MEMBERS: CANOY, ARGEL CUATON, PRENCESS DIESTRO, LORJANE ENIOLA, EARLYN JOY FORNILLOS, JULIANNE
SUMMARY:
The failure of the reform movement led even a reformist like Marcelo H. Del Pilar to think of revolution. “Insurection”, Del Pilar wrote in La Solidaridad, “is the last remedy, especially when the people have acquired the belief that peaceful means to secure the remedies for evils prove futile.
The Founding of the Katipunan
On July 7, 1892, the newspapers published the news about the arrest of Rizal the previous night and the governor-general’s order to banish him to Dapitan. • Patriotic Filipinos met at a house on Azcarraga Street, Manila (now Claro M. Recto Ave.) these men were Andres Bonifacio, Teodoro Plata, Valentin Diaz, Ladislao Diwa, Deodato Arellano. • They organized the secret society called “Kataastaasan Kagalanggalangang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan KKK or Katipunan)
The Aims and Structure of the Katipunan
Andres Bonifacio laid down three primary objectives of the Katipunan: civic, political, and moral. • Civic – was based on the principle of self-help and the defense of the weak and the poor. • Political – was the separation of the Philippines from Spain to secure the independence of the colony. • Moral – focused on the teaching of good manners, hygiene, and good moral character.
The Katipunan Government The Katipunan had three governing bodies: The Kataastaasang Sanggunian or Supreme Council, the Sangguniang Bayan or Provincial Council, and Sangguniang Balangay or Popular Council. Respectively, they were the equivalent of the central government, the provincial government, and the municipal government.
• Judicial Council –