Case Study 2:

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Hoppened in the Covit
Mutiny
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 Cavite Mutiny
The 12th of June of every year 1872
since 1898 is a very important
event for all the Filipinos.

the GOMBURZA
 Main Content

Mutiny
GOMBURZA
•A rebellion against authority
Cavite Mutiny • Collective names of the three martyred
•Comes from the old verb priests
“Mutine “ which means revolt
• tagged as the masterminds of the Cavite
MU
• Uprising of military personnel of ’I'›y
Fort San Felipe on January 20,1872
• Prominent Filipino priests charged with
• Around 200 soldiers and laborers treason and sedition
rose up in the belief that it would
elevate to a national uprising.

• Was unsuccessful and the

government
Accounts
Jose ?p.t1 ero y vidal así Governor-General
A
Rafael Izquierdo y
Gutierrez
Trinidad Pardo Spanish Account

de Tavera Edmund Plauchut

Other Account oun
Spanish
Accounts
 Born in Cadiz, Spain

A writer who specialized in documenting important

events in the Philippine Islands by the last quarter

Jose Montenero y Vidal


• highlighted it as an attempt of
the Indios to overthrow the
Spanish government in the
Philippines
4• the mutiny was due to the
removal of privileges enjoyed by
the laborers of the Cavite
arsenal
Ë• Urqe for independence:
*The democratic and
republican books and
pamphlets, the speeches and
preaching of thèse new ideas in
Spain
*Outburst of the American
publicists.
*Cruel policies of the governor of
the reigning government
4• Principal leaders met at the house
of Dr. Joaquin Pardo de Tavera or Fr.
Jacinto Zamora
 A Spanish Military Officer, politician,

and statesman

He was famous for his use of "Iron Fist”

type of government.
 The mutiny was stimulated and
prepared by the native clergy, magnified the event and made
1 mestizos and lawyers as a signal of
2 use of it to implicate the native
objection against the injustices clergy, which was then active in
of the government the call for secularization

The mutineers planned to set at

the supreme of the government
3 a priest, that the leader selected
would be either Jose Burgos or
Jacinto Zamora.
Other Accounts
 Dr. Trinidad Hermenigildo
Pardo de Tavera
Filipino scholar and researcher

Formed a Filipino’ s POV of

the Cavite Mutiny

 Indirectly blamed Gov. The friars feared losing
Izquierdo’ s cold-blooded their influence in the
policies Philippines

the Central Government of

the incident was a mere Spain welcomed an
mutiny was caused educational decree
by lost privileges
 Edmund Plauchut

French writer

Made account corroborating

Dr. Trinİdad Hermenigildo Pardo de Tavera

 OComplimented Tavera’ account by
confirming that the event happened due to
discontentment of the arsenal workers and
soldiers in Cavite fort.

0 traced that Izquierdo, exacted personal

taxes from the Filipino laborers and
requiring them to perform forced labor like
ordinary subjects

0 Reported about:
General Carlos La Torre (Governor General
before Izquierdo)
- Madridian committee

priests which he actually witnessed

 0
Raising our voice is the right thing to do if we see our fellow
—filipino's injustices. We must keep our eyes on the prize even as
we struggle to recognize each one's dignity and fight for one's
human rights. There may be different accounts or versions of the
event, but one thing is sure, the 1872 Cavite Munity pave the way
for momentous 1898. We must not forget that before we came to
cross the victory, our forefathers suffered enough. As we enjoy
freedom, may we become more historically aware of our injustices
in the past
, to have a better future.
 -References:
• http://www.stuartxchange.org/CaviteMuti
ny.html
Rex Bookstore, Readings in Philippine
History

• https://nhcp.gov.ph/the-two-faces-of-
the-1872-cavite-mutiny/

Documentary of Sources of Philippine History, by Gregorio Zaide and Sonia Zaide

• Philippines: A Unique Nation by Gregorio Zaide and Sonia Zaide