Facts about Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan

Part 1: Introduction

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It's been a hundred and twenty years since the Andres Bonifacio built the Katipunan but then there are still lots of question and talks wrapped that are waiting for answers about the Supremo and President of the Philippine People and its founded movement. This article is an attempts to offer few answers to these questions.

This contains new assertions, views, and valuation about Bonifacio and the Katipunan that opposite in predominant view and traditional study about the Filipino rebellion. Using the primary brook came from "Archivo General Militar de Madrid," this paper will show the foundation of Katipunan, when and what is the real source of this; and what are the ideas and concepts wraps and prevailed in Bonifacio and the Katipuneros in establishing a structure and general socio-political-culture which only came from its particular experiences as a part of the Tagalogs - an overall institution of all people and towns that grown in the whole archipelago.

In front of these bulk quantities of literatures about Andres Bonifacio and the "Kataastaasan Kagalanggalang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (Katipunan o KKK)," we could also not deny the bulk questions, talks and controverses wraps Andres Bonifacio and its founded movement.

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But rather, even in the existence of many literatures, the increase number of questions also arises, reason which could blur our understanding and valuation about Bonifacio and the Katipunan. This article is a study about Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan. An article which attempts to show the new knowledge about Bonifacio and the Katipunan in front of these newly discovered documents.

Is a desire of this article to correct the few wrong views about the Supremo and the movement whom he led. Hope this article will help in providing correction in the predominant wrong views about the Supremo of the Katipunan.

However, this paper will not enter or dip into the discourse with the elite against the masses; Bonifacio against Rizal; Katipunan against La Liga Filipina; and revolution against reform. Many studies had been published about this talks. Instead, this will focus on the few things about Bonifacio and the foundation of Katipunan which until now remains controversial.

In particular, this will clearly construed the right time for the foundation of the mentioned movement and what really is it since it was founded. This article will also expose the real structure, forms, and goals of the Katipunan and even the evolution of its structure.

Archivo General Militar de Madrid

This article consist of four parts. In the first part, we will discuss the utilized primary brooks from the Archivo General Militar de Madrid particularly the Caja 5677. Illustrating the content of the document and how it reaches into the hands of the real author. On the second part, the concept of the Tagalogs and the son of the country as a whole, which is only suited for those who had grown in the archipelago.

Here, the following concept will be explain: "Katagkugan ni Bonifacio," "Anak ng Bayan," and "Inang Bayan." Kataastaasang Katipunan will also be shown here as a sovereignty of the Anak ng Bayan (son of the country). On the third part, we will extract the onset of the Katipunan and will point out that this was a separate and particular entity in the "La Liga Filipina" and this is not just an ordinary movement but a national government. On the fourth part, we will discuss the real structure of the Katipunan even the its evolution. To conclude, we will summarize the newly founded knowledge about Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan.

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