Philippine Revolution
During the Philippine revolution, Barasoain serves as the haven of the Congreso Revolucionario assembled inside the Church with the ilustrados as its delegates and Gen. Aguinaldo as the leader.
When Apolinario Mabini failed to draft a constitution to contend the call for a constitutional assembly, ilustrado lawyer Felipe Calderón y Roca was instead laid on the table and this became the framework upon which the assembly drafted the first constitution.
On November 29, the assembly, now popularly-called Malolos Congress, finished the draft. However, Aguinaldo, who always placed Mabini in high esteem and heeded most of his advice, refused to sign it when the latter objected. On January 21, 1899, after a few modifications were made to fit Mabini's arguments, the constitution was finally approved by the congress and signed by Aguinaldo himself in the balcony of the church.
Two days later, the Filipino Republic (also called the First Republic and Malolos Republic) was inaugurated inside the Church with Aguinaldo as president.
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