LESSON: CONTENT AND CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF SELECTED PRIMARY SOURCES IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY

THE KKK AND THE KARTILYA NG KATIPUNAN

(Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan) - arguably the most important organization formed in the Philippine history - envisioned a united Filipino nation that would revolt against the Spaniards for the total independence of the country from Spain

Ladrones Islands

- "Island of the Thieves" - presently known as the Marianas Islands, located south-southeast of Japan, west-southwest of Hawaii, north of New Guinea, east of Philippines

March 1521

- Landing at Zamal Islands (now Samar) but Magellan decided to land in another uninhabited Island.

April 14, 1521

- Magellan spoke to the King and other principal men of the islands. He encouraged the king to be a good Christian by burning all of the idols and worship the cross instead - the King of Cebu was then baptized as Christian

November 8, 1521

- arrived in Moluccas - 2 ships left: Trinidad and Victoria - Trinidad was left for repair but was caught

Emilio Jacinto

- at 24 y/o in the town of Magdalena Laguna, he died from Malaria

ANTONIO PIGAFETTA

- is an Italian nobleman who accompanied Ferdinand Magellan in his fateful circumnavigation of the world - His travelogue is one of the most important primary sources in the study of the precolonial Philippines

Pacific Ocean

- named by Magellan "Mar Pacifico" (Tranquil or Calm) - took Magellan 99 days to cross

KARTILYA NG KATIPUNAN

- one of the most important documents - original title was "Manga Aral Nang Katipunan ng A.N.B." or "Lessons of the Organization of the Sons of Country" - the document was written by Emilio Jacinto in 1896 - Katipunan's code of conduct - contains 14 rules

Diego Silang

- was known as an Ilocano who took up his arms and led one of the longest running revolts in the country. - was mainly concerned about his locality and referred to himself as El Rey de Ilocos (the King of Ilocos)

Emilio Jacinto

- was only 18 years old when he joined the movement - he was a law student at Universidad de Santo Tomas - he became the secretary of the organization and took charge in the short-lived printing press of the Katipunan

Treaty of Tordesillas Line

An agreement between Portugal and Spain which declared that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal. - everything that is westward can explored by Spain, eastward by Portugal

Rizal's execution

December 30, 1896 - was done to "please the greedy body of friars in their insatiable desire to seek revenge upon and exterminate all those who are opposed to their Machiavellian purposes, which tramples upon the penal code prescribed for these islands."

March 31, 1521

First Mass in the Philippines - Easter Sunday - Magellan ordered the chaplain to preside mass by the shore

Juan Serrano

He was already wounded and shouted at the men in the ship asking them to pay ransom so he would be spared, but the men refused and would not allow anyone to go to the shore. The fleet departed and abandoned him.

Cavite Mutiny

January 20, 1872 turning point in Philippine history that led to the Reform movement - GomBurZa - caused the infamous execution of the martyred. native priests Jose Burgos, Mariano Gomez, and Jacinto Zamora, "whose innocent blood was shed through the intrigues of those so-called religious orders" that incited the three secular priests in the said mutiny.

Enrique de Malacca

Magellan's slave/interpreter

June 12, 1898

THE PROCLAMATION OF THE PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE - Province of Cavite - End of 333 years of Spanish Colonization

March 6, 1521

The expedition landed at the island of Guam.

Duarte Barbosa

The new captain after Magellan's death

April 15, 1897

What was the date when Bonifacio appointed Jacinto (he was 22y/o) as a commander of the Katipunan in Northern Luzon?

The First Voyage Around the World by Magellan

a book written by Antonio Pigafetta - published after Pigafetta returned to Italy

Red and Blue

are associated with courage and peace

KATIPUNAN

created a complex structure --and a defined value system that would guide the organization as a collective aspiring for a single goal

March 18, 1521

first encounter of the Spaniards and the Filipinos where Filipinos welcomed the Spaniards accordingly - visited Humunu Island (now Homonhon) "watering Place of good signs" - First sign of golds were seen in the place. - named the islands as Archipelago of St. Lazarus

Raia Siagu

first king

Raia Calambu

king of Zuluan and Calagan (Butuan and Caragua)

March 16, 1521

magellan arrived in homonhon at the mouth of leyte gulf it is the date when Magellan reached the island Homonhon (now Samar)

September 20, 1519

magellans voyage sailed into the atlantic ocean - Magellan has 5 ships, 270 crew members

White Triangle

signifying the distinctive emblem of the famous Society of the "Katipunan" which by means of its blood compact inspired the masses to rise in revolution represents the Katipunan

- Magellan's arrival in the Philippines. - His (Magellan) encounter with local leaders - His (Magellan) death in the hands of Lapulapu's forces in the battle of Mactan - The departure of what was left of Magellan's fleet from the Islands.

some of Antonio Pigafetta's accounts:

September 6, 1522

year when the survivors of magellans expedition returned to spain - Victoria was able to return to Spain under the leadership of Sebastian Elcano - 18 survivors - a total of 35 was able to return to Spain after they were released from being captured and imprisoned

April 26, 1521

zula, a rival of lapulapu in the island of mactan went to cebu and reported that the latter refused to accept the authority of magellan - went to see Magellan and asked him for a boat full of men so that he would be able to fight Silapulapu (Lapulapu)