GE 2 HISTORY Flashcards
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past
George Orwell 1984
“History is the witness of the times, the light of the truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, and the messenger of antiquity.”
Cicero Roman Statesman
Two major considerations
- History relates to everything that had happened in the past.
- History refers to a kind of research or inquiry.
The meaning of history can be broken down into three (3) dimensions
First: History is focus on human activities
Second: History as a field of inquiry, generally fall in the science, particularly to the
social sciences.
Finally: History is concerned with the past
learning by investigation or inquiry
Historia
Relevance of History
- Bridging the gap between the present and the past;
- Projecting the future
- Interpreting condition of a given space and time;
Explaining the causes of things and events;
Promoting Nationalism and Patriotism.
“devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty.”
Patriotism
“the policy or doctrine of asserting the interests of one’s own nation viewed as separate from the interests of other nations or the common interests of all nations.” In
short, nationalism is a kind of excessive, aggressive patriotism.
Nationalism
are those sources produced simultaneously as the event, period, or subject being studied.
Primary sources
are sources produced by an author who relied on primary
sources to write the material. In other words, secondary sources are products of historical research that other historians use for additional information or as background to their study
Secondary sources
First Cry of the Philippine Revolution
Balintawak vs. Pugadlawin
- one of the original members of the
- Katipunan. designated to build the KKK in Cavite.
- Friend and adviser of Bonifacio
Guillermo Masangkay – Balintawak
- was a prominent 20th-century Filipino historian
- Author of Revolt of the Masses: The Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan
- History of the Filipino People
Teodoro Agoncillo – Pugadlawin
means ‘call for a revolution’
Marked by the tearing of cedulas
“El Grito De Rebelion’’
Discovery of the KKK
August 19, 1896
initial move of the Filipinos to begin the revolution for independence
First Cry of the Philippine Revolution
What is the meaning of the “CRY”?
Public proclamation
- Based his article from Pio Valenzuela’s narratives
- Valenzuela’s accounts published as Memoirs of the KKK & the Revolution
- Valenzuela’s first version was the Cry of Balintawak as fresh from his memory in an inter August 26, 1896 view by a Spanish investigator
Agoncillo
- First Cry-Balintawak August 26,1896 (1932 interview by the Sunday Tribune Magazine)
Revolution began on August 23, 1896 in Pugadlawin (1957 Interview with Bagong Buhay)
Masangkay
Based his article from Pio Valenzuela’s narratives
Valenzuela’s accounts published as Memoirs of the KKK & the Revolution
Valenzuela’s first version was the Cry of Balintawak as fresh from his memory in an inter August 26, 1896 view by a Spanish investigator
Agoncillo
occurs when an interpretation does not offer enough details to provide a fuller picture of what happened in the past, which could lead to an incomplete and inaccurate version of the historical account.
Oversimplification
Historical interpretations are affected by the
tentativeness of history
is based on inadequate evidence
historical interpretation
