The document summarizes key events and organizations during the Philippine reform movement against Spanish colonial rule in the late 1800s. It discusses the role of middle class reformists like Jose Rizal, Graciano Lopez Jaena, and Marcelo H. del Pilar in establishing organizations like La Solidaridad newspaper, La Liga Filipina, and Masonic lodges to peacefully advocate for reforms, representation in Spanish government, and assimilation into Spain through words and ideas rather than violence. These efforts aimed to address issues like land seizure, taxation, and lack of rights under the colonial system.
The document summarizes key events and organizations during the Philippine reform movement against Spanish colonial rule in the late 1800s. It discusses the role of middle class reformists like Jose Rizal, Graciano Lopez Jaena, and Marcelo H. del Pilar in establishing organizations like La Solidaridad newspaper, La Liga Filipina, and Masonic lodges to peacefully advocate for reforms, representation in Spanish government, and assimilation into Spain through words and ideas rather than violence. These efforts aimed to address issues like land seizure, taxation, and lack of rights under the colonial system.
The document summarizes key events and organizations during the Philippine reform movement against Spanish colonial rule in the late 1800s. It discusses the role of middle class reformists like Jose Rizal, Graciano Lopez Jaena, and Marcelo H. del Pilar in establishing organizations like La Solidaridad newspaper, La Liga Filipina, and Masonic lodges to peacefully advocate for reforms, representation in Spanish government, and assimilation into Spain through words and ideas rather than violence. These efforts aimed to address issues like land seizure, taxation, and lack of rights under the colonial system.
The document summarizes key events and organizations during the Philippine reform movement against Spanish colonial rule in the late 1800s. It discusses the role of middle class reformists like Jose Rizal, Graciano Lopez Jaena, and Marcelo H. del Pilar in establishing organizations like La Solidaridad newspaper, La Liga Filipina, and Masonic lodges to peacefully advocate for reforms, representation in Spanish government, and assimilation into Spain through words and ideas rather than violence. These efforts aimed to address issues like land seizure, taxation, and lack of rights under the colonial system.
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The Philippine local condition during
the Spanish colonialism was similar to
what happened in Latin America. The Spanish seized land and established huge plantations which made rich men out of landowners. Some of the indigenous people mixed with the Spanish, some were overwhelmed by them. Both groups adopted Catholicism. Jose Rizal's La Verdad para Todos in La Solidaridad Elusive Peasant, Weak State: Sharecropping and the Changing Meaning of Debt Sugar Capitalism: The Divergent Paths of Haciendas on Negros Island and the Hacienda de Calamba Philippine History: The Campaign for Reforms Reform Movement
• A movement brought by the unjust execution of the
three Filipino priests, Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora and the crave of the middle classes for a more secure position in the social pyramid The Role of the Middle Class Middle class -Spanish and Chinese mestizos and the insulates
3 social classes of Spanish period:
1. peninsulares – Spaniards born in Spain. 2. Insulares – Spaniards born in the Philippines 3. Indios – natives or indigenous people. The Nature of the Reform Movement
The movement has no clamor for independence it only
aims for the assimilation of the Philippines to Spain (to make the Philippines a province of Spain) so that the Filipinos: *would become Spanish citizens *would be represented in the Spanish Cortes to be able to participate in the making of laws that may benefit the country. And that goal has to be attained by peaceful means using the power of words. The Great Reformist Graciano Lopez Jaena *Born in Jaro Ilo-ilo, on December 17,1856 son of Placido Lopez and Maria Jacobo Jaena Studied at Seminary of Jaro and Enrolled in medicine at University of Valencia *1880- he secretly left for Spain because he found himself object to manhunt *1882- he delivered a speech during the International Congress of Industrial Geography in defense of the Filipinos *February 15, 1889 became an Editor at the first circulation of La Solidaridad *January 20 1896 – He died of tuberculosis Marcelo H. del Pilar
Born in Barrio Kupang, Bulakan, on August 30, 1850
son of Julian H. Del Pilar and Blasa Gatmaitan *The political analyst of the Filipino colony in Spain Studied at College of San Jose and at University of Sto. Tomas where he finished his law course in 1880 *1882 – founded Diariong Tagalog *July 4, 1896 – he died Jose Rizal
* Born in Calamba Laguna on June 9 1861 to Francisco
Mercado and Teodora Alonzo. * Wrote the poem “Sa Aking Mga Kababata” at the age of eight * Enrolled at Ateneo Municipal and at a time at University of Sto. Tomas * 1891-he finished El Filibusterismo * December 30, 1896 he was shot to death La Solidaridad
A news paper that rises as an answer to the needs of
bringing to the attention of the Peninsular Spaniards the so-called Philippine problem *February 15, 1889 – the first number came out in Barcelona with Lopez Jaena as Editor *December 1889 – M. H. del Pilar took over the editorship The aims of La Solidaridad *During Jaenas editorship To combat reaction, to stop all retrogressive steps, to extol and adopt liberal ideas, to defend progress and to be a propagandist of democratic ideas *Under Del Pilars editorship the aims of the sol was expanded to include: the removal of the friars and secularization, active participation in the affairs of government, freedom of speech of the press and the assembly, a wider social and political freedom, equality before the law, assimilation and the representation in the Spanish Cortes Pen names used by the reformist: *Rizal- Dimas Alang and Laong Laan; Mariano Ponce- tikbalang, Naning and Kalipulako; M.H. del Pilar as Plaridel; Jose Ma. Panganiban as Jomapa In its six years of existence the Sol represented the ideals of the Filipino reformist group and succeeded in exposing the evil in the Filipino Society. The Hispano-Filipino Association
*January 12, 1889 An association composed of Spaniards and
Filipinos who favored in granting the reform in the colony was inaugurated in Madrid. Their campaigns resulted in the passage of law in the Cortes which would have been of benefit to the Filipino if it had been carried out *1893 – the society secure the passage of Maura Law, a law for the compulsory teaching of Spanish and initiation of reforms in the judiciary *February 21 1895- representative Emilio Junoy presented a petition in the Cortes that urged no less than 52 towns to favor parliamentary representation of the Philippines The Role of Freemasonry
*April 1 1889- G. Lopez Jaena established the Masonic lodge
revolution in Barcelona *1890- the lodgeLa Solidaridad was established in Madrid Pedro Serrano Laktaw and Antonio Luna established Masonic Lodges in the Philippines: *Nilad- was established on January 6, 1891 It became the focus of propaganda activities and became responsible in the maintenance of unity it also served as a pattern for the methods and organization of the Katipunan because Andress Bonifacio was a Mason La Liga Filipina Founded
*By Rizal on July 3, 1892 at a house in Tondo.
It aims to unite the archipelago into one compact, vigorous, and homogenous body; for mutual protection of every want and necessity defence against all violence and injustice encouragement of instruction, agriculture and commerce study and application of reforms. All this aims are to be carried out through the creation of governing body composed of the Supreme Council, Provincial Council and Popular Council.