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Cang, Kristine- BSBA-MM
Cagampang, Janther
Montoya, Brendon- BSBA-MM

TASK

 Draw the timelines of the propaganda Movement ( on a separate page)

 What was the Propaganda Movement and what did it stand for? What was
Rizal’s involvement in it?

The rise of the Propaganda movement started after the execution of the
fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora (GomBurZa) in
1872 and Cavite Mutiny this awakens the eyes and hearts of the Filipino and
inspires the organization of the Propaganda Movement.
The propaganda movement is a reform or a national consciousness
revolution. This movement is not a typical bloody revolution to throw the
Spaniard's tyranny, but instead, it was a peaceful campaign. Members of
these reforms are called Propagandists or Reformists.
The said movement stands for the Philippines and aims; human rights for
the hundreds and thousands of Filipino, Equality of the Filipinos and
Spaniards before the laws, Restoration of the Philippine representation in the
Spanish Cortes, Abolition of the friars and Vandala, Filipinization of the
Philippine parishes, Assimilation of the Philippines as a regular province of
Spain, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the press, freedom to meet and
petition for redress of grievances.
The movement was headed by Dr. Jose Rizal, Marcelo H. del Pilar, and
Graciano Lopez Jaena. Rizal was said to be the most outstanding
propagandist and great novelist in those times. He wrote unceasingly for the
La Solidaridad, the mouthpiece of the Propaganda, hoping as did his fellow
Propagandists that the pleas of the Filipinos would be heard by the powers-
that-be. He even produced the two novels (Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo ) that he hoped would succeed in achieving his goals where all
other means had failed, but which ultimately led to his death. While López
Jaena and Pilar remained abroad, in 1892 Rizal returned home and founded
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Cang, Kristine- BSBA-MM
Cagampang, Janther
Montoya, Brendon- BSBA-MM

the Liga Filipina, a modest reform-minded society that was loyal to Spain and
breathed no word of independence, however, he was arrested and exiled.