ABENASA, HANNA MAE L.

DATE: November 16, 2023

HISTORY 101 (TTHS 7:30-8:30PM)
ACTIVITY 2

1. Discuss your stand about the controversy based from the evidences and justifications about
the Pigafetta, Albo, Legazpi accounts

Based on the evidences and justifications presented, Antonio Pigafetta’s story is more trustworthy than
Albo because apart that Pigafetta is Magellan’s official chronicler, he documented the dates of
occurrences supporting with evidences such as the location. While in Albo’s narrative, no dates of events
were recorded, only scenarios such as when they arrived in Mazava and planted a cross on top of the
mountain, and he didn’t mention the first mass. Unlike with Pigafetta, it was really a narration of events
that specified what happened on that day and when and where it occurred. Therefore, I find Antonio
Pigafetta’s work to be more credible source than the latter account. He has the most detailed and reliable
account of the Magellan expedition into Philippines shore in 1521.

2. Analysis of the Cavite Mutiny

II Write an essay of your analysis and interpretation of the three accounts using the questions found
on the first column as guide. Do not forget to cite other sources, if you have used any.

A. What are the main arguments in the Cavite Mutiny? Do the accounts agree or not? Explain.

Cavite Mutiny (January 20, 1872), a brief uprising of 200 Filipino troops and workers at the Cavite
Arsenal, which became the excuse for Spanish repression of the embryonic Philippine nationalist
movement. The Cavite Mutiny is an aim of natives to get rid the Spanish government in the Philippines,
due to the removal privileges enjoyed by the laborers of the Cavite arsenal such as exemption from the
tribute and forced labor. Yes, they truly explain what happened during that period. Further than, the
mutiny was quickly crushed but the Spanish regime under the reactionary governor Rafael magnified the
incident and used it as an excuse to clamp down on those Filipinos who had been calling for government
reform. Several Filipino Intellectuals were seized and accused of complicity with the mutineers. After a
brief trial, three priest-Jose Burgos, Jacinto Zamora and Mariano Gomez were publicly executed. The
three subsequently became martyrs to the cause of Philippine Independence.

B. What is your interpretation on the author’s message? With whom would you
agree/disagree?

The legacy and contents of the three accounts are the same. However, I agree on Tavera’s narrative
because as a Filipino it is an honor that he created or produced one version for Filipino that brings pride
to our country despite of dreadful events. I also agree with Tavera’s since he clearly explains what
happened during that time. Unlike Vidal, he just interpreted and agreed with what Izquierdo stated. In my
point of view, he was biased towards others.

C. If you have read other historians’ interpretation of the accounts or sources similar to this,
how does your analysis fit with theirs? How do these accounts support or challenge their
argument?

If I were to read another historian's account, I would choose the one with strong evidence that convinced
me of what I was reading. And provide me with a broader perception and knowledge so that I can
completely grasp and share with others. These narratives describe the argument in that story, as well as
the challenges, and include examples that substantiate their documents, such as artifacts and other
evidence.

D. What is the significance of these documents to our contemporary times?

It may act as a key or primary source of what happened in the past and allow us to acknowledge what
happened in the past in relation to current events. It is important to recall that the roots of nationalism in
Cavite grew to the Philippine Revolution and, eventually, to Emilio Aguinaldo's declaration of
independence in Cavite. For me, the 1872 Cavite Mutiny demolished the stereotypical belief that
Caviteños were the most courageous of my fellow Filipinos.