Rizal returned to the Philippines to establish the La Liga Filipina organization to unite Filipinos against violence and injustice. He realized the battle for Philippine independence was happening in the Philippines, not in Madrid. While in Dapitan, Rizal lived freely at first but later faced restrictions. He practiced medicine, taught school, developed infrastructure projects, and exchanged letters with scientists abroad. Rizal sacrificed his life knowing his efforts would advance the Philippines' fight for freedom.

3.  What was Rizal’s reason for going back to tha
Philippines?
 What was the purpose of La Solidaridad?
 What made Rizal think that the battle was in the
Philippines not in Madrid?
 What was the price of Rizal’s entrapment?
 What are the reasons for Rizal’s exile in Dapitan?
 How does Rizal live his life in Dapitan?

4.  The DECOY,TRIALS, and GRUDGES
Three reasons for going back to the Philippines:
FIRST:
he wanted to talk to Governor General
Despusol about his Borneo Colonization Project.
SECOND:
he would establish La Liga Filipina to unite
the Filipino people in the truest sense of unity and
solidarity against violence and deprivation.
THIRD:
he would like to prove to Eduardo de Lete
that the criticism published against him in La
Solidaridad had no basis but only pure speculation.

5. “The battle is in the Philippines. From
there, we will meet, we will help one
another.Together, we will fight and
sacrifice for the sake of our homeland
- Rizal to his fellow Filipino patriots
in Europe
“ I believe that La Solidaridad is no
longer the instrument for struggle… the
fight is no longer in madrid; it is in the
Philippines.”
- Rizal’s letter to Blumentrit

6. Reasons why Rizal knew that his
homecoming in the Philippines
would mean danger to his life.
-He was forced to indict two
letters. Entrusted to Dr. Lorenzo
Cruz, the letters will be given to his
parents, brothers, sisters, friends,
and most of all to his beloved native
land if he were already dead.

7.  In his letter to his family and friends,
he divulged his belief to die for a
noble deed.
 For his letter to his fellow
countrymen, he shared with them
that he only followed the dictum of
his conscience and that he would
rather choose to die for his loved
ones and for his native soil.

8.  In the Pier, Spanish soldiers with some of the
officers of the civil guards came to inspect
them.
He met the Governor in the Malacañang
Palace to request for the postponement of the
exile of his father, sisters, and his brother –in-
laqw Ubaldo. He was able to convince the
Governor.
He was informed by the Governor that the
inspectors find “Pobres Prailes” (Pitiful Friars),
in his baggage.The friars learned about, they
blasted with so much anger.

9.  According to Father Pablo Pastells’(Superior of the Jesuit
Organization in the Philippines) –
 Rizal couuld only reside in a missionary house
providing that the following conditions were met:
1. if Rizal will retract from all his acusations against the
CATHOLIC Church and if would declare pro-Spanisish
and anti-rebellion.
2. of Rizal would follow the ordinances of the Catholic
Church and if he would confess for all the sins he
committed throughout his life.
3. if his attitude of a person who was submitting himself
to the custody of the Catholic Church and to the
jurisdiction of the Spanish Government.

10. Rizal disagreed to the aforesaid conditions.
As a result, Rizal was ordered to reside at
Captain Carnicero’s house.

11. - Captain Carnicero gave Rizal a complete
freedom. Rizal was free to go anywhere and he
was only given once a week to report.
-Rizal created a poem for Captain Carnicero.
It was entitled “DON RICARDO CARCINERO”
which he presented on Carcinero’s birthday on
August 26, 1892.
-May 4, 1893, Captain Carnicero left Dapitan
and a very strict commandant in the person of
Captain Juan Sitges replaced him. After some
days, he became close to Rizal and he regained
Rizal’s freedom.

12.  He established his own house, surrounded
with plants, and fruit bearing trees at the
nearby seashore.
 He also made a house for his young student
boys.
 Rizal devoted all his precious time in treating
his patients, research-study, and in the
development of his knowledge in art,
literature, education, language, and science.
 He also dedicated his time to farming, business
activities, civic projects, as well as exchanging
letters with Blumentrit, Joest, Rost, Meyer,
knuttel, Kheil, and with other scientist in
Europe.

13.  as a dodtor, Rizal did not choose a patient based on his
social status.
 He treated his patient no matter how poor he was. He
did not ask payment from poor patients, amd instead
he had given them free nedicines.
 His mother, DoñaTeodora and his sister Maria arrived
in Dapitan in August, 1893. He treated his mother for
the third time. DoñaTeodora and mria reside with
Rizal in Dapitan for one and a half year, because his
mother’s eyes were infected.

14.  He was able to establish waterworks
system in Dapitan, so that its residents
could have clean water to drink.
 Mr. H. F. Cameron, an American
Engineer, praised Rizal for the
wonderful invention.

15.  he devoted his time for so many months
treating the malaria epidemic that was
spreading throughout the place.
 Another project was the beautification of
Dapitan.
 Rizal made artistic innovation at the Dapitan
Park to augment its beautiful surrounding.
 Rizal use the five hundred pesos that he
received from his Englishman patient, in
putting up oil lamps at the dark streets of
Dapitan.

16.  he establish his own school. He only
accepted boy students being chosen from
well-known families.
 He didn’t ask the students for payment but
instead ask them to help in his projects,
farm and garden.
 He taught them Reading,Writing,
Languages, (Spanish and English), etc.

17.  Rizal sent different specimens of plants,
creatures , insects, etc. in different museums
in Europe. In return, the museums send them
science books, and medical instruments as a
payment.
 He mastered different languages, mastering
22 languages.
 He donated several artifacts in Dapitan’s
beautification.

18.  In his sixteen hectares of land in Dapitan, he
established his own house, hospital, and
school. Planted cacao, coffee, sugarcane,
coconut and different fruit bearing trees.
 He shared his capital in the selling of fish, copra
and abaca.
 He invented a cigarette box that he offered to
Blumentritt.
 He also invented a machine for the production of
ladrilyo.

19.  First, he published books and articles in other
countries that criticized the Mother Spain
-He made criticism on Catholicism and the
Spanish friars.
 Second, some prohibited reading materials like
the “Pobres Prailes” were fouind in his baggage
 Third, he offered his novels “El Filibusterismo” to
the three priest-martyrs named Gomez, Burgos,
and Zamora.

20. He was exiled to Dpitan because of the confiscated
reading material.
La Liga Filipina’s purposes:
1. to establish unity with the town officials in the
introduction of new reforms to the government;
2. to unite the Filipino people across the Archipelago
through strong solidarity;
3. to help one another in time of exigencies;
4. to defend the Filipino people in any form of crime or
injustice; and
5. to develop their living condition through farming,
commerce, and industry.

21.  Rizal’s homecoming plays a significant role
in the lives of the Filipinos. His writings
serve as valuable weapon for us to gain
freedom. Jose Rizal, didn’t give up in
fighting for our native land. Realizing the
sacrifices that he had gone through, as a
Filipino, we must show our love and respect
to our country. Rizal’s priciples was so tough
that he fight for his right and he fight for the
sake of the Philippines, knowing that it
would lead danger to his life.