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The Cavite Mutiny and The GOMBURZA Execution
The Cavite Mutiny and The GOMBURZA Execution
The Cavite Mutiny and The GOMBURZA Execution
Mutiny and
the
GOMBURZA
Execution
Prepared by:
Frenzy Picasales
The Cavite mutiny of 1872 was an uprising of
Filipino military personnel of Fort San Felipe,
the Spanish arsenal in Cavite, Philippine
Islands (then also known as part of the Spanish
East Indies) on January 20, 1872. Around 200
locally recruited colonial troops and laborers
rose up in the belief that it would elevate to a
national uprising.
Theprimary cause of the mutiny is believed to
be an order from Governor-General Rafael de
Izquierdo to subject the soldiers of the
Engineering and Artillery Corps to personal
taxes, from which they were previously exempt.
The taxes required them to pay a monetary
sum as well as to perform forced
labor called, polo y servicio.
Filipinoswanted to overthrow the Spanish
Government to install new kings in the likes of
the three priests Fr. Mariano Gomez, Fr. Jose
Burgos, and Fr. Jacinto Zamora (i.e.,
GOMBURZA)
This
event was tragic but served as one of the
moving forces that shaped Filipino nationalism.