LIFE AND WORKS OF RIZAL

GE 12
SECTION 3

Name: Ivy A. Yeban Course/Year: BEED-3 Date: June 19,2022 Score:_________

Exercise 1.3.3 – The World During Rizal’s Time
 Identify at least five events that took place in the mid 19th century outside the
Philippines that might have influenced the young Jose Rizal in charting the
course of his ideals, missions, and aspirations for the philippines . Describe
those events through illustrations.

1. Opening of Suez Canal

 The Suez Canal is a sea-level waterway running north-south

across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect to Mediterranian
and the Red Seas.The Suez Canal expedited the importation of
not only of commercial products but also books, magazines, and
newspapers with liberal ideas from America and Europe, which
ultimately affected the minds of Rizal and other Filipino
Reformist.With opening of the Suez Canal, the travel from
Philippines to Spain became possible. This gave way to young
Jose Rizal to have the opportunity to study in Spain which
eventually influenced his course of ideals, mission, and
aspirations for the Philippines as studying abroad opened his
mind to the real situation of the Philippines that time.

2. Development of Liberalism

 The development of this worldview led to the publication of this

writings and through the Suez Canal these writing were able to
be read by the illustrados like Jose Rizal. In turn, liberalism
affected his beliefs on politics and nationhood.
3. Galleon Trade

 The Spanish Government closed the ports of Manila to all

countries except Mexico.Thereby giving birth to Manila-
Acapulco (Mexico) Trade popularly known as the “Galleon
Trade”.The Galleon Trade was a ship (“ Galleon”) going back
and forth between Manila and Acapulco, Mexico. According to
Philippine history , Galleon allowed modern , liberal ideas to
enter the country inspiring the movement for independence from
Spain of which Rizal was largely influenced by liberal ideas.

4. Spain’s Constitutional Conflicts

 According to Aseneiro(n.d), the most appropriate context

through which Rizal’s conceptualization of the movement for
national emancipation was based in Spain’s constitutional
history.He said that Rizal’s ideal werebased on Spanish
sources.
5. The Bourbon Reforms

The Bourbon Reforms were policy changes that gave Filipinos like
Rizal the idea that “ colonization could be done without much
intervention from the Catholic Church.
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Life and Works of

Rizal
GE 12
Module 1: The Rizal Law,the
Theory of Nationalism, and the
19th Century

SECTION 1,2 & 3

Submitted to: Myrna K. Dismas, LPT

Instructor

Submitted by: Ivy A. Yeban

BEED 3-student