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THE FIRST CRY OF THE

REVOLUTION
The first cry marked the start of the Philippine
Revolution against the 300 years of colonization by
Spain. This is where the remarkable tearing of cedulas
took place— which for Andres Bonifacio is the sign of
slavery of Filipinos to the Spaniards. This event
happened after the members of Katipunan were tracked
and imprisoned after being expose to the spaniards.
Bonifacio then rose up in revolt somewhere outside the
city with the agenda of attacking the Spanish
Government. The revolt later grow in strength and
spread to provinces including Manila, Bulacan, Cavite,
Pampanga, Tarlac, Laguna, Batangas, and Nueva Ecija—
which were eventually represented by the eight rays of
the sun in the present Filipino flag.
DEFINITION OF CRY

The debate has long been clouded by a lack of consensus to


exactly what is meant by “cry”. The term has been applied to
these related but distinct events.

• The “ Pasya ” ̶ the decision to revolt


• The “ Pagpupunit “ ̶ the tearing of cedulas
• The “ Unang Labanan” ̶ the first encounter with spanish

These three events state the obvious, did not happen at the
same time and place when and where the “ cry “ should be
commemorated thus depends on how it is desined.
Among the historians who have studied the “ cry “ in
greatest detail. There is a sharp divergence of opinion
as to how the term should be defined.

1. Teodoro A. Aboncillo ̶ equates the term with the


pagpupunit, which he says happened immediately
after the pasya.

2. Isagani R. Medina ̶ takes the “ cry “ to mean the


pagpupunit, but says it happened before the decision
to revolt had been taken.

3. Soledad Borromeo ̶ Buehler ̶ takes the traditional


view that KKK veterans took, she says that the “ cry “
should mean the unang labanan.
DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS OF EYEWITNESSES

Different Katipunan personalities contradicted the time


and place of the first Cry of the Philippine Revolution,
among them were Pio Valenzuela, Santiago Alvarez and
Gillermo Masangkay.
PIO VALENZUELA Y ALEJANDRO
(JULY 14, 1869 - April 6, 1956)

A Filipino physician and revolutionary leader. Pio


Valenzuela was studying medicine at the
University of St. Tomas when he joined
Bonifacio’s Katipunan. At that time, katipunan
was barely a week old. As one of its original
members, the doctor took on the responsibility
of establishing factions of the secret security in
different parts of morong or Rizal Province and
Bulacan.
>Account in the First Cry (cry of the Pugad
Lawin)

• Based on the accounts of Pio Valenzuela, the first place of


refuge ofKatipunan was in Balintawak specifically at the house and
yard of Apolinario Samson at kangkong on August 22, 1896. Among
himself were Andres Bonifacio, Procopio Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto,
Teodoro Plata and Agueldo del Rosario. There was no big decision
made there rather only views were exchanged.

• His second account—taken from his book memoirs of


revolution, the cry took place at Pugad Lawin on August 23, 1896
at the store-house and yard of Juan Ramos. It is here wherein they
debated whether the revolution against the Spanish government
was to be started or not on August 29, 1896. Only Teodoro Plata
protested and fought against war. After the intense debate, the
people tore their cedula certificates and shouted “ long live the
Philippines ᴉ ” “ long live the Philippines ᴉ ”.
SANTIAGO VIRATA ALVARES
( JULY 25, 1872 – OCTOBER 30, 1930 )

A revolutionary general and a founder and honorary


president of the first directorate of the Nationalista party.
Prior to the revolt, he was already a delgado general of the
provincial council of the Katipunan in Cavite, he also
penned “ kidlat ng Apoy “ because of his bravery and
dedication of Cavite’s famous battle.
 Account on the First Cry (Cry of the Bahay Toro)

• According to him, the cry happened on August 24, 1896 at the Bahay
Toro in Pugad Lawin.

• His narration of the events tells that they went through a tiring
journey to the house of Apolinario Samson at Kangkong. On August 22,
1896, Bonifacio boundary where they gathered later on the Supremo was
worried of an enemy attack so he decided to move to a site called Bahay
Toro.

