DE GUZMAN, Brian Allen T.

READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

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CHAPTER 3: ONE PAST BUT MANY HISTORIES: CONTROVERSIES AND

CONFLICTING VIEWS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

LESSON 2: Cavite Mutiny of 1872

The year 1872 is a historic year where two events

happened in the Philippines under the Spanish government.
The historic events were Cavite Mutiny and the Execution of
the Three Martyr Priests – named Mariano Gomez, Jose
Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora. Further, a revolutionary
movement formed by the Filipinos against the Spaniards to
fight for the independence of the country. These two historic
events made the Filipinos upraised their hearts of nationalism
to fight the sovereignty of the Philippines. The history showed
how Filipinos fought for the liberty of our country. Sacrifices GOMBURZA
Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and
were made and bloodshed scattered all over the places Jacinto Zamora
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Cavite Mutiny happened on January 20,

1872 was a major factor in the awakening of
nationalism among the Filipinos. Moreover, it was
the uprising of military personnel of Fort San Felipe
– the Spanish arsenal in Cavite, Philippines.
Around 200 Filipino troops and labourers rose up in
the belief that it would elevate to a national

Cavite Mutiny 1872 uprising. The mutiny was unsuccessful and

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government soldiers executed many participants of
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 the Cavite Mutiny narrative were made by Governador
Rafael Izquierdo. He implicated the native clergy, who were
active in the movement toward secularization of parishes;
presence of the native clergy, against the Spanish friars,
“conspired and supported” the rebels. In a biased report he
made, he highlighted the attempt of the Filipinos through
revolutionary movement to overthrow the Spanish
government in the Philippines to install new “hari” in the
persons of Father Burgos and Zamora. According to Governador Rafael Izquierdo
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accounts of events in Cavite Mutiny narrative made by Governor Rafael Izquierdo are
different from the accounts of events made by Dr. Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo De
Tavera. According to Pardo De Tavera, the incident was merely
a mutiny by Filipino soldiers and labourers of the Cavite
arsenal to the dissatisfaction arising from the authoritarian
policies of Izquierdo – abolition of privileges and prohibition of
the founding of the school of arts and trades. Further, the
central Spanish government was planning to deprive friars of
all the powers intervention in matters of civil government and
direction and management of education institutions. The
Spanish government believe that the friars have the power to
influence the Filipinos to rebel against them.
Dr. Trinidad Hermenegildo
Pardo De Tavera
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kipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/T GOMBURZA – the three priests named Mariano Gomez, Jose
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G mastermind of the uprising. The GOMBURZA were publicly
executed, by garrote, in public to serve as a threat to Filipinos never to attempt to fight
against the Spaniards and to the Spanish Government. They were executed on the

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 early morning of February 17, 1872 at Bagumbayan. And this scene was witnessed by a
young Jose Rizal which later on his second novel, El Filibusterismo dedicated for their
memory.

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 Reference

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020, January 31). Cavite Mutiny. Retrieved
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Manalo, K.H. (2018, December 10). Readings in the Philippine History: What Happened
In the Cavite Mutiny. Retrieved from
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The Martyrdom of GomBurZa. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://malacanang.gov.ph/7695-

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Santander, G. (2019, December 14). The Cavite Mutiny (Student Film) [Video].Youtube.
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MxHFeHLL-A&index=1

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