RIZAL ANNOTATION ON MORGA'S SUCCESSOS

Question 1

he is the author of the sucesos de las islas filipinas

Answer 1

Antonio de Morga Sachez Garay

Question 2

he is a Spanish Lieutenant-Governor of the Philippine
- educator
- Lawyer
- Oidor
- Soldier and writer

Answer 2

Antonio de Morga Sachez Garay

Question 3

what is the scope of the sucesos de las islas filipinas

Answer 3

• Events described cover the years 1493-1603
• and the history proper of the islands from 1565 (philippine island)

Question 4

what is the purpose of the sucesos de las islas filipinas

Answer 4

To commemorate the achievements of the Spaniards in their discovery, conquest, and conversion of the Las Islas Filipinas.

Question 5

mission of the MISSION CIVILISATRICE

Answer 5

Civilizing mission of Europeans to uplift indigenous peoples from barbarism and paganism.

Question 6

a colonization and urbanization of colonies from 15th to 16th centuries.

Resettlement activity of native inhabitants from scattered barrios to compact villages or “plaza complexes.”

Answer 6

Reducción

Question 7

aimed to consolidate colonial control over Philippine indigenous communities by compelling prominent individuals to relocate into poblaciónes within hearing distance of church-bells (bajo de la Campana). (

Answer 7

Reducción

Question 8

church-bells also known as

Answer 8

(bajo de la Campana).

Question 9

WHY RIZAL CHOSE MORGA’S SUCESOS?

Answer 9

1. The original book was rare.
2. Morga was a layman not a religious chronicler.
3. Rizal thought Morga to be more objective.
4. Morga was more sympathetic to the indios.
5. Morga was not only an eyewitness but a major actor in the events he narrates.

Question 10

Rizal titled it in long Spanish

Answer 10

Sucesos de las islas Filipinas por el Doctor Antonio de Morga. ((Events in the Philippines Islands by Dr. Antonio de Morga)

Question 11

in this chapter of Morga describe the the pre- colonial Filipinos or the indios during the Spanish contact. This chapter was significant to the goal of Rizal to re-construct the pre-colonial Philippines. (

Answer 11

chapter VIII

Question 12

Rizal footnotes established the ff:

Answer 12

• Radical historical critique.
• Indictment of Spanish colonial rule.
• Beginning of systematic comparative study of the past and the present.

Question 13

Rizal’s instructive footnotes are grouped into ff:

Answer 13

• Philippine precolonial culture and society.
• Immediate impact of the conquest.
• Long-term impact of colonial rule.
• Samples of Rizal’s deconstructive ideas against Spanish colonial discourse.
• Rizal’s hypothesis about why Philippines society succumbed so easily to Spanish conquest.

Question 14

Rizal set to this footnote that was always been the first sign of European conquest in Asia Pacific.

Answer 14

death, violence, oppression and destruction

Question 15

Rizal notes that long-term effects of colonial rule resulted ?

Answer 15

• economic underdevelopment
• destruction of the indigenous culture
• worsening demoralization of native population

Question 16

Rizal take note of the words in Morga’s account and deconstruct it.

Answer 16

“pacify”, “entrust”, “treachery” and “piracy”

Question 17

why morga used the word pacify?

Answer 17

r to make peace in describing Spanish campaigns in the Philippines.

Question 18

pacify means in rizal pov

Answer 18

to make war or to sow animosities

Question 19

According to Morga, it was the first act of “piracy”.

Answer 19

Datus Sali and Silonga of Mindanao raid the island of Panay in 1599

Question 20

Rizal counters that the earliest acts of “piracy” is?

Answer 20

those committed by Magellan expedition.

Question 21

Morga said that they were only two seasons in the islands;

Answer 21

winter from June to September and summer from October to May

Question 22

Rizal’s annotations fall into two categories:

Answer 22

• Straightforward historical annotation
• Strong anti-clerical bias (“pious lies”)

Question 22

FUNCTIONS OF RIZAL ΑΝΝΟΤΑΤIONS

Answer 22

• To confirm, correct or highlight the importance of certain observations.

-To draw contrast between the flourished precolonial society and to the worsening colonial regime, or simply to demonstrate the destructive effects of colonization.

• To highlight similarities in culture among various regions in the archipelago to establish a common heritage.
• To show the precolonial connection of the Philippine natives to the inhabitants of the Asia- Pacific region.
• To expose the falsehood of white mythologies.
• To deconstruct Spanish orientalism.

Question 23

Rizal published 3 books with distinct components:

Answer 23

• Noli Me Tangere dealt with the PRESENT
• El Filibussterismo dealt with FUTURE
• Rizal’s Morga dwell on the PAST