La Liga Filipina

( Philippine History with Politics &

Governance )
Hist. 1A/03829/SH-204 ( 8:30-9:30pm)

Prepared by: Joyce R. Pantaleon 3rd yr. BSN

Kristel Mae Casagda
LA LIGA FILIPINA

( The Philippine League)

 Objectives:
 To discuss the informations about the La
Liga Filipina
 To know the history about La Liga Filipina
 To be more open minded about the
Philippine History
 A progressive organization founded and
created by Dr. Jose P. Rizal in the Philippines in the
house of Doroteo Ongjunco at Ilaya Street, Tondo,
Manila in July 3,1892.

Rizal thought of organizing the league when

he was at Hong Kong.With the help of Jose Ma. Basa
, he wrote the constitution of the league, some of
the known members were Andres Bonifacio,
Deodato Arellano, and Apolinario Mabini.
 Some Fact about the league
 it was derived from La Solidaridad and the Propaganda
movement.
 the purpose of this league is to build a new group sought to
involve the people directly in the reform movement.
 it had no intention of rising up in arms against the government
 the league was to be a sort of mutual aid andself-help society
dispensing scholarship funds and legal aid, loaning capital and
setting up cooperatives
 and the spanish authorities realized that the league was
becoming a threat to their occupation, so they arrested Rizal on
July 6, 1892 that resulted to his deportation to Dapitan.
 Liga’s aim were listed below:
 To unite the whole archipelago into one
compact,vigorous, and homogenous body;

Mutual protection in every want and necessity:

Defense against all violence and injustice:

Encouragement of instruction, agriculture, and

commerce: and

Study and application of reforms.

 its membership was active in the beginning; but later,
they began to drift apart.

 the rich members wanted to continue supporting the

Propaganda Movement; but the others seemed to have
lost lost all hope that reforms could still be granted.

 Andres Bonifacio was one of those who believed that

the only way to achieve meaningful change was through
a bloody revolution.
La Liga Filipina Split into two groups

La Liga
Filipina

The Cuerpo de Katipunan ng mga

Compromisarios Anak ng Bayan
 References:
 Agoncillo & Guerrero, History of the Filipino

 People, 5th Edition, 1979; Blair, Emma Helen &

Robertson

 James Alexander, The Philippine Islands: 1493-

1898, Vol. Liii
MOTTO:
“ Pen is mighter
than Sword “