Relevance of Cavite Mutiny

In the aftermath of the mutiny, Filipino soldiers were disarmed and later send into exile
in Mindanao. Also, those suspected of supporting then mutineers were arrested and
executed. GomBurZa – three Filipino priests – was also executed and these executions
were to have a significant effect on people because of the shadowy nature of the trials.
Although the mutiny was unsuccessful, many scholars believed that the Cavite Mutiny
was the beginning of Filipino nationalism that would lead to the Philippine Revolution.
It became an excuse for the Spanish repression of the embryonic Philippine nationalist
movement. Ironically, the harsh reaction of the Spanish government served ultimately to
promote the nationalist cause. The first manifestation of Philippine nationalism followed
in the decades of the 1880s and 1890s, for the purpose of propagandizing in hopes that
desired changes in economic, social, and political life of the Filipinos would come through
peaceful means. The immediate results of the outbreak of the Revolution were the
institution of a reign of terror by Spanish authorities in an attempt to frighten the
population into submission.
Without Philippine revolution, Filipinos won’t be able to break free from the abuses of the
Spaniards. In a period of heavy struggle and conflict, Filipinos united with a common goal
and that is to resists colonialism. Finally, after fighting against Spaniards and losing the
lives of our Filipino citizens and soldiers, Aguinaldo declared the country’s independence
and the birth of the Philippine Republic. It is the most important events in the Philippine
history, awakening a prod sense of nationalism for generations of Filipinos to come.