BIaIGI20, | A DON CRISTOVAL SOMBEDES Stadoualy Rojas, Degee de Cea. iooern ASTORIA Be snoRse, Soda a fis hemhh TEAM 1 June 8, 2019 3 o = — N aSUCESOS ISLAS FILIPLNAS | . ee The Book SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS - An account of Spanish observations about the Filipinos and the Philippines.Background information/ Important information about Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas Antonio De Morga - Author of Sucesos de las istas Filipinas. This is one of the fitst books ever to tackle Philippine history. Book that describes the events inside and outside of the country froin 1493 to 1603, idcluding the history of the Philippines. Consist of 8 Chapters. Discuss the political, social and economical aspects of a colonizer and the colonized country. . The édilant of the book is based on docilinentary research, observation anid pérsbnal experience of Morga, Rizelis a secondary source of the book due to his Annotations.Dr. Antonio de Morga Spanish lawyer and official in the Philippines during the 17th century.RIZAL 103 What is Las Islas Filipinas? The Philippines was named in honor of King Philip I of Spain.What is Sucesos? EVENTS, HAPPENINGS, OCCURRENCE The Suicesos is the work of an honest observer, a versaile bureauicral, who knew the workings of the adininistration from the inside.Rizal’s ObjectivesRizal’s Objectives 1. To-awaken the consciousness af the Filipinos regarding their glorious ways of the past 2, Tocormect whai has been distorted about the Philippines due io Spanish conquest 3, Toprove thal Filipinas are civilized even batore the coming of the SpaniardsBlumentritt’s Influence on Rizal Ferdinand Blumentrit has encouraged Rizal to write about the Philippines’ pre-colonial History,(ON RIZAL's ANNOTATION «|| The First Objective ‘TWE EARLY FILIPINO PRIDEON RIZAL’s ANNOTATION The Second Objective at iy HISTORY AS A PROPAGANDA WEAPON Rizal aimed to use history as a propaganda weapon.EARLY GOVERNMENT Our forefathers in the pre-colonial Philippines already possessed a working judicial and legislative systemOGOOTTITI VUV UND ~2 ~~ TTT, VUVUNH OA, HIGH LITERACY RATE The Spanish missionaries exploited the baybayin for their own ends, learning and using it to translate their goalsEARLY ARTILLERY Our ancestors were very proficient in the art of war. from wielding swords pears, they also knew lo make and fire gunsSMOOTH FOREIGN RELATIONS The pre-colonial Filipinos had already established T trading and diplomatic ¥ relations with countries 1" as far away as the Middle EastSELF- SUFFICIENT In terms of food, our j forefathers did not suffer c from any lack thereof. Blessed with such a resource-rich country, they had enough for themselves and their familiesADVANCED CIVILIZATION Our ancestors possessed a complex working society and a . culture replete with y works of arts and literatureImportant Points Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas is the first book to tackle the Philippine history. The book discusses the political, social and economical aspects of a colonizer and the colonized country. The book that describes the events inside and outside of the country from 1493 to 1603, including the history of the Philippines. The pre-colonial Philippines already possessed a working judicial and legislative system Spanish missionaries put an end to the baybayin written system of the Philippines to translate their goals ‘Our ancestors possessed a complex society and culture filed with arts and literatureRizal’s Annotations vs. De Morga’s Sucesos ... Morga’s Sucesos 41. Philippines ws NOT DESERTED and was actually 4, Philipines was DESERTED ard INHABITABLE. HABITABLE, 2. Spaniards, like any other nation, treat ood to which they 2. Beef and fish they know itbest when it has started to rot fare not accustomied or is unknown to ham with disgust and stink This fish that Marga mentions is bagoong (salted & fermrted fh),Rizal’s 3 Propositions 4. The people of the Philippines have-a culture cn their own, before the coming of the Spaniards 2. Filipinos were decimated, demoralized, exploited, and ruined by the Spanish colonization 3. The present state of the Philippines was not necessarily superior to its pastJose Rizal as Philippines’ National Hero * Rizal gave us freedom by using goodness ‘Jose Rizal became the Philippines’ National Hero because he fought for freedom ina silent but powerful way. ‘© He expressed his love for the Philippines through his novels, essays and articles rather than through the use of force or aggression.“To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open the books that tell of her past.” - RizalImportance of Rizal’s Annotations to the present generation ® To awaken in the Filipinos the consciousness of our past * To devote ourselves to studying the future To first lay bare the past, in order to better judge the present and to survey the road trodden during three centuries © To prove Filipinos had a culture of their own, prior to colonization, that the Filipinos were NOT inferior to the white man To shatter the myth of the so-called “Indolence of the Filipinos” ‘To reduce those Filipinos who denied their native tongue into rotten fish To seriously study Tagalog and produce a comprehensive Tagalog dictionary To embrace the generic term “Indio”, or in today’s case, Filipino, with all its negative connotations, and turn it into one of dignity and nobilitySources: ONLINE: