Cavite Mutiny, (January 20,

1872), brief uprising of 200

Filipino troops and workers
at the Cavite arsenal, which
became the excuse for
Spanish repression of the
embryonic Philippine
nationalist movement.
Ironically, the harsh reaction
of the
Spanish authorities served
ultimately to promote the
nationalist cause.
The mutiny was quickly
crushed, but the Spanish
regime under the reactionary
governor Rafael de
Izquierdo magnified the
incident and used it as an
excuse to clamp
down on those Filipinos
who had been calling for
governmental reform. A
number of
Filipino intellectuals were
seized and accused of
complicity with the
mutineers. After
a brief trial, three priests—
José Burgos, Jacinto
Zamora, and Mariano
Gómez—were
publicly executed. The three
subsequently became
martyrs to the cause of
Philippine
independence.
Cavite Mutiny, (January 20,
1872), brief uprising of 200
Filipino troops and workers
at the Cavite arsenal, which
became the excuse for
Spanish repression of the
embryonic Philippine
nationalist movement.
Ironically, the harsh reaction
of the
Spanish authorities served
ultimately to promote the
nationalist cause.
The mutiny was quickly
crushed, but the Spanish
regime under the reactionary
governor Rafael de
Izquierdo magnified the
incident and used it as an
excuse to clamp
down on those Filipinos
who had been calling for
governmental reform. A
number of
Filipino intellectuals were
seized and accused of
complicity with the
mutineers. After
a brief trial, three priests—
José Burgos, Jacinto
Zamora, and Mariano
Gómez—were
publicly executed. The three
subsequently became
martyrs to the cause of
Philippine
independence.
Cavite Mutiny, (January 20,
1872), brief uprising of 200
Filipino troops and workers
at the Cavite arsenal, which
became the excuse for
Spanish repression of the
embryonic Philippine
nationalist movement.
Ironically, the harsh reaction
of the
Spanish authorities served
ultimately to promote the
nationalist cause.
The mutiny was quickly
crushed, but the Spanish
regime under the reactionary
governor Rafael de
Izquierdo magnified the
incident and used it as an
excuse to clamp
down on those Filipinos
who had been calling for
governmental reform. A
number of
Filipino intellectuals were
seized and accused of
complicity with the
mutineers. After
a brief trial, three priests—
José Burgos, Jacinto
Zamora, and Mariano
Gómez—were
publicly executed. The three
subsequently became
martyrs to the cause of
Philippine
independence.
Cavite Mutiny, (January 20,
1872), brief uprising of 200
Filipino troops and workers
at the Cavite arsenal, which
became the excuse for
Spanish repression of the
embryonic Philippine
nationalist movement.
Ironically, the harsh reaction
of the
Spanish authorities served
ultimately to promote the
nationalist cause.
The mutiny was quickly
crushed, but the Spanish
regime under the reactionary
governor Rafael de
Izquierdo magnified the
incident and used it as an
excuse to clamp
down on those Filipinos
who had been calling for
governmental reform. A
number of
Filipino intellectuals were
seized and accused of
complicity with the
mutineers. After
a brief trial, three priests—
José Burgos, Jacinto
Zamora, and Mariano
Gómez—were
publicly executed. The three
subsequently became
martyrs to the cause of
Philippine
independence.
Cavite Mutiny, (January 20, 1872), brief uprising of 200 Filipino troops and workers at the Cavite arsenal,
which became the excuse for Spanish repression of the embryonic Philippine nationalist movement.
Ironically, the harsh reaction of the Spanish authorities served ultimately to promote the nationalist
cause.

The mutiny was quickly crushed, but the Spanish regime under the reactionary governor Rafael de
Izquierdo magnified the incident and used it as an excuse to clamp down on those Filipinos who had
been calling for governmental reform. A number of Filipino intellectuals were seized and accused of
complicity with the mutineers. After a brief trial, three priests—José Burgos, Jacinto Zamora, and
Mariano Gómez—were publicly executed. The three subsequently became martyrs to the cause of
Philippine independence.