The Katipunan , led by Andrés Bonifacio , was a liberationist movement whose goal was independence from the 333 years of colonial control from Spain through armed revolt .

Bonifacio called Request for an attack on the capital city of Manila .

A power struggle among the revolutionaries led to Causation Bonifacio 's death in 1897 , with command shifting to Aguinaldo , who led the newly formed revolutionary government .