1. Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal

2. Rizal (from the Spanish word
Jose Protacio Rizal ricial, meaning green field or
Nickname is Pepe pasture)
-National Hero of the Philippines
-Pride of the Malayan Race
-Born June 19, 1861 in Calamba
Laguna
-7th child in a family of 11
children (2boys and 9 girls)
-Francisco Mercado Rizal (Father)
-Teodora Alonzo y Quintos (Mother)
-at the age of 3 he learned the
alphabet
-at 5 he showed inclinations to be an
artist
-at 8 he wrote a Tagalog Poem
(Sa Aking Mga Kabata)
-at 16 he obtaines his bachelor of
Arts Degree in Ateneo Municipal de
Manila

3. -1877 he enrolled in Philosophy and -mastered 22 languages.
Letters in University of Santo Tomas
-versatile genius
-He finished the latter course on March
While in europe he had several works
21, 1877 and passed the Surveyor’s
examination on May 21, 1878.
-Noli me tangere
-In 1878, he enrolled in medicine at -SUCCESSOS DE LAS ISLAS
the University of Santo Tomas. FILIPINAS
-May 3, 1882, he sailed for Spain -EL FILIBUSTERISMO
where he continued his studies at the
Universidad Central de Madrid
-June 21, 1884, at the age of 23, he was
conferred the degree of Licentiate in
Medicine
-June 19,1885, at the age of 24, he
finished his course in Philosophy and
Letters with a grade of "excellent."

4. rizal the romantic
There were nine women linked with Rizal
Josephine Bracken
-they met in Dapitan
-the adopted daughter of George Taufer
from Hong Kong

6. July 3, 1892 La Liga Filipina
(The Philippine League)
Diodato Arellano Ambrosio Salvador
(Secretary) (President)
Bonifacio Arevalo Agustin dela Rosa
(Treasurer) (Fiscal)

7. Purposes of the Liga
• To unite the whole archipelago into one
compact, vigorous, and homogenous body;
• Mutual protection in every want and
necessity;
• Defense against all violence and injustice;
• Encouragement of instruction, agriculture,
and commerce; and
• Study and application of reforms.

8. The Split
La Liga Filipina
Cuerpo de Katipunan
Compromisarios

9. La Liga
Filipina
was a progressive organization
created by Dr. Jose Rizal in the
Philippines
conceived the idea of
establishing a civic association
composed of Filipinos
members were Deodato
Arellano, Andrés Bonifacio,
Anastacio Carpio and
Apolinario Mabini

10. The Katipunan
Kataastaasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan nang
manga Anak ng Bayan
Tondo, Manila
July 7, 1892 Supremo (Supreme)
of the Katipunan
Andres Bonifacio

11. - The Katipunan drew inspiration
from Jose Rizal, whose nationalist
writings stirred an oppressed nation
into action...
...Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)
and the El Filibusterismo (The Subversive),
denounced the decadent colonial order
presided by the incompetent and abusive
colonial officials and the backward and
immoral frailocracy.

12. IT IS A REVOLUTION AND NOT A
REFORM!
* They were interested in liberating the country from the
tyranny of the Spaniards, and the only way, to their minds,
to accomplish their end was to prepare the people for an
armed conflict.

13. The Katipunan Objectives
1. Political objectives - consisted in working for the separation
of the Philippines from Spain.
2. Moral objective - revolved about around the teaching of good
manners, hygiene, good morals, and attacking
obscurantism, religious fanaticism, and weakness of character.
3. Civic aim - revolved around the principle of self-help and
the defense of the poor and the oppressed

14. Propaganda Movement
Jose Rizal
Marcelo H. Del Pilar
Mariano Ponce
- they were called the “Glorious Trinity of
the Propaganda Movement”.

15. Propaganda Movement Goals of the Propaganda
On Dec 13, 1888 - they -Representation of the Philippines in
established in Barcelona the the Cortes Generales, the Spanish
La Solidaridad. parliament;
-Secularization of the clergy;
- This movement called for
the annexation of the -Legalization of Spanish and Filipino
Philippines, Filipino equality;
representation in the
Spanish legislature, freedom -Creation of a public school system
independent of the friars;
of speech and the press, and
Filipino equality before the - Abolition of the polo (labor
law. service) and vandala (forced sale of
local products to the government);

16. -Guarantee of basic freedoms of
speech and association;
-Equal opportunity for Filipinos
and - -Spanish to enter
government service.
-Recognition of the Philippines as a
province of Spain
-Secularization of Philippine
parishes
- Recognition of human rights

17. Noli Me
Tangere
a novel published in Berlin
Germany in 1887
Originally written in Spanish

18. El Filibusterismo
A second novel written by
Rizal which is a sequel of
Noli Me Tangere
published in 1891 in
Ghent, Belgium

19. His life and contribution
in Dapitan
-physician
-engineer
-Educator
-Agriculturist
-Businessman
-Inventor
-Artist
-Linguist
-scientist