CRY OF BALINTAWAK or PUGAD LAWIN

Question 1

There are different versions on the dates for the first cry of the revolution as well as its venue. This controversy up to this time remains unsolved. It is believed that the so-called Cry took place in Balintawak, but others would say that it really happened in

Answer 1

Pugad Lawin

Question 2

there are four different versions to consider in knowing the real date and place of the cry, and these include:

Answer 2

1. Cry of Pugad Lawin by Pio Valenzuela
2. The Cry of Bahay Toro by Santiago Alvarez
3. First Cry by Gregoria de Jesus
4. The Cry of Balintawak by Guillermo Masangkay

Question 3

CRY OF PUGAD LAWIN
by Pio Valenzuela

Answer 3

(August 23, 1896)

Question 4

In his earlier version, he told that the prime staging point of the Cry was in Balintawak on Wednesday of August 26, 1896. He held this account when the events are still vivid in his memory. Later in his life, and with a fading memory, he wrote his Memoirs of the Revolution without consulting the written documents of the Philippine revolution, and claimed that the “Cry” took place at Pugad Lawin on August 23, 1896.

Answer 4

Pio Valenzuela

Question 5

The first place of Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto, Procopio Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata, Aguedo del Rosario, and Pio Valenzuela was .

Answer 5

Balintawak

Question 6

The first five arrived there on Aug. 19 and Pio on Aug. 20.

Answer 6

Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto, Procopio Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata, Aguedo del Rosario,

Question 7

Some 500 members of the Katipunan met on Aug. 22 at the house and yard of

Answer 7

Apolonio Samson at Kangkong.

Question 8

The first place of Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto, Procopio Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata, Aguedo del Rosario, and Pio Valenzuela was Balintawak. The first five arrived there on Aug. 19 and Pio on Aug. 20. Some 500 members of the Katipunan met on Aug. 22 at the house and yard of Apolonio Samson at Kangkong. Aside from the persons mentioned who were there are

Answer 8

Briccio Pantas, Alejandro Santiago, Ramon Bernardo, Apolonio Samson, and others.

Question 9

Only views were exchanged here and no resolution was debated nor adopted. It was at Pugad Lawin, in the house and yard of Juan Ramos (son of Melchora Aquino) where over _____ members of the Katipunan met, and carried out considerable debate and discussion on ___________________

Answer 9

• over 1,000
• August 23, 1896.

Question 10

Juan Ramos

Answer 10

(son of Melchora Aquino)

Question 11

Only one man protested against a war, and that was ________________, Bonifacio’s brother- in-law.

Answer 11

Teodoro Plata

Question 12

Among those present at this meeting were Enrique Cipriano, Alfonso Pacheco, Tomas Remigio, Sinforoso San Pedro, and others. After the tumultuous meeting, many of those present tore their cedula certificate and shouted________________________________________________

Answer 12

“Long live the Philippines! Long live the Philippines!”

Question 13

THE CRY OF BAHAY TORO by Santiago Alvarez

Answer 13

(August 24, 1896)

Question 14

This version of the “Cry” was written by a well-known Katipunero from Cavite and a son a Mariano Alvarez.

Answer 14

Santiago Alvarez

Question 15

Santiago is a relative of?

Answer 15

a relative of Gregoria de Jesus, wife of Andres Bonifacio.

Question 16

Unlike the author of the first version (Pio Valenzuela), Santiago Alvarez is _____________________________. As a result, this version of him is not given of equal value as compared with the other versions, since the authors of the other accounts were actually part of the historic event.

Answer 16

not an eyewitness of this event

Question 17

• As early as 10 am, at the barn of Kabesang Melchora (Aquino) at barrio Bahay Toro, Katipuneros met together. About 500 of them arrived, ready and eager to join the “Supremo” Andres Bonifacio and his men.

Answer 17

Aug. 23 (Sunday)

Question 18

Aug. 24 (Monday) - The “Supremo” decided to hold a meeting at 10 am inside the big barn. There were about 1,000 Katipuneros. It was 12 noon when the meeting adjourned amidst loud cries of _______________________________________________

Answer 18

“Long live the Sons of the Country!”

Question 19

FIRST CRY
by Gregoria de Jesus

Answer 19

(August 25, 1896)

Question 20

This version was written by no other than the wife of Andres Bonifacio, also known as the “Lakambini of the Katipunan.” She has been a participant of this event and became the keeper of the secret documents of the Katipunan.

Answer 20

Gregoria de Jesus

Question 21

After the revolution in August 1896, Gregoria de Jesus lived with her parents in Caloocan then fled to __________ when she was told that Spanish authorities wanted to arrest her.

Answer 21

Manila

Question 22

The activities of the Katipunan had nearly reached all corners of the Philippine archipelago, so that when its existence was discovered and some of the members arrested, they immediately returned to ___________

Answer 22

Caloocan.

