LWR Rizal's Annotations

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LWR: Life and Works of Rizal

Lesson 9
(Week 11-12)
Rizal's Annotations of
Antonio Morga's Sucesos de
las Islas Filipinas

Prepared by:
Jefferson Cuadra
Department of General Education

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What is Sucesos?
EVENTS, HAPPENINGS, OCCURENCE
The Sucesos is the work of an honest observer,

a versatile bureaucrat, who knew the workings
of the administration from the inside.
Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

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What is Las
Islas Filipinas?
The Philippines was named in
honor of King Philip II of Spain

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Sucesos de las Islas

Filipinas
CHAPTER 1 - Magellan and Legazpi's
seminal expeditions
CHAPTER 2-7 - Chronological report on
government under Governor-General
CHAPTER 8 - Philippine Islands, the natives
there, their antiquity, customs and
government

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An account of Spanish observation about

the Filipinos and the Philippines"
Morga's purpose for writing Sucesos

The goal of Sucesos was to record "the feats
accomplished by our Spaniards in the discovery,
conquering, and conversion of the Filipinas
islands, as well as the different fortunes they
occasionally enjoy in the great kingdoms and
among the pagan peoples who surround the
islands."

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Background information/Important information about

Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
1. This is one of the first books ever to tackle Philippine History.
2. Book that describes the events inside and outside of the country from 1493 to 1603,
including the history of the Philippines.
3. Consist of 8 chapters.
4. Discuss the political, social and economical aspects of colonizer and the colonized
country.
5. The content of the book is based on documentary research, observation and personal
experience of Morga.
6. Rizal is a secondary source of the book due to his Annotations.

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Antonio De Morga
Antonio de Morga Sánchez Garay (November 29,1559 - July
21, 1636) was a Spanish soldier, lawyer and a high ranking
colonial official for 43years, in the Philippines from 1594 to
1604, New Spain and Peru, where he was presented of the
Real audience for 20years.
He was also a historian.
He published the book Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas in 1609,

considered one of the most important works on the early
history of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.

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Blumentritt's Influence on Rizal

Ferdinand Blumentritt has encouraged Rizal to

write about the Philippine's pre-colonial History

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Why did Rizal choose Morga's Sucesos

de las Islas Filipinas?

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Rizal's Objectives
1. To awaken the consciousness of the FIlipinos regarding their glorious way of the past.
2. To correct what has been distorted about the Philippines due to Spanish conquest.
3. To prove that FIlipinos are civilized even before the coming of the Spaniards.

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On RIZAL's ANNOTATIONS
THE EARLY FILIPINO PRIDE
Rizal strove to establish

that the FIlipinos could
be proud of their pre-
conquest past.

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History as a Propaganda
Weapon
Rizal aimed to use

history as a
propaganda weapon

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EARLY GOVERNMENT
Our forefathers in the

pre-colonial Philippines
already possessed a
working judicial and
legislative system.

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HIGH LITERACY RATE
The Spanish
missionaries exploited
the baybayin for their
own ends, learning and
using it to translate
their goals.

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EARLY ARTILLERY
Our ancestors were

very proficient in the
art of war. Vast
knowledge in crafting
weapons like spears,
swords, bows, daggers
etc.

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SMOOTH FOREIGN
RELATIONS
The pre-colonial Filipinos

had already established
trading and diplomatic
relations with countries.

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SELF-SUFFICIENT
In terms of food, our

forefathers did not
suffer from any lack
therof. Blessed with
such a resource-rich
country, they had
enough for themselves
and their families.

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ADVANCED CIVILIZATION
Our ancestors
possessed a complex
working society and a
culture replete with
works of arts and
literature.

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Rizal's 3 Propositions
1. The people of the Philippines have a culture on 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.

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Important Points
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas is the first book tackle the Philippine History.
The book discusses the political, social and economical aspects of a colonizer and the
colonized country.
The book describes the events inside and outside of the country from 1492 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 filled with arts and literature.

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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

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Caraga State University

LWR: Life and Works of Rizal

Department of General Education

The Sucesos is the work of an honest observer,

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Sucesos de las Islas

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

An account of Spanish observation about

Morga's purpose for writing Sucesos

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Background information/Important information about

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

He was also a historian.

He published the book Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas in 1609,

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Blumentritt's Influence on Rizal

Ferdinand Blumentritt has encouraged Rizal to

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Why did Rizal choose Morga's Sucesos

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

THE EARLY FILIPINO PRIDE

Rizal strove to establish

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Rizal aimed to use

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Our forefathers in the

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

HIGH LITERACY RATE

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Our ancestors were

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

The pre-colonial Filipinos

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

In terms of food, our

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Importance of Rizal's Annotations to the present generation:

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

Department of General Education Life and Works or Rizal

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