracy and freedom. The long-awaited independence of the Philippines came about fifty years after Rizal's passing. The essay's final line, "History does not record in its annals any durable control by one people over another, of distinct races, of diverse usages and customs, of opposed and dissimilar views," was fulfilled by this.