Cavite Mutiny

• Cavite Mutiny


  1872
• Cavite Mutiny


  • Direct influence and awakened the spirit of nationalism among Filipinos
  • Foundations of the Philippine revolution against Spain from 1896 until the end of the 19th century
• Prof. Xiao Chua's brief discussion with the title "Ang Pag-aaklas sa Cavite (Cavite Mutiny)"
• Din of rifle shots broke the silence in the government arsenal's artillery shops in Cavite


  January 20, 1872
• Events of the Cavite Mutiny

  1. Mutiny spread to Fort San Felipe

  2. 54 marines rose to join the mutiny

  3. Mutineers took refuge at Fort San Felipe

  4. Spaniards assaulted the fort but failed to take it

  5. Reinforcements arrived

  6. Shelling of the fort began

  7. Final assault happened
• 41 mutineers were dead
• 71 were sentenced to summary execution by the Council of War
• 13 were executed as the others sentenced to 10 years imprisonment due to the "magnanimity" of the Spanish sovereign
• Arrest and punish the leaders, followers, and supporters of the failed mutiny (Jose Burgos, Mariano Gomez, and Jacinto Zamora)
• They were sentenced to die through a garrote which happened in Bagumbayan three days after their trial
• Gen. Rafael de Izquierdo's account of the mutiny
• Jose Montero y Vidal's account

  The abolition of privileges enjoyed by the laborers of the Cavite arsenal of the exemption from the tribute was the cause of the insurrection
• Gov. Gen. Rafael Izquierdo's account

  The insurrection was motivated and prepared by the native clergy, by the mestizos and native lawyers, and by those known here as abogadillos
• T.H. Pardo de Tavera's account


  The dissatisfaction of Filipinos from the "draconian policies" of Governor Rafael Izquierdo
• Edmund Plauchut's account


  General Izquierdo blocked the realization of the reforms suggested by the junta created by General La Torre
• The two Spanish accounts state that the mutiny was planned, as a big conspiracy, by the educated leaders, mestizos, abogadillos, the native clergy, and the residents of Manila and Cavite
• Jose Montero y Vidal's account considered as the fullest account of the mutiny was hostile to the Filipino reformist aspiration
• Gov. Gen. Izquierdo's official report exaggerated the mutiny and used it to implicate the native clergy
• Pardo de Tavera's account provided that Filipinos had not yet realized the idea of liberation from Spanish rule when the mutiny was staged
• Conclusions from the combined sources

  • The workers in the Cavite Arsenal as well as the native armies were disappointed when their privileges were abolished by Gov. General Izquierdo
  • Gov. Gen. Izquierdo's strict and rigid policies made Filipinos to turn away from the Spanish government
  • The Central Government in Madrid failed to conduct a thorough investigation of why the mutiny had really transpired
  • The native clergy actively supported the secularization movement which enraged the friars
  • Filipinos responded on what they deemed injustices of the Spanish government
• The martyrdom of the priests (Jose Burgos, Mariano Gomez, and Jacinto Zamora) was justified by the mutiny
• The fateful day of February 17, 1872 was an attempt of the Spanish government and Frailocracia to instil fear among Filipinos
• The events succeeding the fateful occurrences of 1872 would later on pave the way for the realization of the revolution by the Katipunan