Name: Jannah S. Sapungan Date Submitted: March 22, 2022
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Reflection paper about Cavite mutiny
Cavite Mutiny is known to be the uprising and revolution of troops and workers at Cavite
where Filipino workers fought against Spanish troops due to Spanish repression. As a current
Filipino citizen, I do believe that the significance of the Cavite in modern times lies in our own
sense of Nationalism. These uprisings and movements served as one of the first uprisings of
Filipinos against Spanish repression, even though they know that Spain would have more forces,
they still fought until their end resulting in the deaths of three priests Burgos, Gomez, and
Zamora. I do believe that their execution is unjustifiable since I also believe that the Spanish side
of the whole story is false.
These events are used as a source of inspiration and caution for us Filipinos who would
like to express our own opinion against the Government and other organizations that are
mistreating our country and countrymen. we must know when how to voice out our opinions
effectively and safely since we might also be falsely accused like the Three priests during that
era. To sum it all up, I do believe that the Cavite Mutiny is relevant in the current society due to
its effects on our beliefs, morals, and rights. If the Cavite Mutiny didn’t happen, then those that
were executed would have survived for longer. Perhaps later on they would have formed a
successful independence militia to fight for Filipino independence so perhaps the Philippines
would gain independence earlier, but this is hard to determine.
On the side of the mutineers, this incident was used to voice their sentiments against
unfair treatment Spanish government treats their Filipino and Mestizo soldiers, compared to their
treatment of Spanish soldiers. On the other side, they used the mutiny as an excuse to purge all
the dissent brewing that time. For example, they used GomBurZa, a trio of Filipino priests that
wanted reform inside the Church executed as scapegoats. The Cavite Mutiny is interesting,
because there are a number of differing contemporary accounts of it, and there are a number of
different views as to its importance in the subsequent history of the Philippines.
