• The Seed

of Filipino
Nationalism
The Development of
Filipino Nationalism
 Causes of Filipino Revolts

1. The desire to regain our lost

freedom.

2.The Spanish abuses/oppression.

3. Agrarian complaints or the loss of
the Filipino lands.

4. The Religious intolerance of the

Spanish authorities..
 All Revolts, from Lakandula to
Apolinario Dela Cruz had failed.
There were two reasons why our
early revolts against Spain failed:
1.The Absence of Nationalism

2.Lack of National Leaders.

 The Meaning of Nationalism
• Nationalism is simply love of country
with all its inhabitants.
• A state of awareness that a nation does
exist and is made of people who owe
allegiance not only to a tribe, clan, or
region nor to any religious or political
entity.
 Factors that contributed to
the birth of Filipino
Nationalism:

1.The opening of the Philippines to the

international or world trade.
2. The Rise of the middle class.
3.The secularization controversy.
4.The influx of Liberal ideas from
Europe.
5. The Opening of the Suez Canal.
(Ferdinand De Lesseps)

7. The Martyrdom of Gomburza.

 Propaganda Movement

The unjust execution of fathers

Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and
Jacinto Zamora was a turning point
in the history of the Philippines.
It marked the beginning of
a new era as the propaganda period.
 Propaganda Movement

A peaceful campaign
organization using literary
endeavor as mouthpiece to
publicize the political,
economic and religious
problems in the colony.
Among their specific goals
were:

>Representation of the
Philippines in the
Cortes(Spanish parliament).

>Secularization of the clergy;

>Legalization of Spanish and
Filipino equality;

>Creation of a public school

system independent of the
friars.
>Abolition of the polo(labor
service) and bandala (forced sale
of local products to the
government)

>Guarantee of basic freedom of

speech and association

>Equal opportunity for Filipinos

and Spaniards to enter
government service.
 Propagandist
Graciano Lopez
Jaena

•1889, he
established La
Solidaridad in
Barcelona

•He died of
tuberculosis.
 Dr. Jose P. Rizal
The most
outstanding
among the
propagandist
December 30,
1896
Rizal was shot
to death by a
firing squad at
Bagumbayan.
In1889 he started the
newspaper,
La Solidaridad
(Solidarity), that
circulated both in Spain
and the Philippines and
was the medium of the
Propaganda Movement.
 Marcelo H. del Pilar(1850-1896))

•The political
analyst of the
propaganda
movement and
the greatest
journalist
produced by the
Filipino race
•Editor of La
Solidaridad
Literatures of the Propaganda
Movement
• Marcelo H. del Pilar
• Diariong Tagalog, Caiingat Cayo, La
Frailocracia en Filipinas, Dasalan at Toksohan,
and La Sobrenia Monacal, dudas, Pasiong
Dapat Ipag-alab ng Taong Babasa, Dupluhan,
Sagot ng Espania sa Hibik ng Filipinas, and
Kadakilaan ng Diyos.
Graciano Lopez Jaena
• La Solidaridad, Fray Botod, Esperaza, and La
Hija del Fraile.
Jose Rizal
• Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo, The
Indolence of the Filipinos, Philippines a
Century Hence, To the Filipino Youth, and Mi
Ultimo Adios. And the Organization of La Liga
Filipina.
Used pen names:
Rizal: Dimasalang and Laong Laan;
Mariano Ponce: Tikbalang, Naning
and Kalipulako;
Antonio Luna: Taga-ilog;
Marcelo H. del Pilar: Plaridel
Jose Ma. Panganiban: Jomapa
 Ang La Solidaridad ang naging
pangalan ng isang samahan ng mga
Pilipinong ilustrado sa Espanya na
naghangad na magkaroon ng
representasyon ang Pilipinas sa
Cortes Generales
 Reasons for the failure of the
Propaganda Movement

When the time came the financial

support from the Philippines gradually
lessened until finally it was put to an end;

Due to leadership crisis;

With the failure of the
Propaganda Movement,
the Filipinos gave up the
last ditch of hope to
peaceful means. Andres
Bonifacio led the Filipinos
to a new phase of social
and political awareness
marked by the founding of
Katipunan.