INTRA-CLERGY CONFLICT AND CREOLE NATIONALISM

1.) By papal grant of the Patronato Real in the late 15th and early 16th century, theSpanish
crown received the most complete control over the church in the Indies, including thePhilippines
in exchange for its commitment to financially support the missionary
enterprise.Explanation:In effect the clergy were working for the state/ employees

2.) A major reason for the failure of the bishops to prevail over the resistance of the
Religious orders to episcopal visitation was the lack of a secular clergy to fill the parishes
vacated by the religious when attempts were made to enforce visitation.

3.) The leaders of the Filipino clergy in the struggle for the recognition of their rights were,almost
without exception, men who had obtained their academic degrees from the seminaries,not
students of the university FALSE
Explanation:Frs. Pelaez, Burgos, Gomez, Zamora, Guevara, Sevilla…

4.) The leaders of the wars of independence in Mexico had been native priests.TRUE

5.) For Pelaez, the major question is the rights of the secular clergy being violated by the friars
while Burgos’s argument is that parishes were being denied to Filipinos because of their race
and its alleged inferiority to Europeans.TRUE

6.) General Carlos Maria dela Torre, because of his early sympathetic attitude to Filipino
Aspirations, refused to have numerous Filipinos accused of anti-Spanish sentiments placed
under surveillance.FALSE

7.) The cause of the uprising was not the suppression of the exemption of the arsenal workers
from the tribute and compulsory labor.TRUE

8.) Two Spanish lieutenants, Vicente Morquecho and Manuel Montesinos were found to have
commanded the revolting artillerymen when the fort was retaken by Spanish forces.TRUE

9.) All Spaniards were to be killed, including the friars, except the women, and they would
proclaim the independence of the country.

10.) The 500 men in Bacoor were unable to join the rebels in Fort San Felipe due to the
blocking operation carried out by the gunboat Samar.

11.) Frs. Mariano Gomez and Jose Burgos both believed that to secure their victory in the
secularization controversy meant an alliance with liberals like Manuel Regidor.FALSE
12.) What were the two examples of the interpolations found in Burgos’ Manifesto that clearly
indicate Rizal’s hand?
As can be seen in the notes to the actual text of the original 1864 article, the hand of Rizal is
quite evident in the interpolations, such are those that show a knowledge not only of the old
Spanish chronicles, but also of the anthropological and ethnological conclusions in the Europe
of that day, especially Germany