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1. Type of document (Encircle the letter that corresponds to your answer.)

- b. letter
2. Date of the document:
- January 1888
3. Author of the document:
- Later that year, Dr. Jose Rizal organized a protest on behalf of the Calamba tenants against
the friars' attempts to raise the rent. They filed a lawsuit, and the Dominicans eventually
forced them along with the Rizal family out of their homes.
4. Who is the audience of this document?
- Regarding the friars' haciendas in Calamba, Jose Rizal wrote this petition to the
administrator of the public islands of Laguna.
5. List three things in the document that are important:
- Jose Rizal wrote this petition to the Administrator of Public Islands of Laguna regarding the
Haciendas of the Friars in Calamba in order to prevent the tenants' years-long suffering from
an increase in land rent and the unjustified taxes they were required to pay.
- The items for the tenant have significantly decreased despite the ongoing work. As
evidenced by the numerous bankrupt farmers both before and in the last three years, they
were indebted and robbed of their possessions.
- This document was written in an effort to stop the Dominican friars' corruption. Estate
officials assert that because the company is wealthy, people can drag chains and offer to pay
10,000 pesos to win the case for disclosing this information to the trust.
6. Why was this document written? Cite pieces of evidence in the document that support your
answer.
- In an effort to stop the increase in land rent, Calamba's residents and he, according to Rizal,
submitted a petition to the Laguna public islands' administrator. The tenants endured years
of hardship as a result of the unjustified taxes they were forced to pay. Additionally, rent
and taxes were increasing if an economic downturn had occurred or the harvest had been
subpar. Tenants suffered under the friars. In addition, another justification for writing the
document was Rizal's desire to spread awareness. The items for the tenant have significantly
decreased despite the ongoing work. Indebted and robbed of their possessions, as
evidenced by the large number of bankrupt farmers both in the past and in the last three
years. This document was created in an effort to stop the Dominican friars' corruption.
7. List two things that tell you about life in the Philippines at the time the document was written.
- The life at that time must have been very difficult for the farmers who were in so much debt
just to pay the Dominican friars. The tenants who were interested in this must have fought
hard despite the dominance and threats from the Dominican friars.
- The farmers are demoralized by witnessing the arbitrary taking of the land they have so
painstakingly cleared and cultivated for purposes that are either pointless or unjustified. But
despite everything that was happening at the time, the tenants refused to be heard.
8. Write a question to the author that is not answered by the document.
- Has the Administration of Public Islands of Laguna brought any good to the people of
Calamba?