Cavite mutiny and martyrdom of gomburza biography

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GomBurZa and the Recoletos: Uncovering Historical Facts

One hundred and fifty-two years ago, on February 17, 1872, three Filipino diocesan priests – Padre Mariano Gomes, Padre Jose Burgos, and Padre Jacinto Zamora – were publicly executed by strangulation, a method known as garrote vil, at Bagumbayan (now Rizal Park). They had been arrested on allegations of involvement in the failed January 20, 1872 Cavite Mutiny. Despite their pleas for a fair trial, their defense was never heard by the military tribunal. Instead, they were immediately imprisoned and sentenced to death by Governor-General Rafael Izquierdo.

According to Teodoro Agoncillo, a Filipino historian, the execution of the three priests marked a significant turning point in Filipino Nationalism. Their martyrdom served as a catalyst, igniting the flames of resistance and fueling the growing sentiment for independence. Indeed, this tragic event would later be recognized as a precursor to the Philippine Revolution

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Gomburza

Group of three Filipino martyred priests

For the film, see GomBurZa (film).

Gomburza, alternatively stylized as GOMBURZA or GomBurZa ("Gom" for Gómes, "Bur" for Burgos, and "Za" for Zamora),^[1] refers to three Filipino Catholicpriests, Mariano Gómes, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora, who were executed by a garrote on February 17, 1872, in Bagumbayan, Philippines by Spanish colonial authorities on charges of subversion arising from the 1872 Cavite mutiny. The name is a portmanteau of the priests' surnames.

Gomburza incurred the hatred of Spanish authorities for fighting for equal rights among priests and leading the campaign against the Spanish friars. They fought on the issues of secularization in the Philippines that led to the conflict of religious and church seculars.^[2]

Their execution had a profound effect on many late 19th-century Filipinos; José Rizal, later to become the country's national hero, would dedicate his novel El

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Philippine History cavite Mutiny Report.ppt
1. The Cavite Mutiny
2. The Cavite Mutiny fryst vatten one of the most significant historical accounts in the Philippine History.
3. It describes the uprising of the Filipino troops and workers at the Cavite arsenal due to the removal of the privileges: exemption from the tribute exemption from forced labor.
4. Exemption from the tribute
6. exemption from forced labor: • All male Filipinos from 18 to 60 years of age were required to give their free labor, called polo, to the government. This labor was for 40 days a year, reduced to 15 days in 1884.
8. It is an aim of natives “to get rid of the Spanish government in the Philippines” which became the excuse for Spanish repression of the emergent Philippine nationalist movement.
9. The mutiny was quickly cluttered, Governor Rafael de Izquierdo magnified the incident and used it as an excuse to clamp down on those Filipinos who had been calling for governmental reform.
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