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The Cavite Mutiny of 1872 was a rebellion by Filipino soldiers in Cavite that was exaggerated by Spanish officials to justify cracking down on Filipino nationalists. While the mutiny was quickly suppressed, Governor-General Rafael de Izquierdo falsely claimed it was a large conspiracy and used it to execute three Filipino priests. This backfired by galvanizing Filipino nationalism and independence sentiments against Spanish colonial rule. Historians argue the mutiny was actually a small act of protest over withdrawn privileges, but the Spanish friars exaggerated it to maintain their control in the Philippines.

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Cavite Mutiny2

The Cavite Mutiny of 1872 was a rebellion by Filipino soldiers in Cavite that was exaggerated by Spanish officials to justify cracking down on Filipino nationalists. While the mutiny was quickly suppressed, Governor-General Rafael de Izquierdo falsely claimed it was a large conspiracy and used it to execute three Filipino priests. This backfired by galvanizing Filipino nationalism and independence sentiments against Spanish colonial rule. Historians argue the mutiny was actually a small act of protest over withdrawn privileges, but the Spanish friars exaggerated it to maintain their control in the Philippines.

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VITE MUTIN

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A Presentation of Group 2 in Readings in Philippine History


REPORT OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION TO THE SIDES AND EVIDENCES OF


CONTROVERSY THE CONTROVERSY

THE STAND (POSITIVE,


REFERENCES
NEGATIVE & FINAL)
CAVITE MUTINY
Cavite Mutiny, a 20 January 1872 rebellion A number of intellectuals from the
by 200 Filipino soldiers and employees at Philippines were detained and charged
the Cavite arsenal, was used as with working with the mutineers. Three
justification by the Spanish to suppress priests—José Burgos, Jacinto Zamora,
the fledgling nationalist movement in the and Mariano Gómez—were publicly
Philippines. Ironically, the aggressive executed after a brief trial. Following that,
response of the Spanish government the three were martyred for the cause of
eventually helped to advance the Philippine independence.
nationalist cause. Although the rebellion
was promptly put down, the Spanish
administration, led by the conservative
governor Rafael de Izquierdo,
exaggerated the episode and used it as
justification to crack down on Filipinos
who had been advocating for political
change.
SPANISH FILIPINO
The spanish’s perspective of the Cavite mutiny were In the perspective of a Filipino historian, the Cavite Mutiny was
exaggerated as the official report of Gov. Gen. Rafael a potent tool utilized by the Spanish friars and Gov. Gen.
Izquierdo included false accusations and connected any Izquierdo to topple the Spanish authority in the Philippines by
exaggerating it to include not only the native soldiers but also
inconvinience that befell them. At first, both Montero and
Cavite and Manila people and, more significantly, the native
Izquierdo claimed that the removal of privileges enjoyed
clergy. It is interesting that the Central Governance in Madrid
by Cavite Arsenal workers, such as non-payment of
declared at the time that it intended to strip the friars of all
tributes and exemption from forced labor, were the main
intervening authority in matters of civil government and the
causes of the "revolution," as they put it. However, they management and control of educational establishments. It was
also listed other causes, such as the Spanish Revolution, thought that this turn of events had forced the friars to take
which toppled the secular throne, filthy propaganda severe measures in order to preserve their hold on power in
spread by an unrestrained press, democratic, liberal, and the Philippines. The friars used the incident to their advantage
republican books and pamphlets, as well as other factors. and presented it to the Spanish Government as a large
Most notably, they asserted that a significant factor in the conspiracy formed throughout the archipelago with the aim of
revolution was the presence of the native clergy, who, overthrowing Spanish sovereignty. They did this out of worry
that their power in the Philippines would soon become extinct.
out of anger for the Spanish friars, "conspired and
Sadly, it was revealed that the Madrid government accepted
supported" the rebels and enemies of Spain.
the idea as fact without making any attempt to look into the
truth or the scope of the alleged "revolution" mentioned by
Izquierdo and the friars.

SPANISH FILIPINO
POSITIVE STAND
Because of the previliges that were not given to the Filipino soldiers
and Cavite arsenals, the Filipinos revolted against the Spaniards. But
even though they were not successful, they showed nationalism for
the people. It is also the beginning of Filipino Nationalism that
eventually lead to the Philippine Revolution. Because after this, the 3
GomBurZa priests died, this is also the part where Rizal also became
aware and wrote a novel that he dedicated for the 3 priests who died.
NEGATIVE STAND
According to an article written by Chris Antonette Piedad-Pugay, the report given by the
Gov. Gen. Rafael Izquierdo had false accusations as well as exaggerations such as a
conspiracy concerning overthrowing the Spanish government. This explains how the
Cavite mutiny escalated to a war that lead to the inclusion of innocent people. Even with
the evidence of the official report, having been proven by identifying the motive of the
oposition that the official report may have been false and have been tampered with, this
evidence can be regarded as invalid and null.

In the year 1872, Cavite Mutiny was formed and was unsuccessful due to the
misunderstanding of the fireworks display in an area in Manila as a sign of rebellion and
none of the reinforcements came. Historia Civiteña (2014, January) On that same year, the
three Catholic priests (Mariano Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora) were executed
due to false accusations of treason and sedition.
FINAL STAND
To what we stand on based on two different sides of the story that was mentioned by Jose Montero y Vidal
and Dr. Trinidad H Pardo De Tavera with the noticeable changes from both perspectives. Comparing to these
two sides the Spanish version shows that the mutiny was exaggerated despite its unsupported by
documentary evidence with another version of this Spanish version was written by Izquierdo himself which has
the same content, and therefore thinking about it compared to the Filipino version according to Dr. Trinidad H
Pardo this was merely just a mutiny due to the harsh government policies banishing privileges of Filipino
laborers that lead to the dissatisfaction of the laborers. Which we think that the Filipino version was right
enough to side on, why? Clearly because Jose Montero the historian might have manipulated most of the
events to his own pleasure to cover up the part where Izquierdo magnified the incident and used it as an
excuse to clamp down on those Filipinos who had been calling for governmental reform.

Having been shown evidences and by analyzing both statements from the two sides (The Spanish and Filipino
perspective), there can be only one choice which is with the Filipino’s side. This is because of the fabricated
report concerning the reason why the Filipino laborers started the rebellion. It is both morally wrong and illegal
to fabricate an official report specially when the receiver of said report is the government itself. Another
reason is that the fear of the Spanish church on having their authority, as well as control over the government
and its laws taken, lead them to act rashly in order to try and secure said control over authority.
REFERENCES
https://www.britannica.com/topic/mutiny

https://www.google.com/url?
sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://military-
history.fandom.com/wiki/1872_Cavite_mutiny&ved=2ahUKEwjH9PmY7v
T6AhWSTmwGHQwNCrYQFnoECBkQBQ&usg=AOvVaw1d1IP9fxzHWE
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_Cavite_mutiny

https://nhcp.gov.ph/the-two-faces-of-the-1872-cavite-mutiny/

https://www.britannica.com/event/Cavite-Mutiny

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_Pardo_de_Tavera

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomburza
Group Members
Altivo, Jayson
Buenaobra, Mark Angelo
Dela Pena, Smyro
Fermo, Eizekiel
Gonzales, Donmarc
Judan, Jose Emmanuel
Medina, Joseph Andrei
Paner, Paul Adreen
Terones, Bradley Thomas
Venus, Jhon Marck

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