Worksheet on Comparative Analysis of Primary vs.
Secondary Sources
(Tejeros Convention, 1897)
Primary Source: Santiago
Alvarez “Memoirs of a General”
Author’s  Revolutionary general and
Background founder and honorary
president of the first
directorate of the
Nacionalista Party
 Born in Imus, Cavite on
July 25, 1872
 Known as the Kidlat ng
Apoy because of his
inflamed courage and
commitment as
commander in the battle
of Dalhican, Cavite.
 He died at the age of 58 on
October 30, 1930, in San
Pablo City and was buried
at the San Pablo municipal
cemetery.
When was the  Was written at
account written? the same time
when events
occurred
 Was first
published in
1920s
Secondary Source: Teodoro
Agoncillo’s “Seeds of
Discontent”
 One of the prominent
Filipino historians in the
20th century
 An essayist and poet
 Was born in Lemery,
Batangas on November 9,
1912
 Because of his notable
works, he was conferred
as a National Scientist in
1985.
 Obtained a degree of
Bachelor in Philosophy
from the University of
The Philippines in 1934
and earned a master’s
degree in the arts from
the same university in the
following year
 One of the first Filipino
historians who earned
renown for promoting a
distinctly nationalist
point of view of Filipino
history (nationalist
historiography)
 Was written
in 1947 as an
entry in a
National
Bonifacio
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Mention of Dates  March 25, 1897 - The
assembly at Tejeros
convened
 March 27, 1897 – the
morning when
eyewitnesses who had
spied on the proceeding
revealed that, indeed, a
meeting had taken place at
the Tanza parish house
Key personalities  Supremo Andres
Bonifacio
 Emilio Aguinaldo
 Daniel Tirona- Break the
meeting rules and insulted
theelected
 Jose del Rosario
 Pres. Baldomero
Aguinaldo- leader of
Magdalo
 Santiago V. Alvarez
(Magdiwang)
 Maraino Alvarez
Sequencing of  The assembly at Tejeros was
Events finally convened on March 25,
1897.
 Mr. Andres Bonifacio, the
Supremo, won over Mr.
Mariano Alvarez as the
secretary of of the interior
 There was a heated conflict
between Andres Bonifacio and
Daniel Tirono.
 The Magdalo members did
 Was published in 1956
 Early part of November -
the capital was moved to
San Francisco de
Malabon and later to
Naik
 Middle of December 1896
– acceded to the request
in the third invitation and
left for Cavite
 January 2 1897 – town
fiesta of San Francisco de
Malabon
 April 1897 - Spaniards
captured the town
 March 22, 1897 –
Aguinaldo’s birthday
 Supremo Andres
Bonifacio
 Emilio Aguinaldo
 Daniel Tirona- Break the
meeting rules and
insulted the elected
 Jose del Rosario
 Pres. Baldomero
Aguinaldo- leader of
Magdalo
 The Katipunan of Cavite,
divided into two factions, the
Magdiwang and the
Magdalo,
 When Cavite led by its rival
factions, successfully rose in
revolt, the leaders fell into
disputes arising from the
desire of one group to lord it
over the other.
 Andres Bonifacio was
 not came to the reconciliation
meeting.
 The meeting had taken place
at the Tanza parish house and
the Supremo's decisions
regarding the election at the
friar estate house were not
respected.
 At the gathering in the Tanza
parish house, those elected at
the Tejeros convention knelt
before a crucifix.
 The Magdalo posted troops
toguard the Tanza parish
house for their oath-taking
ceremonies
Differences  The author focused more
between 2 on what happened during
accounts (in the election and did not
general) mention any event that
happened after the
election was done.
 In this account, the
misunderstanding that
arose between General
Apoy and Mr.
Montenegro.
 Alvarez Memoir of a
General is straight to the
invented by the Magdiwang
men to visit Cavite.
 The preliminary meeting
arose misunderstanding
between the Magdalo leaders
and Bonifacio
 Bonifacio was brought by the
rebel leaders to the house of
Juan Castaneda in Imus.
 Misunderstanding existed
between the followers of the
Magdiwang and the Magdalo
 The Magdalo group
strenuously objected and
insisted on an election.
 The situation had not eased
up a bit when the leaders of
the Magdiwang planned to
hold another convention
 A heated conflict between
Antonio Montenegro and
Santiago Alvarez
 Andres Bonifacio and Daniel
Tirono incident
 Bonifacio wrote from San
Francisco de Malabon to his
uncle-in-law, Mariano
Alvarez
 Andres Bonifacio discovered
the dirty works of the
meeting
 Tackles on what
happened before the
convention occurred. The
author mentioned other
significant dates that
weren’t stated in the
other account.
 This account discussed
the misunderstanding
that arose between
Santiago and Montenegro
 Compared to Alvarez, the
letter that Andres
 point narration.
 It was concise, but it did
not lack in detail to
understand what went
down during the event.  Provides an thorough
Bonifacio tohis uncle-in-
law was more concrete
and clearly stated what
he truly felt.
story-telling about the
events of the Tejeros
Convention. The
attention to detail that he
provided really made his
version believable