THE TWO FACES

OF THE 1872
CAVITE MUTINY
By Chris Antonette Piedad-Pugay
 Kawit or Cauit

 Hook
CAVITE
 Referring to the shape of the land along the coast of
Bacoor Bay.

 “Kawite” or “Cavite”
 Tagalog = “Tangway” meaning peninsula.
 Chinese traders/the Sangleys = “Keit”.
 CAVITE

MUTINY Capital:
Trece Martires City (de facto capital of the
province)
- overt act of defiance or attack
MUTINE
REVOLT
upon military authority.
Imus (official capital)
8 cities and 16 municipalities
 Fort San Felipe, Cavite,
Philippines
LOCATION

Moog ng San Felipe

Neri
Military Fortress
Cavite City, in the Province of Cavite, Philippines
Spanish military in 1609 in the first port town of Cavite
Naval Memorabilia
 Cavite
Martyrdom Mutiny
of the three Martyr Priests

Martyrdom
Spanish 20,
January oforthe
friars thethree Martyr
Spanish colonialPriests
authorities
implicate three secular priests by garrote, namely,
1872
200 Filipino
Mariano military
Gomez, Josepersonnel of Fort Zamora,
Burgos, Jacinto San
Felipe.
- locally recruited
collectively known ascolonial troops and
Gomburza.
laborers.
The Spanish arsenal inFebruary
Luneta/Bagumbayan, Cavite, Philippine
17, 1872
Islands (Spanish East Indies – an overseas
territories of the Spanish Empire in Asia and
Oceania from 1565 to 1901, governed from
Manila in the Spanish Philippines.)

National uprising
Mutiny was unsuccessful
Philippines Nationalist
 THE
GOMBURZA
Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, Jacinto
Zamora

CAVITE
MUTINY
200 Spanish Arsenal
 A Response
to Injustice:
The Filipino
Version of
the Incident
1872 Cavite
Mutiny: Spanish
Perspective
 A profile Spanish historian documented the

01 event and highlighted it is an attempt of the

indios to overthrow the Spanish government in
the Philippines.

02 “Historia General de Filipinas”

Jose Montero
03 Woefully biased.

y Vidal
 Governor-General of the Philippines from
05
01 Abolition of privileges such as non–
April 4, 1871 - January 8, 1873
payment of tributes, and exemption from
02 the force labor called
Execution
main including
of 41 polo
of theymutineers,
reason of the Gomburza
servicio. – the
revolution. martyrs.

03 The
“Ironattempt
Fist” to overthrow the Spanish
06 government in the Philippines to install a
04 Secularization
new “hari”
Gov. Gen. Rafael and Zamora.
of Parishes
in the likes of Father Burgos

Izquierdo Note: Polo y servicio – force labor (males)

ages 16 to 60-years-old.
Spanish Accounts of the Cavite Mutiny

1872 was
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Roman god of wealth and

premeditated, a
agriculture

Native Clergy
part of a big
Mestizos
Residents of
Manila and conspiracy
Cavite

(Abogadillos)
Educated Leaders
Native Lawyers
Liquidate High-ranking Spanish
officers

Kill Friars
 Jaoquin Padro
The Account’s Detail that
֎ District of Sampaloc Josemistook
֎ Those in Cavite Basa
֎ Feast of the Virgin of On February this as 17, 1872, the
on January 20, 1872
de Tavera the signal
commence with the
to
Loreto
֎Fireworks Display
GOMBURZA attack. were executed by
garrote in public to serve as a
And other abogadillos were THE
threat to by
suspended
Filipinos
the Audencia
never(High attemptCourt)
Antonio Ma.to fight the Spaniards PiowasBasa
Ferdinand La Madrid
again.
‘REVOLUTION’
from practice of law,
Regidor
arrested, and sentenced
Because of
to
this,
life
the
who
a mestizo
imprisonment
֎ Izquierdo orderedled the
tragic
sergeant
mutiny after
event
at
the Marianas Island.
֎ 200 men was Spanishof authorities
WAS EASILY
reinforcement
subjected his co-soldiers
led by Segeant
Lamadrid
served as one of
Spanish the
forcesmoving
to quell
the revolt.at the Engineering and
attacked
CRUSHED
Spanish officers
forces that shaped Filipino
Artillery Corps to
personal taxes from

