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1. Dr. Jose Rizal established the La Liga Filipina to help impoverished Filipinos through loans, scholarships, and legal assistance. However, the Spanish authorities saw its goals of uniting the archipelago and advocating for rule of law as threats to Spanish rule, leading to Rizal's exile. 2. During Rizal's four-year exile in Dapitan, he served as a doctor, teacher, farmer and helped the community in many ways. This experience revealed Rizal's true character as a selfless hero who donated his earnings to civic causes. 3. The historian Floro Quibuyen considers Rizal's exile a "Moment of

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1. Dr. Jose Rizal established the La Liga Filipina to help impoverished Filipinos through loans, scholarships, and legal assistance. However, the Spanish authorities saw its goals of uniting the archipelago and advocating for rule of law as threats to Spanish rule, leading to Rizal's exile. 2. During Rizal's four-year exile in Dapitan, he served as a doctor, teacher, farmer and helped the community in many ways. This experience revealed Rizal's true character as a selfless hero who donated his earnings to civic causes. 3. The historian Floro Quibuyen considers Rizal's exile a "Moment of

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The Pursuit of Nationhood (1892-1896)


1. Read the aims and content of the La Liga Filipina constitution and probe if there are dangerous or
treasonous statements in it. Choose 5 statements. Briefly discuss your answers in 5-7 sentences as to why
it rattled the Spanish government that led to Jose Rizal’s exile to Dapitan. (5 pts)
Dr. Jose Rizal’s La Liga Filipina was established to uplift the lives of Filipinos during the late Spanish colonial era
and to serve as a haven for impoverished Filipino families who wished to become financially secured by obtaining
mutual aids such as economic loans, scholarship grants, and legal assistance1. However, the league’s aims were
misinterpreted by Spanish authorities as treasonous to the Spanish government, like its first goal which was to unite
the whole archipelago. Here, Rizal recognized the importance of the capacity for collective action as a precondition
for economic prosperity2 but Spanish officials deemed this as a collective threat to the status quo and therefore sent
Rizal into exile in Dapitan. The league’s second aim, which was to provide mutual protection in every case of trouble
and need by advocating for a functional rule of law and an impartial justice system toward a social order that
dispenses violence, was acknowledged by Rizal as a vital step toward the prosperity of his country 3but then again,
the Spanish government perceived it as treasonous which made it one of the grounds of Rizal’s exile. Moreover, the
league’s third aim, which was to serve as a defense against all violence and injustices, was the most subversive act
the Spaniards had seen from the league because they thought that Filipinos were starting to arm themselves. The
fourth aim of La Liga, which was to develop education, agriculture, and commerce, was also recognized by Rizal as
an indispensable role of the league to enlighten Filipinas through quality and affordable education as well as to make
the agricultural economy of the archipelago progressive 4 but it was then again viewed as a threat to the Spanish
government. Lastly, the fifth aim of La Liga, which was to study and implement reforms in the Philippine society, was
also considered by Rizal as a foundational framework to build the civic structures and institutions in the event of
Philippine independence5 but this was later discovered by Spanish authorities, deemed it as treasonous, and forced
Rizal into exile.
2. Explain in 5-7 sentences why the historian Floro Quibuyen considers Rizal’s exile of Dapitan as part of the
“Moment of Truth.” What is it with his experiences in Dapitan that made Rizal a true hero? (5 pts)
Rizal’s exile in Dapitan had become Rizal’s most unappreciated legacy of his life 6. During his four years of stay
there, he played the role of many civic professions such as a doctor, social worker, farmer, social entrepreneur,
scientist, teacher, inter alia. He genuinely helped his fellow compatriots in many ways possible and in the smallest
and biggest of things. He also discovered various things in that place which fulfilled his curiosity as a human being.
Moreover, he donated his cumulative earnings from his part-time jobs to civic institutions such as schools and
hospitals. Therefore, it cannot be denied that Rizal is the epitome of a true Filipino and a true hero.

Bibliography

1
Jensen Mañebog, “The La Liga Filipina and Its Constitution,” Our Happy School, August 13, 2017,
https://ourhappyschool.com/philippine-studies/la-liga-filipina-and-its-constitution
2
Karl Robert Jandoc, La Liga Filipina: Rizal and institutional change (Manoa: University of Hawai’i, 2011), 161. PDF e-book.
3
Jandoc, La Liga Filipina, 168.
4
Jandoc, La Liga Filipina, 168-77.
5
Jandoc, La Liga Filipina, 177.
6
Floro Quibuyen, “Rizal’s Legacy for the 21st Century: Progressive Education, Social Entrepreneurship, and Community
Development in Dapitan,” Social Science Diliman 7, no. 2 (December 2011): 1. ISSN 2012-0796.
Jandoc, Karl Robert. La Liga Filipina: Rizal and institutional change. Manoa: University of Hawai’i, 2011. PDF e-book.
Mañebog, Jensen. “The La Liga Filipina and Its Constitution.” Our Happy School, August 13, 2017.
https://ourhappyschool.com/philippine-studies/la-liga-filipina-and-its-constitution
Quibuyen, Floro. “Rizal’s Legacy for the 21st Century: Progressive Education, Social Entrepreneurship, and
Community Development.” Social Science Diliman 7, no. 2 (December 2011): 1-29. ISSN 2012-0796.

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