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(Governor-General Carlos Maria de la Torre)
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On September 1868 the people of Spain who were tired of the autocratic rule of queen Isabella II, rose in revolution and succeeded in setting up a  government which guaranteed the basic human freedom. This government under President Serrano sent Don Carlos de la Torre as Governor and Captain General of the Philippines.  His arrival in Manila was most welcome by the liberal minded Spaniards, mestizos and Filipinos, all of whom hailed him as their liberator from the supposed tyrannies of the conservative and reactionary elements here. 
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During his term he posed and acted as a true democrat. Some of the innovations that he introduced shocked the aristocratic and haughty Spanish residents of the city who thought that the Governor had gone crazy.
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June 23, 1869: Carlos Maria de la Torre started his term as the new Governor-General