1. Who is Santiago Alvarez? How come his writing is a primary source?

Answer: He is a general, honorary president and founder of the first directorate

of the Nacionalista party. “Kidlat ng apoy” was his alias and he became famous
for his bravery and courage during the battles in Cavite. He is the child of a
revolutionary general named Mariano Alvarez. His writing is a primary source
because he was there when the incident happened.

2. Who is Teodoro Agoncillo? How come his writing is a secondary source?

Answer: He is a prominent 20th century Filipino historian. He and his

contemporary Renato Constantino were among the earliest Filipino historians
known to adopt a distinctly nationalistic view of Philippine history. His writing is
secondary as he is a prominent 20th century Philippine historian and reports on
the events of the "Tejeros Convention".

3. Create a chart comparing in detail the accounts of the two writers

regarding the “Tejeros Convention“
4. Form your internal and external criticisms over the two sources. (Prove
the credibility and authenticity of the sources.)NOTE: Please use this
format in answer the activity.