19th Century Philippines

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Rizal and the 19 th Century Philippines

19TH CENTURY
• Spain asSPAIN
a “brittle state”
• Successive wars and military
revolts
• English penetration of the
Spanish colonies
• Peninsular wars and the loss of
the Spanish colonies in Latin
America
• Ascendancy of the Spanish
liberals
• Absolutism restored
• UNSTABLE !!!
19TH CENTURY
PHILIPPINES
The Economic Transformation
• Changes in colonial policy produced
more or less systematic efforts to
develop the agricultural resources of the
islands.
• Royal Philippine Company
• Laissez Faire
• Development of an export-crop
economy
19TH CENTURY
PHILIPPINES
The Social Transformation
• Peninsulares, Insulares, Spanish
Mestizos, Chinese Mestizos & Indios
• Mestizo progress
• Re-enter the Chinese
SOCIAL
REARRANGEMENT
S position
• The economic
of the Chinese
mestizos provided
them with a social
status
• From their ranks came
many ilustrados who
later figured in the
movement for reform
and revolution
SECULARIZATION
AND
FILIPINIZATION
• Regular vs Secular
• After the expulsion of the
Jesuits in 1768, there came a
royal decree ordering the
secularization of the
parishes
• 1859 – it further deprived
native priests they had held
for years
1872-1896
CAVITE -- 1872
• Rafael Izquierdo took
over the governorship
from the liberal Carlos
Maria de la Torre
• Issue: tribute and forced
labor
• Accused the GomBurZa
of being leaders of the
Cavite conspiracy
ILUSTRADOS
• constituted the Filipino educated class during the Spanish colonial period in
the late 19th century.

• It may include dark-skinned indios, mixed-blood mestizos and pure-


blooded insulares.
Rizal ’s
• To observe keenly the life and culture,

Secret
languages and customs, industries and
commerce, and government and laws of
the European nations in order to prepare
himself in liberating his oppressed
people.

Missiom
Rizal ’s • “But as God has not made anything useless

Secret
in this world, as all beings fulfill obligations or a
role in the sublime drama of Creation, I cannot
exempt myself from this duty, and small though it
be, I have a mission to fill, as for example:
alleviating the sufferings of my fellowmen…..I
shall strive with fate, and I shall win or
lose….God’s will be done”

Missiom
Marseilles
Naples
Barcelona

RIZAL’S SECRET MISSION


Aden Philippines

Suez Canal Colombo

Singapore

Salvadora
Djemnah
Rizal in Barcelona

• Spain’s second largest city


• According to Rizal, it was unfavorable, thought it was “ugly, with dirty little
inns and inhospitable residents”
• Later he changed his bad impression and came to like the city
• Rizal wrote the “Amor Patrio” (Love of Country)
Rizal in Madrid

• Rizal enrolled in the Universidad Central de Madrid


• Led a Spartan life in Madrid
• Rizal joined the Circulo Hispano-Filipino
• Romance with Consuela Ortiga y Perez
RIZAL AS LOVER OF BOOKS
RIZAL FIRST VISIT TO PARIS

During his first summer vacation in Madrid, Rizal went to Paris from June 17 to
August 20, 1883
RIZAL AS A MASON

He joined the Masonic lodge called Acacia in Madrid. His reason for becoming a
mason was to secure Freemasonry’s aid in his fight against the friars in the
Philippines.
FINANCIAL WORRIES

The monthly allowances of Rizal in Madrid were late in arrival and there were
times when they never arrived, causing much suffering to him.
RIZAL’S SALUTE TO LUNA AND HIDALGO

He celebrated the double victory of the Filipino artists (Luna and Hidalgo) in
the National Exposition of Fine Arts in Madrid
RIZAL INVOLVED IN STUDENT
DEMONSTRATION

In 1884, the serene city of Madrid exploded in bloody riots by the students of
the Central University
Studies Completed in Spain
1882-1883 1883-1884
Medical Clinic - Good Medical Clinic 2 - Good
Surgical Clinic - Good Surgical Clinic 2 - Very Good
Obstetrical Clinic - Fair
Legal Medicine - Excellent Doctorate (1884-1885)
History of Medical Science - Fair
Surgical Analysis - Good
Normal Histology - Excellent
SCHEDULE
July 10 – Group 7
July 11 – Group 8
July 12 – Group 9
July 15 – Group 10/Film Showing
July 16 – Film Showing cont…
July 17 – Working break
July 18 – 2nd LT
July 19 – Last day of class/Sign-up for Orals
July 23-25 – Oral Exam

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