• It was on August 23, 1896 wherein they arrived at the residence of


Cabesang Melchora. By the next day, Katipunan where increased and
crowded the house and yard.

• On the 24th at ten o’clock, Bonifacio eared a meeting inside the barn
along his side were Valenzuela, Jacinto, Tores, Pacheco, and others. The
approved matters were : the uprising shall take place at midnight of
Saturday, August 29, 1986 stay on alert so that the katipunan forces could
strike where the enemy was at its disadvantage.

• After the meeting was adjourned, there were loud shouts “ long live
the Son’s of the People”.
GUILLERMO MASANGKAY
(JUNE 25, 1867 – MAY 30, 1963)

Also one of the first members of the Katipunan and


played a key role in the Filipino American war as a
revolutionary general. He is a friend and adviser of
Andres Bonifacio, his accounts contributed to the
understanding of the city of Balintawak and the
death of Bonifacio.
 Accounts on the First Cry (Cry of Balintawak)

• The uprising happened on August 26, 1896 at


Balintawak just like the first two perspective from earlier,
the main goal of the meeting was to decide when the
uprising was to take place.

• In his narrative, a big meeting was held in Balintawak


in the house of Apolinario Samson with the presence of
Andres Bonifacio as the Presider, Emilio Jacinto as the
secretary, Agueldo del Rosario, Tomas Remigio, Boriccio
Pantas, Teodoro Plata, Pio Valenzuela and others.

• According to him, Plata, Pantas and Valenzuela


opposed the idea of starting the revolution too early and
without adequate preparation.

• Bonifacio asked the people to pledge in revolt through


It is said that if they were not to start the uprising
early, hundreds might be shot. Everyone then voted for
revolution despite the protests of other leaders.

• After the decision was made, the people shouted


“long live the Philippine Republic”.
Similarities of each accounts:
• The location where they will all meet, which is the house of Apolinio
Samson Kangkong Balintawak.
• The date of the first meeting in the house of Apolinio Samson which is
August 22, 1896, (Narrative were similar except for Masangkay)
• The third detail is the second location of their second meeting which is
in Bahay Toro in Pugad Lawin that is now part of the Project of Quezon
City, which is the house of Melchora Aquino, which is so called as the
“Mother of Katipunan”.
• The estimated number of Katipuneros that came for the second meeting
in Bahay Toro, which is more than 1000 members.
• The fifth detail is similar to each other except for Santiago Alvarez
account, this is about the disapproval of certain Katipuneros in starting the
revolution too early. In Pio Valenzuela’s account, he mentioned that
Teodoro Plata is the only person who disagree on starting the revolution
on August 29, 1896 but in Guillermo Masangkay’s account, he mentioned
that Teodoro Plata and two others, which is Briccio Pantas and Pio
Valenzuela opposed on starting the revolution early.
• Last detail is when they tore their cedulas. In Dr. Pio Valenzuela’s
account and Guillermo Masangkay’s account, the Katipuneros tore their
cedulas but in Santiago Alvarez, they did not.
Historian’s Take

• Teodoro Agoncillo:
1. His narration of Cry in his book followed Valenzuela’s “Memoirs”,
claiming that Pasya was taken at Juan Ramo’s place in Pugad Lawin.
However, he did not fully adhere to Valenzuela’s version of events, there
was no disclosure regarding this matter. The only sources he cites
alongside Valenzuela’s at this juncture in Revolt are two other KKK
veterans, Guillermo Masangkay and Francisco Carreon, neither of whom
ever acknowledge the existence of a place called Pugad Lawin at all.
2. Mainly upon his advice, it is commonly said that the Philippine
government ruled that the term “Cry of Balintawak” should be discarded in
favor of “Cry of Pugad Lawin”.

• Dr. Milagros Guerrero, Ramon Villegas and Emmanuel


Encarnacion
1. Each location told by the eyewitnesses are located in Balintawak
Caloocan and if the narratives are combined, it depicted that Bonifacio and
the Katipunan were travelling to different places in the area getting caught
by the Spaniards.
2. According to them August 29, 1896 should be the commemorate
date because it was them that the birth of the revolution took place.
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