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Katipunan
Katipunan
The Who?
Andres Bonifacio
Emilio Jacinto
Emilio Aguinaldo
• “That is enough!” thought Bonifacio after the
shocking news of Rizal’s exile to Dapitan.
• “Insurection”, Del Pilar wrote in La
Solidaridad, “is the last remedy, especially
when the people have acquired the belief that
peaceful means to secure the remedies for
evils prove futile.
• Their goal was transformed from assimilation
to separation and then independence
Founding of the Katipunan
• Founded on the night of July 7, 1892.
• Azcarraga St. (Claro M. Recto St.)
• Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng
mga Anak ng Bayan
• Supreme and Most Honorable Society of the Children
of the Nation
• Suprema y Venerable Asociacion de los Hijos del
pueblo
• Founder: Andres Bonifacio, with the aid of his friends:
– Teodoro Plata
– Ladislao Diwa
– Deodato Arellano
– Valentin Diaz
The aims of the Katipunan
• Political- Separation from Spain
• Moral- Good Morals, good hygiene
• Civic- Selp Help and defence of the
poor and the oppressed.
• To unite the Filipinos into one solid
nation
• To fight for Philippine independence
from Spain. The Katipunan prepared
the country for an armed revolution to
regain the country’s lost freedom.
Kataastaasang Sanggunian (Supreme Council)
for the whole country
Consisted of a president, a fiscal, a secretary, a treasurer, and a comptroller.
• Gregoria de Jesus –
wife of Bonifacio and
was called Lakambini
of the Katipunan.
Sisters of Rizal
Josefa Rizal Trinidad Rizal
Melchora Ramos y Aquino
• Tandang Sora (January
6, 1812 – March 2,
1919)
• Mother of the
Katipunan
• She fed the
Katipuneros and
nursed the wounded
patriots
• Later she was arrested
by the Spanish
authorities and was
exiled in Marianas.
Literature of the Katipunan
• Emilio Jacinto – youngest and greatest
writer of the Katipunan
• His pen name was Dimas-Ilaw
• He wrote the following:
– A la Patria – his poetical masterpiece
– Liwanag at Dilim – a series of essays on
human rights, liberty, equality of men, labor,
and love of country.
– Kartilya ng Katipunan – contains the
teachings of the KKK.
Decalogue (Ten
Commandments of Katipunan)
• Bonifacio wrote a decalogue or 10
commandments titled Katungkulang
Gagawin ng mga Anak ng Bayan
(Duties to be Observed by the Sons of
the Country) to lay down the
guidelines for good citizenship.
• He also wrote a patriotic poem Pag-
ibig sa Tinubuang Bayan (Love for
Country)
Kalayaan
• Newspaper of the
KKK
• Realizing the value of
the printed word,
Bonifacio and his
friends established a
printing press and an
organ of for the
society.
Isabelo delos Reyes
• The printing pres was
purchased from him.
• The money used to
by the printing press
was donated by two
Visayan katipuneros:
– Francisco del Castillo
– Candido Iban – whose
ticket won the lottery.
Jose Rizal and the Katipunan
• From the time that Rizal was
banished in Dapitan in July of
1892, he has devoted himself to
helping the people in Dapitan.
• Bonifacio tried hard to convince
Rizal to support the armed revolt,
because he believed that if Rizal
would give his approval, that would
enable the reluctant ilustrados to
support the cause of the
Katipunan.
• Pio Valenzuela – was sent by
Bonifacio in Dapitan to convince
Rizal to give his approval.
• Rizal – believed that it was
foolishness to fight the Spaniards
without sufficient arms and funds.
– He suggested that the Katipuneros
wait for sometime before the launching
of an armed struggle.
• Even so, he suggested as to why not
attract the influential and wealthy
Filipinos to the cause to ensure the
success of the revolution. He also
suggested ANTONIO LUNA to be
appointed as their MILITARY LEADER