READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

SUBMITTED BY KATHERINE RAMIREZ BSN 2-YB-3B

PROFESSOR : MRS. YVETTE ESGUERRA

1. Based on Pigafetta's account, where was the first mass

held? Elucidate your answer.

-Before the election, two well-known locations in the

Philippines were the first mass celebrations took place in
Limasawa, Leyte, and Butuan City, Mindanao. Based on
Pigafetta's account, a Catholic mass was held on Easter
Sunday, the final day of March 1521, on the island known as
"Mazaua." The mass was celebrated by Friar Pedro
Valderrama, the button's ruler, and Portuguese explorer
Ferdinand Magellan and his fifty men. It is believed that
Butuan City once had a port by the name of "Mazaua," which
Pigafetta mentioned in his account. Along with celebrating a
mass there, a cross bearing Charles V's name was also
erected atop the tallest hill.
2. How is the controversy in the primary source relevant to

Filipino life today?

-General Izquierdo imposed strict, rigid policies that caused the
Filipinos of the era to flee and abandon the Spanish government out
of disgust. The rights of soldiers and laborers to be exempt from
paying the yearly tribute and performing forced labor were
abolished by him. This holds true for the circumstance of today. On
October 21, a large group of people came together to accuse the
Duterte administration of showing disregard for the welfare of the
Filipino people during the pandemic, particularly our farmers. The
government also treats farmers poorly and with less respect, and it
appears that no one genuinely cares about them.
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-The fact that they provide for our needs—or, perhaps more
accurately, our basic needs as Filipinos—just seems unfair to
me. They support us, but we are unable to support them. They
put up such a fight only to get less. The truth is that the
government does not provide them with many opportunities,
some laws are antagonistic to farmers, or, worse yet, they are
taking advantage of them to support influential vested interests
in the nation. Filipino farmers and workers deserve better.
Recently, Filipina actress Liza Soberano disclosed her support
for the group Gabriela Youth, which promotes issues about
women. Parlade, the head of the AFP's Southern Luzon
Command, warned Liza Soberano that if she continued to back
Gabriela, she risked dying the same fate as activist Josephine
Lapira, a 22-year-old UP Manila student who was killed in a
clash in Batangas between government forces and suspected
NPA members. In light of that assertion, it is simple for me to
conclude that those in positions of authority or those in charge
of governing have a high propensity to abuse their position of
authority and oppress those they perceive to be able to defend
themselves. That statement also strikes me as a quiet
admission that they murder activists. They appear to not want
to hear any criticism, but speaking out and standing up for
what is right are never considered to be bad deeds. We are
frequently threatened into acting against our better judgment.
Even places where justice is already present may suffer if
injustice prevails anywhere.
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SUBMITTED BY KATHERINE RAMIREZ BSN 2-YB-3B
PROFESSOR : MRS. YVETTE ESGUERRA

3. Based on the Jose Montero account, how are the priests

Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora involved in the
Cavite Mutiny?
-According to Jose Montero's account, the Cavite Mutiny
was started by three priests named Mariano Gomez, Jose
Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora because they were considered
the "masterminds" of the uprising. As part of a plot to thwart
the plan for such people or priests who are not members of
a religious institute to have their own parishes instead of
serving as assistants to regular friars, the Spanish ministry
linked the priests to the mutiny.
4. On the part of Governor General Rafael de Izquierdo,
what was his position over the case against Gomburza?
-The King of Spain was informed by Governor General Rafael
de Izquierdo that the "rebels" intended to topple the Spanish
government in order to install a new leader, or "hari," along the
lines of Father Burgos and Father Zamora. He accused the
disorderly Spanish press of hoarding subversive propaganda
that Filipinos at the time allegedly swallowed. They claimed that
the three priests were to blame for the revolution's widespread
uprising. In order for the three priests to die as criminals, he
also asked Archbishop Gregorio Meliton Martinez to remove
them from their respective positions. It was he who instigated
the altercation and forced Gomburza to strangle in
Bagumbayan.