The Cavite Mutiny:

Toward a De nitive History

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• The death of Padre Jose Burgos, Padre Mariano Gomez, and Padre Jacinto Zamora in 1872 prompted the rst form of
nationalism, which brought together the liberal reformists of the Philippines to announce the expected movement towards
becoming an independent nation.

• Without the event of 1872…

• No Plaridel, Jaena, Sancianco, or brave and generous Filipino colonies will be known in Europe.
• Rizal may have been a Jesuit and instead of writing Noli Me Tangere in opposition to the society he was living in.
• These ideals and desires were exposed in the midst of con ict over the rights of Filipino secular priests in their respective
parishes.
• This is called intrachurch strife which intensi ed and intensi ed among di erent clans or races and eventually the nation.

• REGULAR PRIESTS
• Regular priests are those from orders or so-called corporations such as San Agustin, Jesuits and Recoletos.
• SECULAR PRIESTS
• The secular priests are made up of mestizos, "indios" and creoles.
• One of the reasons for the con ict between the two sectors is the strength of the regular or order priests, because Spain
supports them and they own haciendas.
• Another thing that intensi ed the con ict between the two groups was the return of the Jesuits who were expelled from the
Philippines in 1768.
• The Regular priests eagerly re-claimed their parishes in Mindanao and the Recoletos temporarily held them.
• The Regular priests also demanded their former parishes in Manila held by secular priests.
• In short, secular priests lost their parishes.
• This proved the issue of discrimination against secular priests and pushed the rst forms of nationalism.
• The Spaniards also began entering Maguindanao as a reaction to the Muslim force.
• The cultivation of Maguindanao was divided.
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• Some stayed true to their culture while others wanted to become Spanish.
• Datu Udto was the leader of the battles against the Spaniards.
• The group of Sultan Mohammad Diamarol of Jolo adapted to the Spaniards.

• Filipino Clergy and Mutiny in Cavite

• The expulsion of the Jesuits in 1768 and the resounding collapse of the hot plot to replace the religious priests of the parish
with hastily ordained and unworthy secular priests created four orders of friars.
• Their respective positions are more certain and unshakable than before as the only hope of every church in the Philippines.
• The Filipino clergy began to raise standards during these times especially in the eld of intellectual and moral standards.
• Father Pedro Pelaez – Spaniard born in the Philippines who was appointed Vicar Capitular and temporarily managed the
Archdiocese of Manila when Archbishop Jose Aranguren passed away in 1861.
• The poverty became more acute after the return of the Jesuits to the Philippines in 1859.
• The Filipino clergy had little or no hope of becoming a minister of the church, the o ce they were calling for went smoothly
but Pelaez died in the collapse of the Manila Cathedral when there was an earthquake.
• Padre Jose Burgos, a student of Pelaez, took over the leadership on January 20, 1872.
• A Filipino soldier's strike destroyed the weapons factory in Cavite.
• The person in charge arrested all those said belonging to or involved in the liberal or left wing.
• Nine (9) Filipino priests and thirteen (13) lawyers and businessmen were deported to the Marianas Islands
• Fathers Burgos, Gomez and Zamora were sentenced to death on February 17, 1872 by Garrote for striking or rebellion.
• The result of the Cavitenyos' strike caused a lasting and important e ect on the situation in the Philippines, especially
where the friars or priests were connected.

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• Conclusion

• The uprising in Cavite was not a simple strike but a planned separatist revolution.
• The revolution did not succeed because of the defection of the Filipino troops.
• Those behind it are Izquierdo, de los Reyes and Paraiso.
• Even though he was sentenced, Izquierdo was still able to lower the sentence because they were released as
fellow Masons.
• The main initiators of the strike were Zaldua and Sgt. Lamadrid.
• The three priests who were hanged had nothing to do with the strike.
• The priests, lawyers and businessmen exiled to the Marianas island also had nothing to do with it.
• Antonio Regidor's statements with names, events and causes of the revolt mentioned are not credible.
• Protecting/exempting arsenal workers from paying taxes and forced labor is not the signal to strike.
• Arsenal workers and naval personnel did not join the strike.