LORILLA, PRINCESS B.

SUBJECT: RPH

ABELS 1-5

ACTIVITY: CHAPTER 3

1. Jose Montero y Vidal attributed the 1872 mutiny; he interpreted it as an attempt

to remove and overthrow the Spanish government in the Philippines. The main

reasons for the revolution were the abolition of privileges for workers at the

Cavite arsenal, such as non-payment of tributes and exemption from forced

labor. On January 20, 1872, during the feast of the Virgin of Loreto, a 200-man

contingent led by Sergeant Lamadrid attacked Spanish officers and seized the

arsenal.

2. Dr. Trinidad Hermenigildo Pardo de Tavera, a Filipino scholar, argued that the

Cavite Mutiny was a mutiny by native Filipino soldiers and laborers dissatisfied

with the abolition of their privileges. He believed that the Spanish friars and

Izquierdo used the mutiny as a powerful tool to overthrow the Spanish

government in the Philippines. Tavera believed that the Central Government in

Madrid planned to deprive the friars of all powers in civil government and

educational institutions, prompting them to take drastic measures to maintain

power in the Philippines.

3. The execution of Spanish friars in 1872 marked the beginning of the nationalist

awakening in the Philippines, leading to the Philippine Revolution against Spanish rule in

1896. This event intensified opposition to Spanish mistreatment and Dr. Jose Rizal's
writings, ultimately triggering a national revolution and resulting in the country's

independence. Rizal, a national hero, dedicated his book El filibusterismo to their memory.