Question 23

However, as they were being closely watched by the Spanish authorities, Andres Bonifacio and other Katipuneros left the town after a few days. It was then that the uprising began, with the first cry for freedom on____________. Meanwhile, Gregoria was with her parents. Through her friends she learned that Spanish were coming to arrest her. She immediately left the town to return to Manila.

Answer 23

Aug. 25, 1896.

Question 24

THE CRY OF BALINTAWAK
by Guillermo Masangkay

Answer 24

(August 26, 1896)

Question 25

This version was written by the Katipunan General who was an eyewitness of the historic event.

Answer 25

THE CRY OF BALINTAWAK
by Guillermo Masangkay (August 26, 1896)

Question 26

He was a childhood friend of Bonifacio. According to him, the first rally of the Philippine revolution happened on Aug. 26, 1896 at Balintawak. Correspondingly, the date and the venue presented were accepted by the preliminary years of American government.

Answer 26

Guillermo Magsangkay

Question 27

On August 26, a big meeting was held in Balintawak, at the house of Apolonio Samson, the _____________________________________.

Answer 27

the cabeza of that barrio in Caloocan

Question 28

THE CRY OF BALINTAWAK
by Guillermo Masangkay

Among those who attended were: (They were all leaders of the Katipunan and composed of the board of directors of the organization. )

Answer 28

Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto, Aguedo del Rosario, Tomas Remigio, Briccio Pantas, Teodoro Plata, Pio Valenzuela, Enrique Pacheco, and Francisco Carreon.

Question 29

At about 9 o’clock in the morning of Aug. 26, the meeting was opened with Andres Bonifacio presiding and Emilio Jacinto acting _____________________

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acting as secretary.

Question 30

THE CRY OF BALINTAWAK
by Guillermo Masangkay (August 26, 1896)

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss ______________________________________.

Answer 30

when the uprising was to take place

Question 31

Teodoro Plata (Bonifacio’s brother-in-law), Briccio Pantas, and Pio Valenzuela were all

Answer 31

opposed to starting the revolution too early

Question 32

. They reasoned that the people would be in distress if the revolution were started without adequate preparation

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Teodoro Plata (Bonifacio’s brother-in-law), Briccio Pantas, and Pio Valenzuela

Question 33

who was very forceful in his argument, stating that the uprising could not very well be started without the arms and food for the soldiers

Answer 33

Plata

Question 34

who used Rizal’s argument about the rich not siding with the Katipunan organization?

Answer 34

Valenzuela

Question 35

Andres Bonifacio, sensing that he would lose in the discussion then, left the session hall and talked to the people who were waiting outside for the result of the

Answer 35

meeting of the leaders.

Question 36

who told the people that the leaders were arguing against starting the revolution early. He appealed to them in a fiery speech in which he said “You remember the fate of our countrymen who were shot in Bagumbayan. Should we return now to the towns, the Spaniards will only shoot us. Our organization has been discovered and we are all marked men. If we don’t start the uprising, the Spaniards will get us anyway. What then, do you say?”

“Revolt!” the people shouted as one.

Answer 36

Bonifacio

Question 37

Bonifacio then asked the people to give a pledge that they were to revolt. He told them that the sign of slavery of the Filipinos were the ____________ charged to each citizen.

Answer 37

cedula tax

Question 38

“If it is true that you are ready to revolt, I want to see you destroy your cedulas. It will be the sign that all of us have declared our severance from the Spaniards.” With tears in their eyes, the people as one, pulled out their ________and tore them to pieces.

Answer 38

cedulas

Question 39

It was the beginning of the formal declaration of the separation from rule. With their cedulas destroyed, they could no longer go back to their homes because the Spaniards would persecute them, if not for being Katipuneros, for having __________

Answer 39

no cedulas.

Question 40

People who had no cedulas during those days were ____________________.

Answer 40

severely punished

Question 41

When the ___________________ was obtained by Bonifacio, he returned to the session hall and informed the leaders of what took place outside.

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people’s pledge

Question 42

who said: “The people want to revolt and they have destroyed their cedulas,”. “So now we have to start the uprising, otherwise the people by hundreds will be shot.”

There was no alternative; the board of directors (in spite of the protests of Plata, Pantas, and Valenzuela) voted for the revolution. And when this was decided, the people outside shouted “Long live the Philippine Republic!”

Answer 42

Bonifacio

Question 43

At about 5 o’clock in the afternoon while the gathering at Balintawak was celebrating the decision of the Katipunan leaders to start the uprising, the guards who were up in trees to watch for any possible intruders or approach of enemy, gave the warning that the __________ were coming.

Answer 43

Spaniards

Question 44

Led by ___________, __________________ and other leaders of the Katipunan, the men were distributed in strategic positions and were prepared for the attack of the civil guards.

Answer 44

Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto

Question 45

who was with a group stationed on the bank of a small creek, guarding the places where the Spaniards were to pass, in order to reach the meeting place of the katipuneros?

Answer 45

Gen. Masangkay

Question 46

Shots were then fired by the civil guards, and that was the beginning of the fire which later became such a huge

Answer 46

conflagration.