RPH – 1872 Cavite Mutiny - Without Rizal, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibuterismo won’t be

written
- experts say that without this, there would be no 1896 Philippine - a lot of Filipinos joined because they were inspired of Rizal’s
Revolution books
- happened in the arsenal of Cavite - Andres Bonifacio is one of the prominent people who got
- arsenal: manufacture of weapons, canons, guns or pellets of inspired to Rizal’s books
Spaniards residing in Cavite - one of the well-known leaders of the Katipunan
- mutiny: an uprising lead by soldiers of the leader - his ideals were from the ideals of Jose Rizal
- caused by the Filipinos under Sarhento La Madrid - the culmination of Cavite Mutiny is the execution of the 3
Why is there a mutiny among soldier in Cavite? priests
1. Spaniards’ perspective: according to the governor general
staying in the Philippines, he predicted the mutiny of the
Filipinos
- the uprising of these Filipinos was not accidental but has the
planned of taking down and make the Spanish government
kneel not only in Cavite also the Manila
- they did killing to those people in Cavite to prevent the mutiny
of the Filipinos
Note:
- strange fact is that the people who were leading the mutiny
which came from prominent families were exiled from the
country and put them anywhere outside Philippines
- soldiers or commoners were killed
2. Filipinos’ perspective: Cavite mutiny happened because the
Spanish government removed the benefits or privileges to those
people working in the Cavite mutiny
- benefits: exemption of polo y servicio (forced labor)
- because of the removal of this benefit by the governor general
of Spain, this causes the people to revolt against Spaniards
staying in the arsenal
- they were abused and used by the Spaniards and felt the
betrayal of removing the benefits they have for working
GomBurZa
- recognizable for their sacrifice or being martyrs
- when Cavite mutiny happened, these 3 were accidentally
accused or dragged to the purging caused by the Spaniards
against the politicians
- since the church and status are not merely separated, the
prayle used the opportunity of the Cavite mutiny incident to
dragged the 3 priests
- they fought against the secularization
- they fought for their rights as priests to have an important
role in the church lead by Filipino priests
- the friars used some of the soldiers arrested who were involved
in the mutiny and forcibly testified them against the 3 priests
- unfortunately, those people were also included in the execution
Importance of Cavite Mutiny in Philippine History?
- Philippine history was started or strengthen by the execution of
the 3 priests by hanging
- Cavite mutiny was a big revolution to happen according to the
governor general of the Philippines
- a lot of the Filipinos disliked the punishment made by the
Spaniards to the 3 priests
- one of them is the young Jose Rizal
- Paciano, Rizal’s older brother, told him about what Spaniards
did to GomBurZa
- Rizal saw the injustice actions made by the Spaniards to his
fellow Filipinos
- started to have a perspective of a change in the country
How is it connected to the 1896 Philippine Revolution?
- Dr. Jose Rizal is the important figure that made the 1896
Philippine Revolution to occur
- through the book of El Filibusterismo, he dedicated it to
GomBurZa
- He said that without the GomBurZa, he will be a priest of the
Catholic church
- because of what happened, Rizal’s mind began to open or
understand the situation