Philippine Revolution
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Divide et impera
During the Spanish colonial period, Filipinos did not think of themselves as Filipinos but Pampanguenos, Ilocanos, Cebuanos, etc. The Spanish military would quell uprisings from one region with natives from another in accordance with Roman military principle, Divide et impera. The story of Diego Silang is a good example. Natives from Macabebe, Pampanga were used as soldiers against the rebellion in the Ilocos. Diego Silang wanted to establish an Ilocano nation. The term Filipino referred to Spaniards. Differences in culture and language alienated natives from each other. Chavacano for example, developed at first as a pidgin language as native workers could not communicate with their own native language.Peaceful reformation
The Philippine revolution was precipitated by peaceful and organized demands for reforms by Filipino intellectuals called the illustrados. The Church was a major factor and higly influential in the government of the society of colonial Philippines. Attempts were made by native filipinos for reforms within the Philippine Church heirarchy and structure. The reforms did not even demand a separate government or republic . All possible means for peaceful reforms were exhausted. However, the colonial government further outraged the filipinos by executing the priests Gomez, Burgos and Zamora and the illustradoJose Rizal.Emergence of a Filipino Consciousness and Identity
The martyrdom of Gomburza, and propaganda literature by the ilustrados and literature of Jose Rizal gradually formed a unified Filipino consciousness and identity. Natives from different regions started to coordinate and interact with each other. For the first time, revolutionaries united against the Spaniards when the Katipunan was formed.See also
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