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ACTIVI
TY SHEET FOR LESSON 7
(
Annot
ati
onofAnt
onioDeMor sSucesosdel
ga’ asI
slasFi
li
pinas)

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*Compar
ingandcont
rast
ingRi
zalandMor
ga’
svi
ewsonFi
li
pinocul
tur
e.

Ri
zal
'
sVi
ewonFi
li
pinoCul
tur
e Mor
ga'
svi
ewofFi
li
pinoCul
tur
e

Rizalar guedandthereforeconcl
udedthat De Mor ga'
spur pose f orwriting Sucesos
theconv ersi
onandconquestwer enotas was so he coul d chr oni
clet he deeds
widespr ead as portrayed because the achiev ed by t he Spani ards i n t heir
mi ssionaries wer
e onl y successful i
n discov ery,conquest,andconv ersionoft he
conquer i
ngapor t
ionoft hepopulat
ionof entire Fi li
pinas Isl
ands as wel las i t
's
cer t
ainislands. variousf ort
unest hattheyhav ef rom time
tot i
mei nthegr eatkingdomsandamong
thepaganpeopl essurroundingt hei slands.
Philippineswasdeser t
edandi nhabi t
able.

Rizal
'stheorywast hatthecount rywas BasedonMor ga's SucesosDeLasI sl
as
economi cal
l
y self
-suff
ici
ent and Fil
i
pinas,Hestat
edt hatPhil
i
ppi
neisl
ands
prosperous before Spanish arrive.He wereonceunci
vil
i
zedandt hepeopl
ewhere
entert
ainedtheideathatithadalivelyand scatt
eredev
ery
where.
vi
gorous communi ty.He bel i
ev ed the
conquestoft heSpani ar
dscont r
ibutedin
parttot hedecl
ineoft hePhil
ippi
ne’ sri
ch
tr
aditi
onandcult ur
e.
Christi
anitywasaweaponf orfacili
tating Mor ga bel i
eved that Chri
stiani
ty wi l
l
polit
icalandeconomi csubjugationoft he preservet he puri
ty of Fi
li
pino peopl e.
nativepeopl e.Christi
anit
yisaweaponi n Christi
ani
tyhelpsthem know God,l earn
disguiseinor dertofullychangeFi li
pino's spir
ituall
essonsf r
om thesaints,obt ain
native beliefs ,influence the soci ety
, goodat tr
ibutesandachiev
eagod- f
earing
controlFili
pinopeopl e,mai nt
aint hegap communi tywherepeaceandunityrul
es.
between t he Indi
os and t he Spani ards,
change t he land'
s pol i
ti
calsy stem and
emphasi zet heSpanishcultureit
self.

Spaniards,
li
keanyot hernation,
treatf
ood Beefandfi
shtheyknowitbestwheni
thas
towhi chtheyar enotaccust omedori s st
art
edt
orotandsti
nk.
unknownt ot hem withdisgust.Thef i
rst
that De Mor ga menti
ons i s bagoong
(sal
tedandf ermentedfi
sh).

BasedonHi ghlit
eracyrate,t heSpanish Fil
ipi
nos wer e an i nf
eri
or race. When
mi ssi
onar i
es exploi
ted the baybayinfor Spanish arri
ve ,t he Phil
i
ppines has a
theirownends,l earningandusi ngi tto scatt
ered pol i
ti
cal sy st
em. Spani sh
translatet hei
rgoal s.Early Government concludedthatthereshoul
dbeachangei n
pre-colonial Phili
ppines alr
eady termsofgov ernmentalrepr
esentat
ionand
possessed a wor ki
ng j udici
al and ot herrefor
ms.
l
egi sl
ativesystem.

Ourancestor
swerev er
yprofi
cienti
nthe
artofwar .Asi
defrom wiel
dingswords
andspears,t
heyal
soknew how t omake
andfi
regunsandcannons.

Smooth For ei
gn Relati
ons. The pr e-
coloni
alFi
li
pinoshadalr
eadyestabl
ished
tr
ading and diplomat
ic rel
ati
ons with
countr
iesasfarastheMiddl
eEast.
*WhatwasRi
zal
’
spoi
nti
nrewr
it
ingPhi
li
ppi
nehi
stor
y?

Antonio De Mor ga’

sentitl
ed Sucesosde l asIslas Fili
pinaswher ethe bookdescr i
be the
Phili
ppi
neswhent heyfi
rstarri
vef rom Spain.Thedi scoveryofMor ga’
sSucesosdel asI sl
as
Fil
ipi
nasprovedt obeserendipit
oust oRizal.Hehadbeenr et
hinki
ngtheideaoftheFil
ipi
nonot
asapeopl ewhower eequalt otheirSpanishcolonizersbutapeopl ewithauniquecivil
izati
on
thatwasdest r
oy edbycolonizat
ion.Rizalfoundt heanswert ohisideainMorga’sbookandi t
wast hi
sworkt hathedecidedtor epri
ntwit
hhi sannotations.

Rizalhadabur ningdesi retoknowexact lyt heconditionsoft hePhi li

ppi
neswhent heSpani ar
ds
cameashor etot heI slands.Rizal'
smaj orpoi ntinrewr it
ingt hePhi li
ppi
nehi storyi stoawaken
theconsciousnessoft heFili
pinosregardi ngt hei
rBeaut i
fulcust omsandt r adi
tionsoft hepast,
tocorrectandfigur eoutwhathasbeendi stortedaboutt hePhi li
ppinesduet oSpani shconquest
andt oprovethatFi l
ipinosar ecivi
li
zedev enbef or
ethecomi ngoft heSpani
ar ds.Hi st heorywas
thatthecountrywaseconomi call
ysel
f-suf fi
cientandpr osper ous.Heent er
tainedt hei deathatit
had a l i
vel
y and v igor ous community .He bel i
eved t hatt he conquestoft he Spani ar
ds
contri
butedinpar ttot hedeclineofthePhi lippi
ne’
sr icht radit
ionandcul tur
e.Hedeci dedto
undertaketheannot at i
onofAnt oni
oDeMor ga’sSucesosDeLasI slasFi
li
pinas.

Basedont heaccountswr i
ttenf r
om t heSpaniar
ds’perspecti
ve,nativ
eswer eeverysoof t
en
measur edlower.WiththeSpani ards'clai
msthatIndi
o’sort henat i
veFil
i
pinoarelazy ,st
upid,
andot herspit
efuldescri
pti
onst hatleadDr .JoseRizaltoknow t herealstor
y.Rizalbecome
thi
rstyfortr
uthanddecidedt orewr i
teandannotatePhil
i
ppineHi st
ory.Thi
sactwasnoteasyt o
accompl i
sh,however,wit
hhi sreasons,hegott omaket hei mpossibl
ethingspossible.Rizal
decidedtoarguewi t
htheclaimsofMor gaandgodeepert othehistoryi
nordertogi
v ejusti
ceto
theoncer i
chnativ
ecultur
et hatvanishedduetoSpanishcolonizati
on.