Cavite Mutiny: Spanish Version Vs Filipino Version
Cavite Mutiny: Spanish Version Vs Filipino Version
Cavite Mutiny: Spanish Version Vs Filipino Version
INTRODUCTION
WHAT: The Cavite mutiny of 1872 was an claiming again the priests and lawyers as brain
uprising of military personnel of revolution
WHERE: Fort San Felipe, the Spanish arsenal in reason: abolish of privilege to the Filipinos
Cavite Philippines carry out criminal project, protected against the
WHEN: January 20, 1872 injustice of the government in not paying the
WHO: Around 200 soldiers and laborers provinces for their tobacco crop.
(Filipino Side) against the Spanish soldiers
HOW: The mutiny ended as unsuccessful, and SPANISH PERSPECTIVE JOINT
government soldiers executed many of the
participants and began to crackdown Abolition of privileges enjoyed by the workers
burgeoning of nationalist movement, but at the of Cavite arsenal such as non-payment of
same time many of the scholars believe that tributes and exemption from force labor were
Cavite Mutiny was the beginning of Filipino the main reasons of REVOLUTION as they called
Nationalism that eventually lead to Filipino it.
Revolution of 1896 The Spaniards claim that it was all planned and
thought of big conspiracy among educated
o Rafael Izquierdo y Gutierrez leaders: abogadillos, lawyers and native clergy
Governor General
Led to executions includes the Celebration of the feast of Virgin of Loreto with
priest Mariano Gomez, Jose the usual firework display, unfortunately
Burgos amd Jacinto Zamora mistook those in Cavite as the sign of attack.
The execution was meant to
threaten other Filipino and just like what was agreed upon, the 200-
movements but otherwise men contingent headed by Sergeant Lamadrid
wherein on of the Filipinos who launched an attack targeting Spanish officers at
witnessed was Jose Rizal and sight and seized the arsenal
later dedicated to three martyrs
by El Fili. FILIPINO VERSION
Reflected in the 12 influential Joaquin Pardo de Tavera
events in Philippine history Filipino scholar , scientist and historical
researcher
WHAT LEAD TO CAVITE
Served as member of Taft’s Philippine
2 FACES OF STORY Commission and founded the Federal Party
1. Filipino Side
a. Accounts of Tavera and Plauchut was simply a mutiny
2. Spanish Side Izquierdo prohibits the school of arts and trades
a. Accounts of Montero and Filipinos had great hopes of an improvement in
Izquierdo the affairs of their country while the friars on
the other hand feared that their power in the
SPANISH SIDE colony would soon be complete a thing of the
Jose Montero y Vidal past
primary cause: overthrow the Spanish the incident was merely a mutiny by Filipino
government due to abolishment of rights of Soldiers and the laborers of the Cavite arsenal to
Filipinos the dissatisfaction arising from the draconian
GOMBURZA was claimed to start the revolution policies of Izquierdo
The conspiracy has been going on since the days the central government in Madrid was planning
of La Torre. to deprive the friars of all the powers of
The principal leaders met either at the house of intervention in matters of civil government and
Joaquin Pardo Tavera or Fr. Jacinto Zamora direction and management of educational
institutions.
Governor-general Rafael Izquierdo The friars needed something to justify their
continuing dominance in the country and
Spanish military officer, politician the mutiny provided such opportunity.
Served s Governor-general of the Philippines
around April 4 1871- January 8, 1873
Known to use iron fist type of government
EDMOND PLAUCHUT
French journalist
Join French trade operations in Manila
PERSPECTIVE