Welcome

This is the Philippine History Primary Sources website.

Note: This is just actually a directory of existing materials on the web; not one article is hosted here except the link lists themselves.

What can be found in this site?

• links to eyewitness accounts of key events in Philippine history
• links to important historical documents (e.g., Rizal's works, versions of the Philippine constitution, etc.)
• links to important works on Philippine history (e.g. Morga, Retana, Craig)

Why primary sources?

• Many students consider the study of history as boring and uninteresting.
• Use of primary sources enliven history and allows the student to experience vicariously (i.e. through reading) what others experienced as they lived through history.
• Simply put, use of primary sources puts the story back in history.

Contents

Pre-Hispanic Philippines

Spanish Regime

• Diaries of Jose Rizal
• Bonifacio Papers

The Revolution

American Regime

The Second World War

Independent Philippines

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