Subject Rizal

Spanish Colonial Era in the Philippines

(1565-1898)
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Subject Rizal

Why should we encourage

students to know the history of Jose Rizal
and its Spanish Colonial Era ?
Republic Act of 1425

What is the connections of Jose Rizal to

Spanish Colonial?
 01_ People known during Spanish Era

02_ Breakdown about Spanish Colonial Era

Table of Contents 03_ Jose Rizal status and his novel works

04_ Noli me Tangere

Subject Rizal: Republic Act 1425

05_ El Filibusterismo

06_ Philippine Revolution

People known during Spanish Colonial Era
Emilio Aguinaldo
1st President of the Philippines
Was a Filipino revolutionary,
Statesman, and military leader
who is the youngest President
of the Philippines.
Jose Rizal
Filipino Nationalist
was a Filipino nationalist, writer
and polymath active at the end of
the Spanish colonial period of the
Philippines. Also the writer of El
Filibusterismo and Noli me
Tangere
Antonio Luna
Commanding General of the Philippine
Revolutionary Army
was a Filipino pharmacist and army
general who fought in the
Philippine–American War before
his assassination on June 5, 1899 at
the age of 32.
GomBurZa
Three Filipino Catholic Priests
Mariano Gómez, José Burgos,
and Jacinto Zamora, who were
executed by a garrote on February
17, 1872, in Bagumbayan,
Philippines by Spanish colonial
authorities on charges of subversion
arising from the 1872 Cavite
mutiny.
People known during Spanish Colonial Era
Marcelo H. del Pilar
Filipino Writer
was a Filipino writer, lawyer,
journalist, and freemason. Del
Pilar, along with José Rizal and
Graciano López Jaena, became
known as the leaders of the Reform
Movement in Spain.[5]
Graciano Lopez Jaena
Filipino Journalist
was a Filipino journalist, orator,
reformist, and national hero who is
well known for his newspaper, La
Solidaridad
Mariano Ponce
Filipino Writer
as a Filipino physician, writer,
statesman, and active member of
the Propaganda Movement. In
Spain, he was among the founders
of La Solidaridad and Asociación
Hispano-Filipino.
Apolinario Mabini
1st Prime Minister of the Philippines
was a Filipino revolutionary leader,
educator, lawyer, and statesman who
served first as a legal and constitutional
adviser to the Revolutionary
Government, and then as the first Prime
Minister of the Philippines upon the
establishment of the First Philippine
Republic.
People known during Spanish Colonial Era

Andres Bonifacio
Revolutionary Leader

was a Filipino revolutionary leader.

He is often called "The Father of
the Philippine Revolution", and
considered one of the national
heroes of the Philippines.
Breaking down about Spanish Colonial Era
1565 - 1898
[1565-1898] Spanish Colonial Era
Beginning of Spanish Colonial
Spanish Colonial rule in the Philippines began in 1565 when Miguel Lopez de Legazpi established the
first permanent settlement. The Spanish influence lasted for over 333 years until the Philippine
Revolution. During this period, the Spanish implemented a feudal system, converting the indigenous
people to Christianity and establishing encomiendas, a system where Spanish colonizers were granted
control over certain areas and the labor of the local population. The Catholic Church played a role in
colonization, building churches and schools, and influencing both culture and governance. Despite
economic development, the Spanish rule was marked by social inequality, forced labor, and resistance
from local communities. The propagation of Spanish language and culture left a lasting impact on
Filipino society, which still bears traces of its colonial past today.
[1565-1898] Spanish Colonial Era
Beginning of Spanish Colonial

Looking it deeper on those days, that Spain and Portugal reigned

supreme. They brought ideologies far ahead of the native superstitions
prevalent during that day. They wore armor, instituted a system of
education, religious worship (Friar), justice and instilled obedience
from the populace. Those that followed gained favor. Those that
rebelled were punished.
[1744-1892] Spanish Colonial Era
During the Coup and rise Filipino Nationalism

The coup that drove the Spanish out were the deaths of the priest Burgos, Gomez,
and Zamora. On top of that they had executed a man who did no wrong except to
educate his fellow Filipinos, and was the best and brightest among the natives. Jose
Rizal was executed at the Luneta. This long fastering subjugation eventually had
blossomed into several uprisings. The apex perhaps was the revolt of Andres
Bonifacio along with the longest rebellion in Philippine history which locate in Bohol.
Francisco Dagohoy the rebellion took place on the island of Bohol 1744 to 1829.
 Jose Rizal
Filipino Nationalist and Writer
Jose Rizal
A Filipino Nationalist and Writer

Full Name Wife Glorious Legacy Notable Works

José Protasio Josephine Bracken Rizal's literary contributions,

Rizal Mercado commitment to education, and
symbolization of peaceful
• Noli me Tangere
y Alonso resistance continue to resonate in
Realonda the collective memory of the • El Filibusterismo
Filipino people, making him a
revered figure in their struggle for
freedom and identity.
 Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino Nationalist, writer and
polymath. Jose Rizal is one of the most highlight during Spaniard Colonization in the Philippines, he
is the one who woke up Filipino people to defend from foreign accusations of foolishness and lack of
knowledge; to show how the Filipino people lives during Spanish colonial period and the cries and
woes of his countrymen against abusive officials; to discuss what religion and belief can really do to
everyday lives; and that is why he wrote a “Noli me tangere” or in English “Touch me not”.

