1872 Cavite mutiny Filipino version
- In conclusion, the native Filipino mutiny wants to see the Spanish government expelled from
the Philippines due to the harsh policy of the tyrannical Governor and Captain-General Rafael
de Izquierdo who withdrew the privileges of Filipino employees such as paying the annual
tribute, withholding their wage, and from delivering forced labor in the arsenal in Cavite
weapons factory Hence, The uprisings and movements of a mutiny of native Filipino in Cavite
served as one of the first uprisings of Filipinos against Spanish repression, even though they
know that Spain would have more forces, they still fought until their end resulting in the deaths
of three priests Burgos, Gomez, and Zamora. However, This episode leads to the awakening of
nationalism and eventually to the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution of 1896.
1872 Cavite mutiny Spanish version
- Overview, the event of the Cavite uprising on January 20, 1872, with the 200-men contingent
headed by Sergeant Lamadrid allegedly caused a disturbance to the Spanish government. When
the news reached the iron-fisted Gov. Izquierdo, he readily ordered the reinforcement of the
Spanish forces in Cavite to quell the revolt. Major instigators including Sergeant Lamadrid were
killed in the skirmish, while the GOMBURZA were tried by a court-martial and were sentenced
to die by strangulation. Gov. Rafael Izquierdo thinks Filipino really planned and establish to
open a monarch government with the leader as a Filipino priest and call it a king. Thus, the
revolution was encouraged by the Indio as a sign of many against the injustice of the Spanish
rule. As a result, On 17 February 1872 in an attempt of the Spanish government and Frailocracia
to instill fear among the Filipinos so that they may never commit such a daring act again, the
GOMBURZA were executed. Despite being tragic, this incident was one of the driving forces
behind the development of Filipino nationalism.
