This is a power point presentation on Rizal's visit to United States.

1. Rizal’s Visit
to the United
States (1888)

2.  Rizal first saw America on April 28, 1888.
 His arrival in this great country was marred
by racial prejudice.
 He saw the discriminatory treatment of the
Chinese and the Negros by the white
Americans.

3.  Saturday,April 28, 1888- The steamer
Belgic docked at San Francisco.
 American health authorities did not let the
passengers to land for one week because
of the rumored cholera epidemic.

4.  Rizal knew there was no cholera epidemic
that time and he protest with other
passengers the unjustifiable actions of
American authorities.
 Hesoon discovered that it was motivated
by politics and the ship was carrying 643
Chinese coolies.

5.  May 4, 1888 – The day he was permitted
to go ashore and registered at the Palace
Hotel which was then considered a first-
class hotel in the city.
 May 4 to 6, 1888 – Rizal stayed in San
Francisco.

6.  May 6, 1888 – it was Sunday, 4:30 P.M.,
Rizal left San Francisco for Oakland, nine
miles across San Francisco Bay, by ferry
boat.
 May 7, 1888 – it was morning, Rizal
awoke and had a good breakfast at Reno,
Nevada, now glamorized by American
high-pressure propaganda as “The Biggest
Little City in the World”.

7.  From May 7 to May 13, Rizal wrote in his
diary the beautiful memories from Nevada,
Chicago until he reached Albany.

8. Oakland Sacramento Reno
Omaha Denver Ogden
Chicago Boston
Albany
Crossed Hudson River

9.  May 13, 1888 – it was Sunday morning
when Rizal reached New York. He stayed
three days in this city, which he called the
“big town”.
 May 16, 1888 – Rizal left New York for
Liverpool on board the City of Rome.
 Rizal saw the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe
Island.

10. The good impressions were:
1) The material progress of the country as
shown in the great cities, huge farms,
flourishing industries, and busy factories;
2) The drive and the energy of the American
people;

11. 3) The natural beauty of the land;
4) The high standard of living;
5) The opportunities for better life offered to
poor immigrants.
o The bad impression Rizal had of America
was the lack of racial equality.

12.  1890 – two years after Rizal’s visit to the
United States, Jose Alejandro, who was
then studying engineering in Belgium,
roomed with him.
 Rizal’s impression of America “is the land
par excellence of freedom but only for the
whites”.