Along his famous written book “El Filibusterismo” according to the research that this
dedicated to the three martyred priests Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, Jacinto Zamora, expressing
conviction that their treatment and deaths at the hands of the Spanish authorities was unjust.
Notable Works
Jose Rizal’s famous works. Noli me Tangere
"Touch Me Not“ was published during the Spanish colonial

1. period of the Philippines. It explores perceived inequities in

law and practice in terms of the treatment by the ruling
government and the Spanish Catholic friars of the resident
peoples in the late-19th century.

El Filibusterismo
The Reign of Greed, is the second novel written by
2. Philippine national hero José Rizal. It is the sequel to Noli
Me Tángere and, like the first book, was written in
Spanish. It was first published in 1891 in Ghent.
Noli me Tangere
“Touch me not”

Was all about;

Rizal depicted nationality by emphasizing the positive qualities of
Filipinos: the devotion of a Filipina and her influence on a man's life, the deep sense of
gratitude, and the solid common sense of the Filipinos under the Spanish regime.

The work was instrumental in creating a unified Filipino national identity

and consciousness, as many natives previously identified with their respective regions. It
lampooned, caricatured and exposed various elements in colonial society. Two characters
in particular have become classics in Filipino culture: María Clara, who has become a
personification of the ideal Filipino woman, loving and unwavering in her loyalty to her
spouse; and the priest Father Dámaso, who reflects the covert fathering of illegitimate
children by members of the Spanish clergy.[8]

The book indirectly influenced the Philippine Revolution of

independence from the Spanish Empire, even though Rizal actually advocated direct
representation to the Spanish government and an overall larger role for the Philippines
within Spain's political affairs. In 1956, Congress passed Republic Act 1425, more
popularly known as the Rizal Law, which requires all levels in Philippine schools to teach
the novel as part of their curriculum. Noli Me Tángere is being taught to third-year
secondary school (now Grade 9, due to the new K-12 curriculum) students, while its
sequel El Filibusterismo is being taught for fourth-year secondary school (now Grade 10) TV Series @GMA
students. The novels are incorporated to their study and survey of Philippine literature.[9]
Both of Rizal's novels were initially banned from Catholic educational institutions given its
negative portrayal of the Church, but this taboo has been largely superseded as religious
schools conformed to the Rizal Law.[10]
El Filibusterimo
“The Reign of Greed”

Was all about;

Both of Rizal's novels had a profound effect on Philippine society in
terms of views about national identity, the Catholic faith and its influence on the Filipino's
choice, and the government's issues in corruption, abuse of power, and discrimination,
and on a larger scale, the issues related to the effect of colonization on people's lives and
the cause for independence. These novels later on indirectly became the inspiration to
start the Philippine Revolution.
Throughout the Philippines, the reading of both the novel and its
predecessor is now mandatory for high school students throughout the archipelago,
although it is now read using English, Filipino, and the Philippines' regional languages.
The novel, along with its predecessor, was banned in some parts of the
Philippines as a result of their portrayals of the Spanish government's abuses and
corruption. These novels, along with Rizal's involvement in organizations that aimed to
address and reform the Spanish system and its issues, led to Rizal's exile to Dapitan and
eventual execution. Both the novel and its predecessor, along with Rizal's last poem, are
now considered Rizal's literary masterpieces.
The tension between the Insulares and Peninsulares erupted into the
failed revolts of Novales and the Cavite mutiny of 1872, which resulted in the deportation
of prominent Filipino nationalists to the Marianas and Europe, who would continue the
fight for liberty through the Propaganda Movement. The Cavite Mutiny implicated the
priests Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora (see Gomburza), whose
executions would influence the subversive activities of the next generation of Filipino
nationalists, among them José Rizal, who then dedicated his novel El filibusterismo to
these priests.
Philippines’ Revolution
1896 - 1898
Philippine Revolution
1896 - 1898
The Philippine Revolution, which unfolded from 1896 to 1898, marked a
crucial chapter in the country's quest for independence from Spanish
colonial rule. Fueled by a deep-seated desire for self-determination, the
revolution was sparked by various factors, including social injustices,
economic disparities, and the influence of nationalist ideas propagated by
intellectuals like Jose Rizal. The Katipunan, a secret society led by Andres
Bonifacio, played a pivotal role in organizing armed resistance against the
Spanish authorities. The revolution gained momentum as Filipinos from
diverse backgrounds rallied behind the call for freedom. Despite internal
conflicts and challenges, the revolution led to significant victories,
notably the establishment of the First Philippine Republic in 1899.
However, the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898 resulted in the
Treaty of Paris, in which the Philippines was ceded to the United States.
This shift in colonial rule set the stage for a new struggle, as Filipinos
faced another phase in their quest for genuine independence. The
Philippine Revolution laid the foundation for the nation's ongoing pursuit
of sovereignty and shaped its collective identity as a people resilient in
the face of external challenges.
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