NATIONALISM

DEFINITIONS:
Devotion
Aspirations
Love of country
and sacrifice

Nationalism is
more than a
sentiment

Nationalism is
both power
and philosophy
of power

FACTORS IN
THE BIRTH OF
PHILIPPINES
NATIONALISM

GROUP
ACTIVITY

Factors that gave rise to

Philippine
Nationalism:
1. The opening of the Philippines to the
world market
2. The opening of Suez Canal
3. The development of education and
liberal ideas
4. The rise of middle class
5. The abuses and injustices of the
Spaniards
6. The Secularization Issue
7. The Cavite Uprising (Gomburza
Execution)

CRITERIA
Presentation 10 points
Content 15 points
Organization 5 points
TOTAL: 30 points

OPENING OF
THE
PHILIPPINES TO
WORLD TRADE

CAUSE:

Ports were
opened to
foreign ships
* Foreign and
local trade
*

EFFECTS:
System of
communication
and transportation
was improved.

**THE OPENING
OF THE SUEZ
CANAL **

CAUSE:

Joined two
important
waterways, the
Mediterranean
Sea and the Red

EFFECTS:
Many Spaniards and
Filipinos found it easier
to travel from the
Philippines to Europe
and back
Exposed the Filipinos to
modern ideas of liberty

ENTRY OF
LIBERAL IDEAS

CAUSE:
* Political theories of
social philosophers
which criticized
absolutism

Voltaire

SOCIAL
PHILOSOPHERS

Jean
Jacques
Rousseau

Voltaire

John Locke

EFFECTS:
* Erase the false
ideas about
human rights

EMERGENCE
OF THE MIDDLE
CLASS

CAUSE:
* Standard of
living improved
* Middle Class
existed

EFFECTS:
* high position in

society
* become
influential
* Echoed the ideas

Dr. Jose Rizal

Dr. Jose Rizal

Pedro Paterno

Marcelo H. del Pillar

Jose Burgos

Graciano
Lopez Jaena

Mariano Ponce

Started the
campaign for
reforms

THE ABUSES
and INJUSTICES
of the
SPANIARDS

**Political
Reforms Under
Governor-General
Carlos dela Torre
**

CAUSE:
* Liberal ideas

EFFECTS:
* Thirst for
freedom grew
more

**Disillusionme
nt Over
Spanish Rule

CAUSE:
heavy taxation
suppression of
basic freedom
and rights

EFFECTS:
* Rebellion
* Unity

THE
SECULARIZATION
ISSUE

CAUSE:
* Regular priest
Spanish priest
* Secular priest
Filipino priest
* Racial discrimination

EFFECTS:
* movement was
launched championing
the rights of Filipino
priests led by the
GOMBURZA and Pelaez

THE CAVITE

CAUSE:
* rebellion of La
Madrid, a Filipino
sergeant , and the
soldiers and workers
at the Cavite arsenal

EFFECTS:
* leaders were
executed
* priests were
imprisoned

GOMBURZA
EXECUTION

MARIANO
GOMES

JOSE
BURGOS

JACINTO
ZAMORA

CAUSE:
*

Three priests were

tried for their alleged
involvement in the
Cavite uprising

EFFECTS:
* the execution
further aggravated
the hatred of the
Filipinos

REFLECTION
No one help the
Philippines
except the
Filipinos