What role did Emilio Aguinaldo play in the Spanish-American War? He organized an African American regiment that fought in Cuba. He commanded guerrilla raids on the Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor. He led the Filipino nationalists who defeated the Spanish army. He was part of a force of U. S. soldiers who captured Guantanamo Bay.

Look at the painting the lictors bring to brutus the bodies of his sons by jacques-louis david (1789). the most likely message this painting sends to french citizens is that one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve france. loyalty to one’s country stops short of sacrificing one’s own children. brutality is an integral part of revolution and the reign of terror. no one is immune to death, not even the leaders of the revolution.