Kaneshane P. Enoy
BSCRIM ALPHA 1
THE CAVITY MUTINY
Good morning everyone today I represent the Cavite Mutiny, The Cavity Mutiny (January 20, 1872), brief
uprising of 200 Filipino troops and workers at the Cavite arsenal, which became the excuse for Spanish
repression of the embryonic Philippine nationalist movement. Ironically, the harsh reaction of the
Spanish authorities served ultimately to promote the nationalist cause.The mutiny was quickly crushed,
but the Spanish regime under the reactionary governor Rafael de Izquierdo magnified the incident and
used it as an excuse to clamp down on those Filipinos who had been calling for governmental reform. A
number of Filipino intellectuals were seized and accused of complicity with the mutineers. After a brief
trial, three priests—José Burgos, Jacinto Zamora, and Mariano Gómez—were publicly executed. The
three subsequently became martyrs to the cause of Philippine independencemutiny, any overt act of
defiance or attack upon military (including naval) authority by two or more persons subject to such
authority. The term is occasionally used to describe nonmilitary instances of defiance or attack—such as
mutiny on board a merchant ship or a rising of slaves in a state in which slavery is recognized by law or
custom. Mutiny should be distinguished from revolt or rebellion, which involve a more widespread
defiance and which generally have a political objective.Mutiny was regarded as a most serious offense,
especially aboard ships at sea. Because the safety of the ship was thought to depend upon the
submission of all persons on board to the will of the captain, wide disciplinary powers were given to the
commanding officer, including the power to inflict the death penalty without a court-martial. With the
development of radio communications, however, such stringent penalties have become less necessary,
and, under many current military codes, sentences for mutiny can be passed only by court-martial.