Activity for lesson 1.

B Comparative Matrix
Instruction:
Read the two historical sources (Primary and Secondary Source) about the Katipunan and Tejeros
Convention. Analyze the given documents and answer the comparative matrix that will be
provided to you.
Reading list:
• Santiago Alvarez. The Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General
• Teodoro Agoncillo. (2002). The Revolt of the Masses: The Story of Andres Bonifacio and
The Katipunan University of the Philippines Press. Quezon City. Philippines

Historical A convention was held in Tejeros on March 22, 1897, to resolve the
event: conflict between the two councils and choose what form of
administration should be established. The crowd turned rowdy
during the convention's first session, forcing a break. When the
conference resumed, Bonifacio was given the responsibility of
presiding over the election of the new government's officers. Before
this, though, Bonifacio established the rule that the assembly
should follow the results of the election regardless of what they
could be. When Bonifacio was chosen as Secretary of the Interior,
Daniel Tirona objected and said that a lawyer should hold the office.
Infuriated, Bonifacio sought an apology from Tirona. Because of
humiliation and anger, Bonifaciodeclared that all matters convened
in the Tejeros Conventionwere null and void. Together with his
supporters, he left theestate house.

Primary Source Secondary Source

Historical Katipunan and theRevolution: History of the Filipino
source: Memoirs of a General People(Seeds of Discontent)
Author: Santiago Alvarez Teodoro A. Agoncillo

Date of the March 25-27, 1897 March 22- 23, 1897

event:
Objective of In this occasion the main
the event objective is to illuminate the
In this event the main objective
issues of whether a new
is to discuss the best measures
government should be set up or
to take to strengthen the
established to take the place of
 Magdiwang government facing katipunan. Also the election for
the enemy the new established government,
Republic of the Philippines.

Persons *Supremo Andres Bonifacio, *Artemio Ricarte

involved: *Messrs. Mariano Alvares,
*Severino de las Alas
*Messrs. Baldemero Aguinaldo,
*Baldomero Aguinaldo
*Ariston Villanueva,
*Jose Del Rosario
*Mariano C. Trias,
*Daniel Tirona
*Secretary Jacinto Labreno,
*Diego Mojica, *General Apoy
*Emiliano R. De Dios, *Antonio Montenegro
*Santiago V, Alvarez, *Mariano Alvares
*Artemio Ricarte, *Pascual Alvarez
*Santos Nocon , *Dionisio Alvarez
*Luciano San Miguel, *Adriano Guinto
*Pablo Mojica, *Emeterio Malla
*Severino De Las Alas, *Emiliano Reigo de Dios
*Santiago Rillo, *Santiago Alvares
*All of them the Magdiwang and *Diego Moxica
among the Magdalo,
*Mariano Reigo de Dios
*Daniel Tirona, and *Edilberto Evangelista
*Cayetamo Topilio. *Vito Belarmino
*With training sister of Rizal and *Crispulo Aguinaldo
*Josephine Bracken
*Gen. Blanco
*Ciriaco Bonifacio
*Procopio Bonifacio
*Candido Tirona
*Vicente Fernandez
*Esteban San Juan
Main The primary disagreement in Daniel Tirona disregarded
argument: this matter relates to the Tejeros Supremo Andres Bonifacio's
convention election that admonition that everyone should
Supremo Andres Bonifacio respect the outcome of any
refused to recognize due to a election. Supremo Andres
conflict. Only the Magdiwang Bonifacio declared the assembly
leaders were present when they to be ineligible, nullifying all of
revalidated the election the council's decisions and
meeting's proceedings the approvals. Without Supremo
following day. The Magdalo Andres Bonfacio present,
leaders met on the same Aguinaldo took their oath.
evening at the Paris residence
in Tariza. Magdalos disregarded
the Supremo Andres Bonifacio's
decisions and performed the
oath-taking ceremony without
his knowledge.
Bias: Since the book is the Memoirs A prominent Filipino historian
of a General Santiago Alvares, from the 20th century, Teodoro
who is a member of Magdiwang, Andal Agoncillo's perspective on
there are a few factors that will the tejeros convention would
influence his bias with regard to undoubtedly be based on other
the information that he will sources, therefore there may be
provide because he is a certain instances in which the
member of Magdiwang. In knowledge or data he has is not
general, all of the information or reliable and legitimate. Some
data he wrote about this topic is details, including dates, do not
based only on his view about line up with the information
the things that happen within the provided by General Santiago
Tejeros convention and other Alvares.
occasions.

Advantages: The advantage of the primary The advantage of a secondary

source is that you can assure source is that the author may
 that the information it has is provide more data that the
liable and valid because it is primary source can’t have. He
from the person who witnessed has more views about the topic
or experienced the said event. since he will just not focus on
Also Readers can understand one side of the information but
every viewpoint or aspect of rather seek for more data.
what's going on as if they were Additionally the words use in the
there when it happened. secondary source is more
reasonable or understandable
because he can interpret difficult
words that he got from his other
sources

Disadvantages: The primary source has the Since the information he will
drawback of lacking from the supply has already been studied
viewpoint of other views, similar and decrypted, the secondary
to how General Alvares clarified source has the drawback that
his thoughts about the Tejeros part of the facts are not matched
conventions where his focus is to the original source.
all on the things that just happen
in the event and possibly has a
bias on how describes be all the
happening since his part of
Magdiwang.