Names: Cruz, Joemel E.
Perez, Liznie Lyle L.
About the Author
When and where the document was written
Mention of dates
Worksheet 1
Tejeros Convention 1897
Primary Source
Santiago V. Alvarez was a revolutionary general and a
founder and honorary president of the first directorate of
the Nacionalista Party. He was born on July 25, 1872 in
Imus, Cavite and died on October 30, 193 in San Pablo
City. Prior to the outbreak of the revolution, Santiago was
already a delegado general of the  provincial council of
the Katipunan in Cavite. He became captain general and
later, commander-in-chief, of the Magdiwang forces and
valiantly fought the Spaniards from 1896 to 1897. With
his father, Mariano Álvarez, and cousin, General Pascual
Álvarez, they liberated  Noveleta from the Spaniards on
August 31, 1896. In 1902 he was appointed Chairman of
the Commission of the peace, an organization created by
U.S. authorities to promote the material reconstruction of
the country and the reconciliation between the two
countries. In this same line created in 1912 the
Association Makabuhay.
The Original Tagalog text of General Alvarez’s memoirs
was published in 36 installments, from July 24, 1927 to
April 15, 1928. Memoirs of a General by Santiago
Alvarez was  published in the year 1992 at Loyola
Heights, Quezon City; Ateneo de Manila University
Press.
 March 25, 1897 - A convention was held in
Tejeros in order to settle the dispute between the
two councils, The Magdalo and The Magdiwang
Secondary Source
Teodoro A. Agoncillo was a prominent 20th
century Filipino historian. He was born on
November 9, 1912 and died on January 14,
1985 at the age of 72. He was a proponent of
nationalist historiography which proposes
viewing Philippine History in the lens of
Filipinos themselves in lieu of the perspective
of foreigners which traditionally dominated
the field. He was also an essayist and poet.
Some of his works include Revolt of the
Masses: The Story of Bonifacio and the
Katipunan (1956) which is an early exposition
of his nationalist view of history and History of
the Filipino People (1960) which is a popular
standard textbook for teaching Philippine
History.
The document was written around 1947 –
1948 or earlier in Quezon City as a manuscript
submitted as an entry for a contest by the
Philippine Government about Bonifacio.
 Middle of December 1896 – Andres
Bonifacio left for Cavite with his wife
and two brothers upon the request of
 group, and to decide on what type of government
should be installed.
 March 26, 1897 – A meeting was called to
continue and revalidate the proceeding of the
election meeting.
 March 27, 1897 - Those elected at the Tejeros
convention secretly gathered in the Tanza parish
house.
Magdiwang leaders
 January 2, 1897 - Andres Bonifacio
wrote to his uncle-in-law, Mariano
Alvarez
 January 1897 – standoff between Ariel
Villanueva and Santiago Alvarez vs.
Captain Mariano San Gabriel
 April 1897 - Andres Bonifacio left the
house of Mrs. Estefania Potente as
Malabon was captured by the Spaniards
 March 22, 1897 – Tejeros Convention

Mention of places  Tejeros  Cavite

 San Francisco de Malabon   Noveleta
 Tanza (Santa Cruz de Malabon)  San Francisco de Malabon
 Imus
 Maragondon
 Naik
 Nasugbu
 Tuwi
 Look
 Montalban
 Mariquina
 Laguna
 Morong
 Tejeros
 Tanza
 Santa Cruz de Malabon
 Kawit

Significant individuals  Jacinto Lumbreras  Andres Bonifacio

  Andres Bonifacio  Daniel Tirona
 Mariano M. Alvarez  Jacinto Lumbreras
 Pascual Alvarez  Mariano Alvarez
 Ariston Dios  Emilio Aguinaldo
 Santiago V. Alvarez  Severino de las Alas
 Artemio Ricarte  Antonio Montenegro
 Santos Nocon  Santiago Alvarez
 Luciano San Miguel
 Pablo Mojica
 Serevino de las Alas
 Santiago Rillo
 Baldomero Aguinaldo
 Daniel Tirona
 Cayetano Topacio
 Fr. Cenon Villafranca
 Emilio Aguinaldo
 Mariano C. Trias

Difference of these accounts
 The account of Alvarez focused on determining
the certain events during the said election
especially how the delegation of the people was
done.
 The account of Alvarez did not mention
Bonifacio’s partiality over the Magdiwang faction.
 The account of Alvarez did not include the dispute
between the Magdalo and Magdiwang factions.
 The account of Alvarez did not mention the events
that happened after the election.
 In the secondary source account by
Teodoro Agoncillo, the secret oath
taking of the victors of the Tejeros
Convention at the Tanza parish was not
mentioned.
 The secondary source account by
Teodoro Agoncillo is a collection of
multiple sources told in a single
narrative by the historian (Agoncillo).
 The secondary source account includes
the recounting of events that led up to
Tejeros Convention.
 The secondary source account recounts
an earlier convention in Imus intended
 to resolve the conflict between the two
factions.
 The Seeds of Discontent is told by a
historian who was not physically
present at the actual event s/he has
written about.