Week 3-Roots of Rizal’s Nationalistic Fervor.pdf

Roots of Rizal

1. Roots of Rizal’s
Nationalistic Fervor

2. Roots of Rizal’s Nationalistic Fervor
•Social, Political, Economic, and Cultural Contexts of the 19th-century Philippines
•Contributors to Rizal’s Nationalism

3. Intended Learning Outcomes
•Identify the social context within which Rizal was situated
•Explain how these changes affected and influenced Jose Rizal
•Analyze various social, political, economic, and cultural changes

4. • Life shaped by society• To understand Rizal’s life → study 19th-century Philippines• Rizal born during Spain’s declining power

5. The Ilustrados
•Educated Filipinos exposed to liberal ideology in Europe
•Rizal inspired by ilustrados
•Awakened national consciousness

6. Rizal and the Term 'Filipino'
•Rizal first used the word 'Filipino' to refer to all people in the Philippines, not just Spaniards
•Promoted unity of all inhabitants

7. Global Influences
•• Industrial Revolution: steam power,
machinery, factories → economic
growth
•• Suez Canal: opened trade, liberal ideas,
and access to books/newspapers

8. Emergence of the Middle Class
•• Filipino merchants and industrialists
grew influential
•• Education became accessible to more
families
•• Propaganda Movement leaders
emerged from this class

9. Spanish Friars' Influence
•• Strong hold of Catholic Church in the
Philippines
•• Friars crucial in maintaining Spanish
power
•• Abuse and corruption → resentment
among Filipinos

10. Spanish Friars' Influence
•• Strong hold of Catholic Church in the
Philippines
•• Friars crucial in maintaining Spanish
power
•• Abuse and corruption → resentment
among Filipinos

11. Rizal’s Opposition to Friars
•• Friars’ dominance prompted Rizal &
propagandists to expose abuses
•• Rizal condemned immorality and
corruption of friars

12. Governor Carlos Ma. Dela Torre
•• Liberal leadership (1869–1871)
•• Promoted liberal measures
•• Influenced Rizal’s nationalist
perspective

13. Governor Rafael Izquierdo
•• Opposite of Dela Torre: harsh and
oppressive
•• Removed reforms and imposed forced
labor
•• His policies led to Cavite Mutiny (1872)

14. Cavite Mutiny
•• Uprising of Filipino soldiers/workers in
Cavite
•• Crushed by Spaniards
•• Participants executed or imprisoned

15. The Gomburza Martyrs
•• Priests Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos,
Jacinto Zamora
•• Executed February 15, 1872 at Bagumbayan
•• Martyrdom awakened Filipino nationalism

16. Impact on Rizal
•• Rizal’s brother Paciano close to Burgos
•• Rizal deeply affected by Gomburza’s
execution
•• Dedicated El Filibusterismo to their memory

17. •• Social, political, and economic changes
shaped Rizal
•• Global and local events awakened
nationalism
•• Rizal’s life and works = legacy of Filipino
national consciousness

18. Thank You for listening!