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(Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Apolonio Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora)
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The three priests incurred the hatred of the Spanish authorities for leading the campaign against the abusive Spanish friars and fighting for equal rights among priests. They fought on unresolved issues about secularization in the Philippines that resulted in a conflict among the religious regulars and the church seculars.

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The Cavite Mutiny of workers in the arsenal of the naval shipyard over pay reduction owing to increased taxation was magnified into a dangerous rebellion and was seized by Spanish authorities as an occasion to silence the proponents of secularization.
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