Lesson 20

• Katipunan


  A revolutionary society founded by Andres Bonifacio
• Bonifacio commissioned Dr. Pio Valenzuela to go to Dapitan in June 1896 to confer with Rizal
• Bonifacio's Preparations

  Contracted some millionaires to fund the Katipunan but they refused
• While revolution broke out led by Andres Bonifacio in August 23, 1896, Rizal was in the steamer Castilla waiting for his departure for Spain
• The Spanish military court presented the following evidences against Rizal during his trial:

  
  

  Rizal’s picture hung in the meeting place of the Katipunan
• Renato Constantino- Rizal was against the Philippine revolution
• Gregorio Zaide- Rizal had given his word of honor to the Spanish authorities while in Dapitan
• Teodoro Agoncillo- Rizal was not against revolution only in the absence of preparation and arms.
• Valenzuela revealed the Katipunan and its aims to Rizal
• Rizal's Advice

  The revolution of Cuba against Spain failed because of lack of arms
• Rizal's Advice

  Influential and wealthy Filipinos be attracted to the cause of the society
• Rizal's Advice

  Unity among all classes of Filipinos
• Rizal's Advice

  Antonio Luna be appointed to direct all military operations
• Bonifacio's Preparations

  While revolution broke out led by Andres Bonifacio in August 23, 1896, Rizal was in the steamer Castilla waiting for his departure for Spain
• Bonifacio's Preparations

  A wave of arrests followed, some were executed, exiled to the Pacific after torture and imprisoned in Fort Santiago, and while others escaped the country by bribing the officials
• Bonifacio's Preparations

  The incriminating documents were then left in Katipunan hideouts to be found by the Spanish authorities
• Bonifacio's Preparations

  Jacinto prepared a list of uncooperative Filipinos and had their movements monitored and their signatures forged on Katipunan papers which stated that they were not only sympathizers but contributors to the Katipunan fund
• Bonifacio's Preparations

  Bonifacio hoped that once arrested and probably tortured, these rich Filipinos would then hate the Spaniards and be converted
• Bonifacio's Preparations

  Bonifacio decided to implicate the uncooperative elites with the Katipunan
• Bonifacio's Preparations

  Following Rizal’s advice, the Katipuneros contracted some millionaires to fund the Katipunan but they refused
• The Spanish military court presented the following evidences against Rizal during his trial:

  Rizal’ name was used as one of the passwords of the Katipunan
• The Spanish military court presented the following evidences against Rizal during his trial:

  Without his consent and knowledge, he was the honorary president of the Katipunan
• The Spanish military court presented the following evidences against Rizal during his trial:

  Some Katipuneros carried a photograph of Rizal in their pockets like an anting anting
• Rizal during the trial

  I am not guilty of rebellion as I even advised Dr. Pio Valenzuela in Dapitan not to rise in revolution
• Rizal during the trial

  The revolutionists used my name without my knowledge
• Rizal during the trial

  If I had a hand in the Katipunan revolution, I could have escaped Dapitan and should have not built a house there
• Rizal during the trial

  If I were the chief of the revolution, why did they not consult me on their plans?
• The third kind of Katipunan membership was called Bayani with a password Rizal