Rizal Sentence Examples

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  • Before Blanco left he had released Rizal and allowed him to go to Spain, but the friars caused his arrest and he was sent back to Manila, where he was executed by Polavieja's orders in December 1896.

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  • In August 1896 members of this association began an attack; and late in December the movement was reinforced as a result of the execution in Manila of Dr Jose Rizal y Mercado (1861-1896), a Filipino patriot.

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  • The banishment of Rizal convinced the reform party that peaceful endeavour was futile.

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  • The most distinguished of the travellers was Jose Rizal (1861-1896).

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  • The campaign of Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar, Graciano Lopez Jaena and Apolinario Mabini, the leaders in the " Young Filipino Party," was a protest against both the domination of the friars and economic and administrative caciquism.

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  • To escape the vengeance of the friars, Rizal was obliged to flee to Europe.

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  • The friars importuned Despujols for Rizal's life but he persistently refused their demand, and met the case half-way by banishing Rizal to Mindanao.

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