Legacy. José Rizal is remembered today throughout the Philippines for his brilliance, courage, peaceful resistance to tyranny, and compassion. Filipino schoolchildren study his final literary work, a poem called “Mi Ultimo Adios” (“My Last Goodbye”), and his two famous novels.
Q. What are the contribution of Jose Rizal?
He was a prolific poet, essayist, and novelist whose most famous works were his two novels, Noli Me Tángere and its sequel, El filibusterismo. These social commentaries during the Spanish colonization of the country formed the nucleus of literature that inspired peaceful reformists and armed revolutionaries alike.
Table of Contents
- Q. What are the contribution of Jose Rizal?
- Q. How did Dr Jose Rizal contribute to the reform movement?
- Q. Why Emilio Jacinto is a hero?
- Q. What is the importance of the proclamation of Philippine independence?
- Q. Who is the author of the proclamation of the Philippine Independence?
- Q. Who first waved the Philippine flag?
- Q. What were the colonists intentions in the Declaration of Independence?
Q. How did Dr Jose Rizal contribute to the reform movement?
He also published articles in La Solidaridad, a paper aligned with the Propaganda Movement. The reforms Rizal advocated for did not include independence—he called for equal treatment of Filipinos, limiting the power of Spanish friars and representation for the Philippines in the Spanish Cortes (Spain’s parliament).
Q. Why Emilio Jacinto is a hero?
Emilio Jacinto was an eloquent and brave young man, known as both the soul and the brain of the Katipunan, Andres Bonifacio’s revolutionary organization. In his short life, Jacinto helped to lead the fight for Filipino independence from Spain.
Q. What is the importance of the proclamation of Philippine independence?
The Independence Day reminds us of the realization of a dream long desired by Filipinos. It is during this day that the entire country remembers the courage, struggles and sacrifices of our noble ancestors. It is a day of memorial of the revolution that paved the way to the birth of our nation.
Q. Who is the author of the proclamation of the Philippine Independence?
Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista
Q. Who first waved the Philippine flag?
Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo
Q. What were the colonists intentions in the Declaration of Independence?
Its goals were to rally the troops, win foreign allies, and to announce the creation of a new country. The introductory sentence states the Declaration’s main purpose, to explain the colonists’ right to revolution.
