The Katipunan-led armed uprisings of 1896-1898 succeeded in defeating the Spanish colonial forces and establishing the first independent revolutionary government, before being usurped by the bigger, more modern and extremely brutal US colonialists.
Ginapi ng mga armadong pag-aalsa noong 1896-1898 na pinamunuan ng Katipunan ang mga kolonyal na pwersang Espanyol at itinayo ang unang independyenteng gubyernong rebolusyonaryo, bago ito agawin ng mas malaki, mas moderno at sukdulang lupit na mga kolonyalistang US.