A national hero in the Philippines is a man named Jose Rizal that would reveal the corruption of the Spaniards and the Roman Catholic Church towards the Filipinos due to his writings that would change the history of the Philippines.
The Spaniards were very powerful during the 1500s. They began to take over cities/countries. The wanted to take over the Philippine island because of three main reasons and those are: they wanted to spread the Roman Catholic religion, during that time the spice trade in Asia was very prosperous and it would benefit them, and lastly conquering many nations would give them more political voice in the world4. A man named Ferdinand Magellen who was Portugal and set sailed and discovered the Philippines. …show more content…
Not only did the Catholic religion grow among the people, but the Catholic friars and priests became more wealthy and politically strong. The Spanish government pushed the Filipino priests away which resulted in a Filipino nationalist. One of the most famous works of writing called the Noli Me Tangere which was written by Jose Rizal. He would change the history of the Philippines5.
The Philippine’s history was changed by a young man named Jose Rizal. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonso Realonda was born on June 19, 1861 on the island of Calamba in the Philippines. His father was named Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado De Alejandro and mother was Teodora Morales Alonzo Realonda De Quintos. He was the seventh child out of eleven siblings and 2 was born into a wealthy family. At a very early age Jose showed a love for learning which would benefit him in the …show more content…
Of course this was an offense to the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines and when he returned to the Philippines he was to report to the Spanish government to further explain his ideas. Although the government was more forgiving rather than the Catholic church, but this did not stop Jose from writing a sequel called El Filibusterismo in 1891. 6During writing the sequel, Jose Rizal was not in the Philippines since he was considered a traitor for writing those books. He soon returned the Philippines and started a political group of people that wanted peace for the Philippines2. There was a group called the Katipunan that was founded by Andres Bonifacio, they wanted to revolt, but Jose Rizal did not approve of this idea. The Katipunan revolted in August 1895. Shortly after Jose Rizal was arrested and charged with sedition and ordered to killed by the firing squad1. On December 30,1896, he stood in front of the firing squad and requested that he could face the firing squad to show that he was not afraid of death, but the commander was ordered that he must face away. He had one last request and that was not to be shot in the head. As he stood there and the first shot was fired he turned his body to the right toward the firing squad and his face was facing upward and that ended the life of Jose