Ascendancy

Patriotism was thought to have conjured from a ubiquitous assumption that people are of
relatively similar heritage. Early 19th century, such mentality did not subsist in the Philippines
until these events: the crop production exceeded the quarry; commerce, and other sectors of the
economy, as well as the setting up of Manila and other major locations to the international
market the industry reached affluence; native people were allowed access to Spanish education,
which had previously been prohibited to Filipinos who had accepted the religious practices;
Spanish deemed the indigenous people as adhering to a  lower class and referred to them as
"Indios” (the Spanish colonizers' principles laid that perhaps the natives could not progress above
their intellectually challenged prompted awakened Filipinos to fight for justice); and Fathers
Burgos, Gomez, and Zamora (GOMBURZA), three Filipino clergymen who advocated civil
treatment in the Church and protested the depredations of the Spanish priests, were beheaded
(which expedited the advent of national consciousness).

The mentioned entanglements of the 19th century are all vital as they actively influenced
the revolution. Inevitably, Filipino families who are privileged were able to travel to Spain to
persist in their studies. These ruling classes are the Ilustrados and some notable people are Jose
Rizal, Marcelo H. Del Pilar, Antonio, and Juan Luna. These erudite Filipinos, joined by several
Filibusteros (Spanish Mestizos), promptly became the voice of nationalistic struggle towards the
Spaniards, captivated with the nationalism inaugurated by the Filipino congregation and
infuriated by the murder of the GOMBURZA. They then founded the "Reform Movement,"
which eventually became known as the "Propaganda Movement" since they advocate to promote
socio-economic and political amelioration from Spain.

The reformists entailed: legal egalitarianism of Filipinos and Spaniards; support of high-
quality education; halting coercive emigration of inhabitants; participation in the Spanish
administration; and civil liberty. Unfortunately, the coalition diminished to endorse welfare to
the Filipino masses.

This predicament steered Jose Rizal to devise a thorough revamp to averse the system.
He formulated the La Liga Filipina when he discerned that to attain reform, an inductive
approach is necessary. The idea is to inculcate the Filipino coalition which takes the form of
representing the Philippines as an independent entity but not apart from the regime of Spain.
Such protestation includes liberty (indemnity from every form of discrimination), livelihood
(academic, trade, and agrarian cultivation), and nationalism (civic advertency). Several
participants with the likes of Andres Bonifacio were able to disseminate La Liga’s purpose to the
masses. Perturbingly, its eminence was ephemeral as it provoked Spanish jurisdiction in
capturing Rizal succeeding his demise. Hence, Rizal’s proposition of consummating partition
from Spain became an impulse to the future revolution.