Liga Filipina

…founded a nonviolent-reform society, the Liga Filipina, in Manila, and was deported to Dapitan in northwest Mindanao. He remained in exile for the next four years. In 1896 the Katipunan, a Filipino nationalist secret society, revolted against Spain. Although he had no connections with that organization and he had had…

…returned home and formed the Liga Filipina, a modest reform-minded society, loyal to Spain, that breathed no word of independence. But Rizal was quickly arrested by the overly fearful Spanish, exiled to a remote island in the south, and finally executed in 1896. Meanwhile, within the Philippines there had developed…

…returned home and founded the Liga Filipina, a modest reform-minded society that was loyal to Spain and breathed no word of independence. As with the Cavite mutiny, the Spanish authorities overreacted to a perceived threat to their rule. They promptly arrested and exiled Rizal to a remote island in the…