The Cavite

Mutiny
 What is Cavite Mutiny?

T H E C AV I T E M U T I N Y WA S A N U P R I S I N G O F F I L I P I N O M I L I TA RY
P E R S O N N E L O F F O RT S A N F E L I P E , T H E S PA N I S H A R S E N A L I N C AV I T E ,
P H I L I P P I N E I S L A N D S O N J A N U A RY 2 0 , 1 8 7 2 . A R O U N D 2 0 0 L O C A L LY
RECRUITED COLONIAL TROOPS AND LABORERS ROSE UP IN THE
B E L I E F T H AT I T W O U L D E L E VAT E TO A N AT I O N A L U P R I S I N G .
 THE MAIN CAUSE OF
CAVITE MUTINY

THE ABOLITION OF
PRIVILEGES ENJOYED BY
THE WORKERS OF THE
C AV I T E A R S E N A L
 1872-1892

T R A N S F O R M AT I O N O F A N A R R O W R E L I G I O U S S T R U G G L E TO A
N AT I O N A L S T R U G G L E F O R J U S T I C E .

N E W B R E E D O F F I L I P I N O S E M E R G E D , H A D T H E D E S I R E TO P R O V E
TO T H E C O L O N I Z E R T H AT T H E Y H A D A S M U C H C L A I M TO
I N T E L L I G E N C E A N D C U LT U R E
 R E L I G I O U S O R D E R S A N D T H E I R M E M B E R S B E C A M E TO O
P O W E R F U L O V E R T H E C E N T U R I E S O F S PA N I S H C O L O N I A L R U L E .

FRIARS CONDUCTED EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AND CONTROL

OVER THE GOVERNMENT ON THE LOCAL LEVEL. ASSUMED
R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y F O R E D U C AT I O N A N D H E A LT H .
THE DEATH OF GOMBURZA

MARKED A TURNING POINT IN

T H E H I S TO RY O F F I L I P I N O
N AT I O N A L I S M .

C A U S E O F D E AT H : G A R O T E
( R O P E , WI R E , M E TA L L O O P TO
BREAK THE BONE IN THE NECK)
BROUGHT LIBERAL REFORMIST
ELEMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINE
S O C I E T Y WI T H T H E G R O W I N G
S E L F - AWA R E N E S S O F A P E O P L E
I N TO A M O V E M E N T D I R E C T E D
TO I N D E P E N D E N T N AT I O N H O O D .
 TWO NARRATIVES OF THE
CAVITE MUTINY

A C C O U N T O F D R . T R I N I D A D H . PA R D O D E TAV E R A

WH O I S D R . T R I N I D A D H . PA R D O D E TAV E R A ?

F I L I P I N O PAT R I O T, A F I L I P I N O S C H O L A R A N D R E S E A R C H E R , WR O T E
T H E F I L I P I N O V E R S I O N O F T H E B L O O D Y I N C I D E N T I N C AV I T E .
T.H PARDO DE TAVERA
D I S S AT I S FA C T I O N A N D D I S C O N T E N T W I T H T H E
GOVERNMENT SPREAD ALL OVER THE SECTION
AND THE ENTIRE TROOP BECAME DISAFFECTED

J A N U A RY 2 0 , 1 8 7 2 , T H E U P R I S I N G B E G A N A M O N G
T H E S O L D I E R S I N S A N F E L I P E F O RT, I N C AV I T E .

S PA N I S H O F F I C E R S W E R E A S S A S S I N AT E D . 4 0
M A R I N E S AT TA C H E D TO T H E A R S E N A L U N D E R S
SERGENT LA MADRID.
 Spaniards Montero and
Izquerdo transcribe:

J A N U A RY 2 0 , 1 8 7 2 , S A M PA L O C C E L E B R AT E D PAT R O N A L
F E A S T O F T H E V I R G I N D E L O R E TO . C E L E B R AT I O N S W E R E
FILLED WITH DANCES AND REJOICES OF THE PEOPLE.

I N C AV I T E A C O N S P I R A C Y I S F U L F I L L E D A N D T H O S E I N T H E
F O RT M I S TO O K T H E F I R I N G O F T H E C O H E T E S A S T H E S I G N
F O R T H E AT TA C K .
 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THE 200-MARINE MEN
H E A D E D B Y L A M A D R I D L A U N C H E D A N AT TA C K
TA R G E T I N G T H E S PA N I S H O F F I C E R S AT S I G H T A N D S E I Z E D
THE ARSENAL.

