Group 4 THE PROPAGANDA MOVEMENT Flashcards
The Philippine Propaganda Movement encompassed the activities of a group based in Spain but coming from the Philippines, composed of
Indios
Mestizos
Insulares
Peninsulares
-(indigenous peoples) is a
Indios
-(mixed race),is a
Mestizos
(Spaniards born in the Philippines, also known as “Filipinos”
Insulares
-(Spaniards born in Spain) who called for political reforms in the Philippines in the late 19th century, and produced books, leaflets, and newspaper articles to educate others about their goals and issues they were trying to solve.
Peninsulares
- reform and national consciousness movement that arose among young Filipino expatriates in the late 19th century.
Propaganda Movement
- Although its adherents expressed loyalty to the Spanish colonial government, harshly repressed the movement and executed its most prominent member, José Rizal.
Spanish authorities
Aim of Propaganda Movement
- Equality of Filipino and Spaniard before the law.
- Assimilation of the Philippines as a regular province in Spain.
- Restoration of Philippines representation in Cortes.
- Filipinazation of Philippines parishes
- Individual liberties for Filipino.
In 1888 Filipino expatriate journalist founded the newspaper La Solidaridad in Barcelona
Graciano Lopez Jaena
urged reforms in both religion and government in the Philippines, and it served as the voice of what became known as the Propaganda Movement.
La Solidaridad
.- One of the foremost contributors to La Solidaridad was the precocious
José Rizal y Mercado
Rizal wrote two political novels:
Noli me tangere (1887; Touch Me Not) and El filibusterismo (1891; The Reign of Greed)
-emerged as the three leading figures of the Propaganda Movement, and magazines, poetry, and pamphleteering flourished.
López Jaena, Rizal, and journalist Marcelo del Pilar
Noli me tangere means -
(1887; Touch Me Not)
El filibusterismo means-
1891; The Reign of Greed)