1.

CAVITE MUTINY
A MAJOR FACTOR THAT AWAKENING THE NATIONALISM
AMONG THE FILIPINOS
A rebellion against the authority
Comes from an old verb “MUTINE” which means
“REVOLT”.
 Uprising of Military personnel of Fort San Felipe(the Spanish
arsenal in Cavite, Philippines) on January 20, 1872.
 Around 200 soldiers and labourers rose up in the belief that it
would elevate to a national uprising. The Mutiny as
unsuccessful, and government soldiers executed many of the
participants.
2. THE MARTYRDOM OF THE
THREE PRIEST.
2. THE MARTYRDOM OF
THE THREE PRIEST
GOMBURZA
 Collective name of the three martyred priests.
 Tagged as the masterminds of the Cavite Mutiny.
 GOMBURZA

1.FATHER MARIANO GOMEZ

2.FATHER JOSE BURGOS

3.FATHER JACINTO ZAMORA

 They were prominent Filipino priests
charged with treason and sedition.

 desired to have their own parishes instead

of being assistants to the regular friars.

 The Spanish clergy connected the priests to

the mutiny as part of conspiracy to stifle the
movement of secular priests.
 An old man in his mid-’70, Chinese-Fiipino
born in Cavite.
 He held the most senior position of the three
a Archbishop’s Vicar in Cavite.
 He was truly Nationalistic and accepted the
death penalty calmly as though it were his
penance for being a pro- Filipinos.
 Spanish descent, born in the
Philippines. He was a parish priest
of the Manila Cathedral and had
been known to be close to the
liberal Governor de la Torre.
 He was 35 years old at this time
and was active and outspoken and
advocating the Filipinization of the
clergy.
 37 years old, was also a Spanish, born in
the Philippines.
 He was the parish priest of Marikina and
was known to be unfriendly to and would
not countenance any arrogance or
authoritative behaviour from Spaniards
coming from Spain.
SPANISH
ACC0UNTS IN
THE CAVITE
MUTINY 1. MONTERO’S ACCOUNT OF THE CAVITE MUTINY

2. OFFICIAL REPORT OF GOVERNOR IZQUERDO ON

THE CAVITE MUTINY OF 1872
 Spanish historian
 His account centered on how
the event was an attempt in
overthrowing the Spanish
government in the Philippines.
 His account on the mutiny was
criticized as woefully biased.
AN EXCERPT FROM
MONTERO’S
ACCOUNT OF THE “…the idea of attaining their
independence. It was towards
this goal that they started to
CAVITE MUTINY work, with the powerful
assistance of a certain section
of the native clergy…”
 Implicated the native clergy, who wee active in the
movement toward secularization of parishes.
 In a biased report, he highlighted the attempt to overthrow
the Spanish government in the Philippines to install a new
“hari” in the persons of Father Burgos and Zamora.

ACCORDING TO IZQUIERDO,
Native clergy attracted supporter by giving the charismatic
assurance that their fght would not fail because they had
God’s support, aside from promises of lofty rewards such as
employment, wealth, and ranks in the army.
 “…it has not been clearly determined if they
planned t established a monarchy or republic,
because the indios have no word in their language to
describe this form of government…”

“…whose head in Filipino would be called hari: but it

turns out that they would place at the head of the
government a pries… that the head selected would be
D. Jose Burgos, or D. Jacinto Zamora…”
 SPANISH
ACCOUNTS
Underscore the reason for the “Revolution”: Abolition of the
privilege enjoyed by the workers of Cavite arsenal such as
exemption from payment of tribute and being employed in
Polos Y Servicios ( Force Labor).
Presence of the native clergy. Against the Spanish Friars,
"Conspired and Supported "the rebels.
 In the Spaniard’s accounts,

1872
Was premeditated, a part of a big conspiracy among
educated leaders, mestizos, lawyers and residents of Manila
and Cavite.
They allegedly plan to liquidate high-ranking Spanish
officers then kill friars.
 The accounts detail that on

January 20, 1872

The District of Sampaloc celebrated the feast of the Virgin
Loreto, came it were some fireworks display.
The Caviteños is took this as the signal to commence with the
attack.
 200 Sergeant Lamadrid attacked Spanish
officers at sight and seized the arsenal.
 Izquierdo upon learning the attack, ordered
reinforcement of the Spanish forces in Cavite
to quell the revolt.
 The revolution was easily crushed, when
Manileños who were expected to aid the
Caviteños did not arrive.
IN RESULT,
LEADERS OF THE
PLOT WERE KILLED.
FATHER GOMEZ, BURGOS AND ZAMORA

Were tried by a court-martial and

sentenced to be executed.
 OTHERS WHO WERE IMPLICATED SUCH AS

JOAQUIN PADRO ANTONIO MA. JOSE BASA PIO BASA

DE TAVERA REGIDOR

And other Filipino lawyers suspended from

the practice of law, arrested, and sentenced to
life imprisonment at the Marianas Island.
 ON

FEBRUARY
17, 1872
The GOMBURZA was executed by garrotte in public to serve as a threat to
Filipinos never to attempt to fight the Spaniards again.
This is a scene purportedly witnessed by a young Jose Rizal.
DIFFERING
ACCOUNTS OF
THE EVENTS
OF 1872 1. Pardo de Tavera’s account of the Cavite
Mutiny
2. Plauchut’s account of the Cavite Mutiny
 A Filipino scholar and a
researcher
 Wrote a Filipino version of the
bloody incident in Cavite.
ACCORDING TO PARDO DE TAVERA.
The incident as a merely a mutiny by Filipino soldiers
and laborers of the Cavite arsenal dissatisfaction arising
from the draconian policies of Izquierdo (abolition of
privileges and prohibition of the founding of the school
of arts and trades.
THE CENTRAL SPANISH
GOVERNMENT
was planning to deprive the friars of all the powers
of intervention in matters of civil government and
direction and management of educational institution.
AN EXCERPT FROM

PARDO DE TAVERA’S ACCOUNT

OF THE CAVITE MUTINY
“…Filipinos had great hopes of an improvement in the
affairs of their country…”
“…the friars feared that their power on the colony would
soon be complete a thing of the past…”
A French writer
Complemented Tavera’s
account and analysed
the motivation of the
1872 Cavite Mutiny.
AN EXCERPT FROM
PLAUCHUT’S
ACCOUNT OF THE
CAVITE MUTINY
“…the arrival in Manila of Gen. Izquierdo put a sudden
end to all dreams of reforms
…such a policy must really end a strong desire on the
part on the other to repress cruelly…”
 DIFFERING ACCOUNTS
Friars used Cavite Mutiny as a part of a larger conspiracy to cement their
dominance.

They showcased the mutiny as a part of a greater conspiracy in the

Philippines by Filipinos to overthrow the Spanish Government.

Unintentionally, it resulted in the Martyrdom of GOMBURZA.

And paved way to the revolution culminating 1898.

 JOSE RIZAL
DEDICATED HIS
SECOND NOVEL, EL FILIBUSTERISMO, TO
THEIR MEMORY:

“I DEDICATE MY WORK TO YOU AS VICTIMS OF THE EVIL WHICH I UNDERTAKE TO COMBAT…”

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“READINGS IN PHILIPPINES HISTORY”, Candelaria JL P.,et al.,2008,pg.56-59.