THE

CAMPAIGN
FOR
REFORMS
( 1882 - 1892)

The Reform Movement : Its

Nature.
The unjust execution of the 3 martyr
priests : Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos
and Jacinto Zamora.
Led to a new era : THE REFORM
MOVEMENT
Began in 1882 and lasted up to the early
months of 1896, when the important
Filipino reformists died.

Philippines as province of Spain.

Province Colony
The Philippines would be represented in the
Spanish law-making body called the Cortes

Spanish Citizens
They would enjoy all rights and privileges of
Spanish Citizens.
They would also be obliged to discharge the
duties of Spanish citizens.
The Filipinos could not be treated cruelly by
the friars and the Spanish civil authorities.
This policy of making the Philippines a
province of Spain and of making the Filipinos
SpanishCitizens
has
been
called
Assimilation.

Important Filipino Reformists

Graciano Lopez Jaena
Jos Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso
Realonda - "Dr. Jos Rizal"
Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitn "Plaridel"

Graciano Lopez Jaena

Born in Jaro, now a part of Iloilo City, on
17 December 1856.
His parents were Placido Lopez and
Maria Jacobo Jaena.
He studied at the Seminary of Jaro, in
order to be a priest, but later on he
changed his mind and wanted to be a
physician.
He wrote a long story about a certain friar
named Fray Botod.
He secretly sailed for Europe in 1880. He
studied medicine in Spain but later on
gave it up and devoted his time and
energy to writing articles.
HE WAS THE GREAT ORATOR.

La Solidaridad
Solidarity
He became its first
editor.
A newspaper
which became the
propaganda arm of
the Filipino
Reformists in
Spain.
Pearl of the orient

Aims of La Solidaridad
To fight reaction
To stop all steps tending to make the
Philippines a Backward country.
To extol liberal ideas
To defend progress

Dr. Jos Rizal

He was born in
Calamba,Laguna, on
June 19,1861
He studied at the Ateneo
de municipal and, later,In
the University of Santo
Tomas.
In 1882, he went to Spain
with the help of his elder
brother and uncle.

Works
He is known for his
two novels Noli mi
Tangere and El
Filibusterismo
He founded the La
liga Filipina.
He is the Great
Thinker and Writer

Marcelo H. Del Pilar

Greatest Journalist
produced by the purely
Filipino race.
Born in the barrio of
Cupang, Bulakan.
Bulacan, on August
30,1850
He studied at the College
of San Jose and later at
the University of Santo
Tomas where he finished
his law studies in 1880.

Works
In 1882, he founded the
Tagalog-Spanish
newspaper, Diariong
Tagalog which published
suggestions on how to
improve the
administration of the
country.
In 1888, the Spanish
Friars of Bulacan
persuaded the Spanish
officials to arrest del Pilar.
He became the editor of
La Solidaridad.

2 books of del Pilar became

famous
La Soberania Monacal en Filipinas(Friar
Sovereignty in the Philippines)
La Frailocracia Filipina ( The Friars in the
Philippines)
He died on July 4,1896