First Cry of Philippine Revolution: Position Paper
First Cry of Philippine Revolution: Position Paper
First Cry of Philippine Revolution: Position Paper
Philippine Revolution
Submitted by:
Calica, Euver
Redillas, Jade
Tolentino, Elijah
AE – 201
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or may not be true and valid for the others; there will only be a few which will be
embraced by the whole world. In the History of the Philippines, the argument about
when and where the “First Cry of Philippine Revolution” against the Spaniards really first
happened is still a big topic to discuss up to this day. There are a lot of different claims
by researchers and historians spreading all across the Philippines such as it first
23 and in Bahay-Toro on August 24 are confusing the nation on which date and place
will be written in books and be taught in schools. This information handed to us by the
previous generations and by the data’s we have gathered helped us come up with the
claim that the first cry happened in Balintawak on August 26, 1896.
Historians have argued where the "First Cry of Philippine Revolution" occurred,
and it appears that Pugad Lawin and Balintawak, Kalookan are the two locations that
have the most attention and debated. The allegation that the first cry occurred in Pugad
Lawin is questionable because there are no supporting papers and just one eye
witness, Dr. Pio Valenzuela. Unlike the Balintawak claim, many historians, including
statements from Gregoria De Jesus, Captain Oligario Diaz, and Guillermo Masangkay.
of Apolonio Samson, then the cabeza of the barrio of Kalookan, a large assembly was
convened. The conference began at 9 o'clock in the morning of August 26, 1896
(Wednesday), with Andres Bonifacio presiding and Emillio Jacinto serving as secretary.
The goal was to talk about when the revolt will happen. However, some argued that
igniting the revolution now is too early. The time finally comes where Filipinos finally
renounced Spanish colonial domination over the Philippines with tears in their eyes, and
the people as a group ripped out all their cedulas, amidst with a loud cry of "Long Live
Balintawak was celebrating the Katipunan leaders' decision to begin the revolt, the
guards who were stationed in trees to keep an eye out for intruders or the approaching
Guerrero, Villegas, and Encarnacion stated that all of the alleged locations for the
First Cry of Revolution were in Balintawak, Kalookan, and that when all of the historians'
claims are added together, it can be seen that Bonifacio and his men managed to move
around those locations to avoid the Spaniards, implying that they held multiple meetings
and not just one cry. According to Captain Oligario Diaz, who verified Katipunan's
from Caloocan. Gregoria De Jesus, Andres Bonifacio's wife eho also said that Bonifacio
and his soldiers were assembled on the highlands of Balintawak for the liberation
In the year of 1896, August 22nd, two o’ clock in the morning, Andres Bonifacio
and his other three hundred fellows arrived at the house of Apolonio Samson that
Tandang Sora at Bahay Toro. They celebrated a festival, in which, Tandang Sora was
the one responsible for feeding five hundred Filipinos with her own wealth. Guillermo
Masangkay, an original member of the Katipunan and serves at the secretary of the
revolutionary society, stated that the Cry of Pugad Lawin happened on August 26th,
nine o’ clock in the morning, a big meeting was held at the house of Apolonio. Bonifacio
then asked the people to give a pledge that they were to revolt. He told them that the
sign of slavery of the Filipinos were the cedula changed each citizen. “If it is true that
you are ready to revolt … I want to see you destroy your cedulas. It will be a sign that all
of us have declared our severance from the Spaniards.” In addition, historian Gregorio
Zaide affirmed in his books that the First Cry of Revolution happened in Balintawak on
August 26, 1896. In that case, the investigators established that the First Cry of
Revolution occurred on August 26, 1896, at Balintawak, Kalookan, based on solid and
verifiable evidence.
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