PATRIOTS WHO WERE IMPLICATED nationalism. which they had

previously been
exempted.
 A Response
to Injustice:
The Filipino
Version of
1872 Cavite the Incident
Mutiny: Spanish
Perspective
 ֎ The incident was a mere mutiny (rebellion) by native Filipino
(soldiers and laborers) of the Cavite arsenal.

01
֎ Blamed Gov. Izquierdo’s cold-blooded policies:
Filipino Scholar
- abolition of privileges
- prohibition of the founding of school of arts and

02
trades
**cover-up
֎ January
Researcher
of2,the1872
political club
 200 men

03 Wrote the Filipino version

- soldiers
the incident
- laborers of arsenal in Cavite.
of
- residents of Cavite
Dr. Trinidad  Lead by Sergeant Lamadrid
Hermenigildo - Assassinated the commanding officer and Spanish
officer.
Pardo de Taveraarmy but- Insurgents (rebels) were expecting support from
did not happen.
֎ News about the mutiny reached the authorities in
Manila.
֎ Gen. Izquierdo ordered reinforcement.
֎ After 2 days: mutiny was officially declared subdued.
֎ Spanish friars and Gen. Izquierdo
• Cavite Mutiny as a powerful lever
• Magnifying it as a full-blown conspiracy
• native army
• residents of Manila and Cavite
• native clergy

֎ Central Government in Madrid

• deprived Friars of This prompted the friars to do something
intervention in civil drastic
governments (educational -maintain power in the Philippines
institutions)
 Madrid Government believed
Friars tookthe
that advantage
scheme of the
wasincident
truein Cavite
Mutiny
-without evenby manipulating
attempting to investigate the Spanish
-allegedConvicted
Government that Filipinos are trying toeducated
revolution
destroy
the Spanishmen Sovereignty.
-sentenced to life imprisonment
Members of the native clergy
(GOMBURZA)
-tried and executed by garrote
 PHILIPPINE
AWAKENING
REVOLUTION OF
NATIONALISM
1896
UNRAVELI
NG THE
TRUTH
Some basic facts that remained to be unvarying: DISSATISFACTI
ON
. There was dissatisfaction
among the workers of the arsenal
as well as the members of the
native army after their privileges
were drawn back by Gen.
Izquierdo.
RIGID & STRICT
POLICIES
Gen. Izquierdo introduced rigid
and strict policies that made the
Filipinos move and turn away from
Spanish government out of disgust.
FAILED TO
CONDUCT
INVESTIGATION
. The Central Government failed to
conduct an investigation on what
truly transpired but relied on
reports of Izquierdo and the friars
and the opinion of the public.

HAPPY DAYS OF THE
FRIARS WERE
ALREADY
NUMBERED
VENUS
The happy days of the friars were
already numbered in 1872 when the
order to allow Filipino priests to
Central Government in Spain
country making them prey to the
decided to deprive them of the power
to intervene in government affairs as
well as in the direction and
management of schools prompting
them to commit frantic moves to
extend their stay and power.
SECULARIZA
TION INJUSTI
MOVEMENT . FilipinosCES
during the time
were active participants, and
responded to what they
The Filipino clergy members deemed as injustices.
actively participated in the
secularization movement in
EXECUTION OF
take hold of the parishes in the
GOMBURZA
The execution of GOMBURZA was a blunder
rage of the friars.
on the part of the Spanish government, for the
action severed the ill-feelings of the Filipinos and
the event inspired Filipino patriots to call for
reforms and eventually independence.
 Do you think the Cavite
01 mutiny would have been
avoided?

QUESTIO
NS 02
Who do you think the
most reliable source??

COMMENT DOWN
03 BELOW!!
 NOT
E:who fell during the
“May we not forget those
night”
-Elias in Noli Me Tangere