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ARMED STRUGGLE
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• On July 7 , 1892 upon learning that Dr Jose

Rizal was to be deported and that his works
were to be banned in the country , a secret
council was convened
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• In attendance were Andres Bonifacio, Deodato

Arellano, Valentin Diaz, Teodoro Plata, Ladislao
Diwa, Jose Dizon, and a few others, all
members of La Liga Filipina, a progressive
organization founded by Rizal
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• The men assembled and came to the

agreement that a secret revolutionary society
must be founded and thus the Kataastaasang
Kagalanggalangan na Kalipunan ng mga Anak
ng Bayan
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• Mission of Katipunan:
• 1. Political
• 2. Moral
• 3. Civic
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• They advocated for freedom from the yoke of

Spain, to be achieved through armed struggle
• To help the poor and oppressed
• To teach good manners, hygiene, and morality
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• Katipunan :
• New recruits to the secret society underwent
a rigorous initiation process, similar to
Masonic practices
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• Structure of the Katipunan:

• 1. Supreme Council (Executive) – President,
Secretary, Fiscal, Treasurer, Six Councilors
• 2. Katipunan Assembly (Legislative) –
members of SC and presidents of Provincial
Councils
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• 3. Sangguniang Hukuman (Judiciary) –

Provincial Courts
• 4. Secret Chamber – Andres Bonifacio, Emilio
Jacinto, and Dr. Pio Valenzuela
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• Leaders of the Katipunan :

• 1. Deodato Arrelano – President
• 2. Andres Bonifacio – Comptroller
• 3. Ladislao Diwa – Fiscal
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• 4. Teodoro Plata – Secretary

• 5. Valentine Diaz - Treasurer
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• Women members of the Katipunan:

• 1. Josefa Mercado Rizal – Sister of Rizal
(President)
• 2. Gregoria De Jesus ( Wife of Andres
Bonifacio (Lakambini)
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• 3. Melchora Aquino – Tandang Sora

(Katipunan First Aider)
• 4. Gregoria Montoya y Patricio – Replaced her
dead husband (Led 30 Katipuneros)
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• 5. Agueda Kahabagan – Led a katipunan

Group
• 6. Teresa Magbanua – Known as the “Joan of
Arc” of Visayas
• 7. Rosario Lopez – Supporting Katipunan by
finance and goods
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• Notable Katipuneros:
• 1. Emilio Aguinaldo
• 2. Melchora Aquino
• 3. Gregorio Del Pilar
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• 4. Marcelo Del Pilar

• 5. Macario Sacay
• 6. Miguel Malvar
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• 7. Antonio Luna
• 8. Emilio Jacinto
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• Internal Struggle of Katipunan:

• 2 warring factions
• 1. Magdalo Faction
• 2. Magdiwang Faction