Area of Primary Source:
Historical Santiago Alvarez
Investigation “Memoirs of a General”
Author’s  Santiago Alvarez (a.k.a Gen. Apo) was a son of
Background Gen. Mariano Alvarez
(a.k.a Gen. Maninam), leader of the
Magdiwang faction and Nicolasa Virata.
Santiago, followed his father's footsteps as a
school teacher, finished his Bachelor in Arts
degree to San Juan de Letran and eventually
graduated from Liceo de Manila with a law
degree. Member of the Civil Guardia Novella,
the secret society of Katipunan, was appointed
delegate for the Council of Cavite at the
outbreak of the independence revolution in
August 1896. He led the
revolutionaries in the Battle of Dalahican.
According to the Chronicles of the time,
Santiago Alvarez stood out for his fearlessness
and bravery in all these deeds.
When was Beginning in July 1927, his work was serialized
the account in 36 sections in the Tagalog weekly magazine
written? Sampaguita. Carolina Malay began translating
the original Tagalog version into English in
June 1973 and finished it in 1977.
Mention of Tajeros assembly fails on March 25, 1897.Pres.
Dates Baldomero Aguinaldo convenes another
meeting on March 26, 1897, but only a few
Magdiwang leaders attend. Tanza meeting on
March 27, 1897 (Oath-taking ceremony) The
Supremo launched an attack on Noveleta on
April 3, 1897.
Key personal
ties (authors
to the
Secondary Source:
Teodoro Agoncillo
“Seeds of Discontent”
Born in Lemery, Batangas to Pedro
Agoncillo and Feliza Andal, both from
landed families in Batangas, Agoncillo
obtained a bachelor's degree in
philosophy from the University of the
Philippines in Manila, in 1934, and a
master's degree in the arts from the
same university the following year.
He earned his living as a linguistic
assistant at the Institute of National
Language and as an instructor at the Far
Eastern University and the Manuel L.
Quezon University.
In 1956, he published his seminal
work,Revolt of the Masses: The Story of
Bonifacio and the Katipunan, a history of
the 1896 Katipunan-led revolt against
Spanish rule and its leader, Andres
Bonifacio. He garnered acclaim for this
book, as well as criticisms from more
conservative historians discomfited by
the work's nationalist bent.
The book was written in 1947 in order
The Seeds of Discontent and The
Katipunan and the Revolution are books
that are written about one significant
event that happened in the country.
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