Nationalism

• NOT love for country w/c is PATRIOTISM.

• The advocacy of making ones’ own NATION distinct &
separate from others in various ways & fields.
• Sense of NATIONHOOD
• NATION
– Racial Concept
– Abstract Concept
– A group of people w/ a sense of oneness &
belongingness bounded by certain recognized
commonalities & aspirations.
 FACTORS that paved way for
Filipino Nationalism
1. Opening of Philippine Trading Ports to World Trade in 1834
 Influx of LIBERAL IDEAS from the West
2. Rise of the Middle Class
 Increase in Filipino ILLUSTRADO (educated & enlightened)
3. Spanish Revolution of 1868
 Liberal administration of Gob-Gen. CARLOS MA. DE LA
TORRE
4. Opening of the Suez Canal in 1869
 Increase in Filipino expatriates in Europe
5. Racial Discrimination
 Identity building
6. Secularization Controversy
 FEB 17. 1872 – execution of the 3 martyr priests (MARIANO
GOMEZ, JOSE BURGOS, FRANCISCO ZAMORA)