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    The document discusses different perspectives on the Cry of Balintawak, which marked the beginning of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial rule in 1896. Some historians emphasize the military engagement as the defining moment, while others focus on Bonifacio tearing tax receipts in front of Katipuneros. However, actual accounts do not mention the tearing of cedulas. The Cry of Balintawak really represented the freedom of the Filipino people to fight restrictive Spanish policies. It was the result of repeated meetings by Bonifacio and other Katipunan leaders as they planned the uprising, though not all supported it at first.

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    The document discusses different perspectives on the Cry of Balintawak, which marked the beginning of the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial rule in 1896. Some historians emphasize the military engagement as the defining moment, while others focus on Bonifacio tearing tax receipts in front of Katipuneros. However, actual accounts do not mention the tearing of cedulas. The Cry of Balintawak really represented the freedom of the Filipino people to fight restrictive Spanish policies. It was the result of repeated meetings by Bonifacio and other Katipunan leaders as they planned the uprising, though not all supported it at first.

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    In my opinion, a few journalists consider the primary military engagement with the enemy as the
    defining moment of the Cry. To commemorate this military occasion upon his return from banishin Hong
    Kong, Emilio Aguinaldo commissioned a “Himno de Balintawak” to proclaim recharged battling after the
    failed peace of the agreement of Biyak na Bato. The historian Teodoro Agoncillo chose to emphasize
    Bonifacio’s tearing of the cedula (tax receipt) before a crowd of Katipuneros who then broke out in
    cheers. However, Guardia Civil Manuel Sityar never mentioned in his memoirs (1896-1898) the tearing
    or inspection of the cedula, but did note the pacto de sangre (blood pact) mark on every single Filipino
    he met in August 1896 on his reconnaissance missions around Balintawak. I’d like to think of it as none
    other than freedom of expression, that a large number of people congregated, in unity to fight over
    certain issues they found too restricting, too beneath them that they no longer contain it so together
    with the others, expressed their discontent by tearing their ‘cedula’. The Cry of Balintawak (or
    whatever other historians call it) is synonymous to the tearing of cedulas (community tax certificates) by
    members of the Katipunan led by Andres Bonifacio. However, to simplify this monumental event as one
    where Bonifacio and his followers cried for a revolution outside someone’s yard and tore apart their
    cedulas would do it an injustice. In fact, Bonifacio and other top-ranking members of the Katipunan
    would repeatedly meet and discuss behind closed doors during those fateful days when the Spanish
    authorities discovered their existence. Also, not all leaders of the Katipunan were in favor of the uprising
    (three of them being Teodoro Plata, Briccio Pantas and PioValenzuela). It was only after Bonifacio
    managed to implead the majority that the revolution finally got underway; the tearing of the cedulas
    was a mere afterthought (which could be the reason why there are so many differing accounts of the
    “Cry”).These events vitalized the unity of the Filipino People and brought “thirst” for independence. The
    Cry of the Rebellion in Pugad Lawin, marked the start of the Philippine Revolution in 1896 which
    eventually led to Independence of the country in 1898.

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