Cebu City

PAULA JEHN A. ALIGANGA BSCHE-2__

Name Course & Year

N1 – C1 SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Group no./Section Date

Bonifacio Ang Unang Pangulo

Assignment 3
The film had a creative way on discussing the real story of the first president in
Philippines through the objects in a museum become windows to the life of revolutionary leader
Andres Bonifacio and his campaign against Spanish colonial rule. The Philippine revolution
started when Andres Bonifacio led a movement known as “Katipunan” against Spanish
oppression.
This idea was a result of the influence by Rizal, Rizal consciously planted and nourished
the seed of nationalism. In his novels, essays and proclamations he promoted the idea of freedom
and the eventuality of national independence. At first Rizal advocated reforms. But when the
plea for reforms failed, he advocated independence, even through revolution. Bonifacio leads the
charge, giving sweeping speeches and is always placed in the front lines during battles. The
Spanish colonized and controlled the Philippines for more than three hundred years, that’s why
Bonifacio gather the Filipinos who are sick and tired of the cruelty and maltreatment of the
Spaniards. And even though they lack of material weapons to use in battle, they still fought until
the end with great courage and love of country for the sake of our freedom.
Bonifacio appointed generals to lead rebel forces in Manila. Before hostilities erupted,
Bonifacio also reorganized the Katipunan into an open revolutionary government, with himself
as president and the Supreme Council of the Katipunan as his cabinet. He plans everything
smoothly knowing that there were lives to be sacrificed. The difference of his plans compared to
Aguinaldo is he knows who is his real enemy and the purpose why he fight.
To sum it up, the Revolution failed because it was badly led; because its leader won his
post by reprehensible rather than meritorious acts; because instead of supporting the men most
useful to the people, he made them useless out of jealousy. If I were Andres Bonifacio, I will
carry out the revolt to make it more successful by reconciling with the head in every place in the
philippines and gather a huge population of those Filipinos who are with us before attacking.
And attack the place with least number of Spaniards, and every successful battle, the people who
is capable to fight in that place is compulsory to join with us. In that case, it will have a higher
possibility to success against the Spaniards.