Topic #1: Philippine Historical Controversies

Question 1

What was the Title of the Memoir that was written by Pio Valenzuela that stated that the Cry happened in 23rd of August 1896 at Pugadlawin

Answer 1

Memoirs of the K.K.K.

Question 2

Who wrote the Memoirs of the K.K.K.

Answer 2

Pio Valenzuela

Question 3

According to Pio Valenzuela’s early accounts when did the Cry of Balintawak Happen?

Answer 3

August 26th 1896

Question 4

The name of the exact location of the cry

Answer 4

Pasong Tamo / Pugad Lawin / Melchora Aquino’s House

Question 5

Arguments that the cry happened in Pugadlawin

Answer 5

• Pio Valenzuela’s retraction of his earlier accounts that the Cry happened in 23rd of August 1896 instead of the 26th of August, 1986
• Teodoro Agoncillo’s claim of finding the exact spot of Ramos’ place, after hearing the account that the Katipuneros were first in Juan Ramos’ house but had to travel to Pasong Tamo through the night and were there the following day.
• Sanatiago Alvarez’s account that the Revolution happened on August 21 to 24

Question 6

What do you call the event that catapulted The Philippine Revolution

Answer 6

The First Cry

Question 7

When was the Katipunan found by the Spaniards?

Answer 7

August 19, 1896

Question 8

Arguments that support that the cry happened in Balintawak

Answer 8

• Pugad Lawin was never an officially recognized as a place name on any map before the WWII
• Pugad Lawin appeared in the maps only 32 years after the event at 1928
• The entire place was called Balintawak

Question 9

The event that was a brief uprising of 200 Filipino Troops and workers at the Cavite Arsenal, which became the excuse for Spanish repression of the embryonic Philippine Nationalist Movement

Answer 9

Cavite Mutiny

Question 10

When did the Cavite Mutiny happen

Answer 10

January 20, 1872

Question 11

Who was the reactionary governor when the mutiny took place

Answer 11

Rafael de Izquierdo

Question 12

The Three priests who were publicly executed

Answer 12

Jose Burgos
Jacinto Zamora
Mariano Gomez

Question 13

How were the priests killed

Answer 13

garrote

Question 14

Arguments that support that the Cavite Mutiny was a Conspiracy

Answer 14

• The timing and execution of the mutiny as it happened in the early morning of January 20, 1872
• Civilian Leaders were involved in the planning and support of the mutiny
• Presence of subversive literature and propaganda found in the Filipino Military

Question 15

Where did the Cavite Mutiny Happen?

Answer 15

Fort San Felipe Arsenal in Cavite

Question 16

Arguments that the mutiny was a labor issue

Answer 16

• the abolishment of exemption of the tribute tax as they were revoked by General Rafael Izquierdo
• the GomBurZa did not instigate the Mutiny as they were active in the secularization of the church in order for Filipino priests to assume leadership roles in Parishes
• majority of the protesters were laborers
• Edmund Plauchut’s account of the Mutiny - it was the outcome of labor discontent

Question 17

full name of Jose Rizal

Answer 17

Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Question 18

Arguments that Rizal did not Retract

Answer 18

• The document was forged
• No document that testifies Bracken and Rizal’s marriage
• Rizal had no proper Burial after his Death