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Reinforcement Activity #3 Cracks in The Revolution 2

The document contrasts a primary source, Memoirs of a General by Santiago Alvarez, with a secondary source, Revolt of the Masses by Teodoro Agoncillo. The primary source was written by a general who participated in the revolution firsthand and provides specific dates and locations of events. The secondary source was written later based on research and provides more context around the events and personalities involved. Secondary sources tend to provide more details and context compared to primary sources, which provide raw, firsthand accounts. Both are useful historical sources but from different perspectives.

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Reinforcement Activity #3 Cracks in The Revolution 2

The document contrasts a primary source, Memoirs of a General by Santiago Alvarez, with a secondary source, Revolt of the Masses by Teodoro Agoncillo. The primary source was written by a general who participated in the revolution firsthand and provides specific dates and locations of events. The secondary source was written later based on research and provides more context around the events and personalities involved. Secondary sources tend to provide more details and context compared to primary sources, which provide raw, firsthand accounts. Both are useful historical sources but from different perspectives.

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Reinforcement Activity #3

 Contrasting and comparing primary and secondary sources


Complete the matrix below.

Categories Primary Source Memoirs of a Secondary Source Revolt of


General by Santiago Alvarez the Masses by Teodoro
a.k.a Gen. Apoy Agoncillo
Author’s Background He was born in the year 1872 He was born in 1912 at
in Noveleta, Cavite. He Lemery, Batangas. He
studied under Macario obtained his undergraduate
Hernandez at his school and master’s degrees in
located on Camba Street in Philosophy at the University
Manila. He Attended San of the Philippines in 1934. He
Juan De Letran College and first taught at the Far Eastern
University of Santo Tomas. University and at the Manuel
He resumed his studies in Luis Quezon University. After
1902 at Law School of Liceo the publication of his seminal
De Manila. He guided the works, Revolt of the Masses
Revolution from August 1896 and the Crisis of the Malolos
to 1901 and was honored by Republic, he was invited to
the Lieutenant General, Gen. teach at the University of the
Artemio Recarte from the Philippines where he became
Magdiwang Government as the chairman of the
the Captain General of Head Department of History.
of the Army. Besides being a historian he
was also a literary writer.

Objective of the author The objective of the author The objective of the author
was to make the youth was supposed to be about
recognize and not forget the the biography of Andres
story of revolution and Bonifacio, however, instead
struggle of the of writing his biography, he
revolutionaries. wrote about the history of
revolution itself through his
own knowledge and special
sources.
Date written or It was was published in July It was published in 1956.
published 1927.
Mention of dates  24 March 1897, the - Mid-
meeting of the December
Magdalo and 1896, Andres
Magdiwang leaders Bonifacion and
was postponed for his family left
the next day due to the mountains
the death of Lt. Gen. of montalban
Crispulo Aguinaldo on and Mariquina
that day in the Battle to visit the
of Salitran. Katipunan.
 25 March 1897, the - 2 January
postponed meeting at 1897, Andres
Tejeros with the aim Bonnifacio
of ways regarding wrote a letter
strengthening their to Mariano
defenses in order to Alvarez after
restrict the Spanish his encounter
advance into the rest with Magdalo.
of the province was - Mid-January
finally convened. 1897,
 27 March 1897, gunshots had
eyewitnesses interuppted
revealed that, a the fiesta of
meeting had taken San Francisco
place at the Tanza de Malabon
parish house and that which led to a
the Supremo’s conflict.
decisions regarding
the election at the
friar estate house
were not respected.
 3 April 1897, the
Supremo made a bid
to recapture
Noveleta, however,
despite their fierce
determination and
heavy enemy losses,
they were unable to
dislodge the
Spaniards which
resulted in their
unsuccessful attempt
to retake Noveleta.

Mention of places  Tejeros, a village in


the municipality of
San Francisco de
Malabon.
 Bakaw, a village
where the Spaniards
intercepted by
Mardiwang troops led
by Supremo Bonifacio
and General Apoy.

Key Personalities
Sequencing of events
Differences between
the two accounts
Probable reason why
the differences
-To enlighten all of us that
Thematic motivation of we should all be pleasant and
authors (Why the not violent; not be divided
Tejeros meeting but united; and not be
failed?) greedy from power.

a) What are common with the two documents?


Both are reliable sources as a historical account.
b) What are the differences?
The two documents are told from various angles or perspectives. One of them was there when
the events happened, but the other relied on the earlier and provided details to help its readers
make the connections and provide broader view.

c) Based on the two documents what characteristics do primary sources have?


Primary sources are raw and is very direct to the point. It delivers the information straight away
based off on their own experience.

d) What characteristics do secondary sources have?


The secondary sources are much more detailed and offers more characteristics of the event
compared to the primary sources.

 Identifying the weakness of the Revolution of 1896 based on the documents under
examination
What were the weaknesses that revolution faced in terms of the character of the
personalities involved?
The people involved during the revolution were the same people who brought downfall
upon the agenda of their movement. They were divided, easily-offended, violent towards
each other and greedy from power. These caused the Teiero Convention to fail.

 Judging upon these weaknesses to reflect on our values as a people


What wrong character traits or values do these weaknesses reflect on us as a people?
In my opinion, it reflect us as a people to as we often disagree on one another and cause
the downfall of our fellow countrymen.

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