T H E U P R I S I N G I N C AV I T E B E E N S E I Z E D A N D
DISCONTINUED WHEN THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE
S PA N I S H F O R C E S D E F E AT E D T H E M E N O F L A M A D R I D .

IZQUIERDO ORDERED THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE

S PA N I S H F O R C E S I N C AV I T E TO Q U E L L T H E R E V O L U T I O N
WA S E A S I LY C R U S H E D .
 S TO RY R E L AT E D B Y T. H . PA R D O D E TAV E R A

W H E N T H E N E W S O F T H E U P R S I I N G WA S R E C E I V E D I N
M A N I L A , I Z Q U I E R D O S E N T T H E C O M M A N D I N G G E N E R A L TO
C AV I T E , R E I F O R C E D T H E N AT I V E T R O O P S , TO O K
P O S S E S S I O N O F T H E F O RT A N D P U T T H E R E B E L S TO T H E
SWORD.

L A M A D R I D H A S B E E N B L I N D F O L D E D A N D B A D LY B U R N E D
BY THE EXPLOSION OF A SACK OF POWER AND BEING
U N A B L E TO E S C A P E .

R E B E L S W E R E C A P T U R E D A N D TA K E N TO M A N I L A A N D
T H E R E WA S N O F U RT H U E R D I S T U R B A N C E O F T H E P E A C E
 T H E S PA N I S H TO O K O V E R T H E P O RT O F S A N F E L I P E I N
C AV I T E , A N U M B E R O F P E R S O N A L I T I E S W E R E I M P R I S O N E D
I N T H E C H A R G E S O F C O N S P I R A C Y A N D I N S T I G AT I O N .

D E TA I L E D L I S T O F T H O S E S U S P E C T E D A N D S E N T E N C E D B Y
T H E S PA N I A R D S :

B Y: T. H . PA R D O D E TAV E R A
T H O S E W H O D A R E D TO O P P O S E T H E M S E LV E S TO T H E
F R I A R S W E R E P U N I S H E D W I T H S E V E R I T Y:

GOMBURZA
A N TO N I O M A . R E G I D O R
J O A Q U I N PA R D O D E TAV E R A
PRIESTS (MARIANO SEVILLA, FELICIANO GOMES,
BALLESTEROS AND JOSE BASA)
L AW Y E R S

F E B R U A RY 1 5 , 1 8 7 2 ( C O U RT M A RT I A L )
• S PA N I S H C O U RT F O U N D G O M B U R Z A G U I LT Y O F
TREASON
• 1 7 T H O F F E B R U A RY ( T H E D AY )
S PA N I S H A U T H O R I T I E S A N D F R I A R S C E L E B R AT E D T H E I R
V I C TO RY O V E R T H E D E AT H O F T H E N AT I V E P R I E S T S .

A R C H B I S H O P O F M A N I L A , M E L I TO N M A RT I N E Z D E S A N TA
C R U Z D E M A N D E D T H AT S PA I N C O R R E C T T H E I N J U S T I C E S
D O N E TO T H E T H R E E P R I E S T S .
 D R . T R I N I D A D H . PA R D O D E TAV E R A ; A N I N C I D E N T O F
INJUSTICE

• WA S B O R N O F P O RT U G U E S E A N D S PA N I S H D E S C E N T O N
A P R I L 1 3 T H 1 8 5 7 , O F E S C O LTA I N M A N I L A
• FILIPINO SCHOLAR AND RESEARCHER

T H E I N C I D E N T WA S A M E R E M U T I N Y B Y T H E N AT I V E
F I L I P I N O S O L D I E R S A N D L A B O R E R S O F T H E C AV I T E
A R S E N A L W H O T U R N E D O U T TO B E D I S S A S T I S F I E D W I T H
THE ABOLITION OF THEIR PRIVELEGES.
 The Fili[inos had great hopes of an
improvement in the affairs of their
country, while the Friars , feared that
their power in the colony would soon be
completely a thing
PAST!!! in the