Why Jose rizal became the national hero of the Philippines?

it's because the Americans want it. they proclaimed Rizal as the national hero so people in Philippines would see him as a model.They would follow him;people would just study and develop their talents and skills and they would never be aggressive or be against to the Americans who are invading the Philippines that time. They prefered Rizal to be the national hero who is silent rather that Aguinaldo who is Aggressive and may be against the Americans.

Is it not only the Americans that made Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonzo Realonda (June 19, 1861 - December 30, 1896) as a Philippine National hero but the Filipinos itself, for they seen his patriot works and his very most prominent advocacies for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era, most specially his bloodless fight for the freedom of his mother land.