by the American colonial government. The republic ended in 1906 when Sakay and his leading followers surrendered on July 14 to the American authorities upon being promised amnesty and being convinced of the need for a Philippine Assembly as a peaceful "gate to liberty". Instead they were arrested days later at a welcoming reception party in Cavite, imprisoned at the Old Bilibid Prison in Manila, and the following year executed for banditry. Some of its survivors escaped to Japan to be joined with Artemio Ricarte, an exiled Katipunan veteran, and later returned to support the Second Philippine Republic, a client state of Japan, during World War II. See also Tejeros revolutionary government List of unofficial presidents of the Philippines Notes References Former countries in Philippine history Former unrecognized countries Former republics History of Calabarzon Philippine–American War Philippine Revolution States and territories established in 1896 States and territories disestablished in 1902 1896 establishments in the Philippines 1896 establishments in the Spanish East Indies 1903 disestablishments in the Philippines