1.

If you were Jose Rizal and was given the chance to be a guest of the Real Audiencia de Manila and of
Gov. Gen. Rafael Izquierdo, which of the two (2) lawyers provided a better argument: Jose Montero y
Vidal (a pro-Spaniard) or Dr. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera (pro-indio)?

 If I were Rizal who gave Real Audiencia de Manila a chance, I might choose Dr. Trinidad Pardo de
Tavera. Because Dr. Triniad Pardo has made a much better argument. In his view, the incident
was merely a mutiny by native Filipino soldiers and workers at Cavite Arsenal who were
dissatisfied with the abolition of their privileges. Indirectly, Tavera blamed the cold-blooded
policy of Governor Izquierdo, as well as the abolition of the privileges of indigenous workers and
military personnel in the arsenal. Tavera also believes that the Spanish friars and Izquierdo
simply used the Cavite mutiny as powerful leverage by exaggerating it into a full-fledged plot
involving not only the native army but also both the people of Cavite and Manila, and more
importantly, the indigenous people. clerics aimed to overthrow the Spanish government.
Philippines.