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REPUBLIC ACT 1425 – Rizal Law

 R E P UB LI C ACT N O. 1 4 2 5

AN ACT TO INCLUDE IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL PUBLIC AND

PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COURSES ON

THE LIFE, WORKS AND WRITINGS OF JOSE RIZAL, PARTICULARLY

HIS NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO,

AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION THEREOF, AND

FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Source: Official Gazette, Vol. 52, No. 6, p. 2971 // 1956.

Claro M. Recto -
was the main proponent of
the Rizal Bill.
 NATIONALISM
AND RIZAL IN THE
19 CENTURY
TH

PHILIPPINES
 Nationalism

•It
refers to the set of systems characterized by the promotion of
the interests of
one nation anchored on the aim to achieve and maintain self-
governance or total
sovereignty.
ELEMENTS
of NATIONALISM:

Culture
Territory

Language
History

Religion
 Reasons
for the Development of Extreme Nationalism in the 19th Century

Industrial
Revolution Frailocracy
1 Transformation 3 -Friars being more powerful
of manufacturing brought about by and
the invention and use of the influential than some
machines. Spanish Officials.

Encomienda
2 to Hacienda 4 Cavite
Mutiny and Suez
Labor Canal
system developed by Spain.
“Teachers open the door, but you must
enter by yourself.”

– Chinese Proverb
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