HISTORICAL BACKGROUND of KAWIT, CAVITE

Kawit, Cavite, long before the rule and

conquest of Spaniards, was already a
growing and well develop municipality. It is
the oldest municipality in Cavite province
that has been established in 1587 and
oldest of the three parishes established
during the administration of Manila
Archbishop Garcia Serrano (1618-1629).
The Cavity province has known cities’
Cavite City, Imus, and Noveleta was once a territory of Kawit.

The town was used by the Spaniards as their first anchorage in Cavite province. It was located in
another part of Kawit, which former town and is in the present day known as Cavity City, where
deep waters suitable for a port navy yard, and the repair and construction of ships and galleon.
This is also where the navy base or Sangley point is located. they renamed the town Cavite el
Viejo, to distinguish it from Cavite Nuevo, Cavite la Punta or Cavite el Puerto, the commercial port
and naval base at the Fuerza de San Felipe Neri.

Just a short distance from Cavite navy was a place now known as Noveleta and was during their
time called “Tierra Alta”, which is because of its higher elevation, fine stream, cool climate, and
rich vegetation that becomes a place of vacation and hunting grounds for Spanish
conquistadores. The municipality of Noveleta succeeded from Kawit in 1908.

The name Kawit is originated based on the Hook-shaped shoreline from Manila to Sangley Point
in Cavite City. So, the word hook in Filipino term is kalawit or kawit.

The Cavite became the most important port that linked the Philippines islands to the rest of the
world because it became the main staging ground for the large galleons during the Manila-
Acapulco Galleon Trade. Kawit and Bacoor had large populations of Chinese traders and so
became a major center for exchange where silk and porcelain with goods are being traded from
New World and Spain. The Creole language called Chabacano was no wonder developed in
Cavite with the vibrant mix of traders, Spanish seamen, and local residents.
Kawit, Cavite had built up terrible notoriety as a shady area of town, with Spanish marines on
shore leave making continuous visits to Cavite el Viejo. To explain the awful notoriety of the town,
Archbishop Serrano set the town under the support of Saint Mary Magdalene.

The town assumed a noteworthy job in the Philippine Revolution. After the Katipunan was found
on August 19, 1896, Cavite el Viejo turned into a noteworthy flashpoint of the upheaval. Wear
Emilio Aguinaldo, at that point capital metropolitan of Cavite el Viejo, drove the catch of the court
on August 31, 1896.

Filipino guerillas caught an unforeseen of the Spanish Army from Dalahican in Noveleta, who
were going to Aguinaldo and other city authorities whom they associated with being Katipuneros.
The Battle of Binakayan-Dalahican battled in the shores of Binakayan, Dalahican and Dagatan
(in present-day Kawit and Noveleta) from November 9-11, 1896, was the main noteworthy Filipino
triumph against Spanish powers amid the Philippine Revolution. General Candido Tria Tirona was
executed amid the fight. As was Gregoria Montoya, who was after death elevated to general.
Altogether, Kawit delivered seven officers of the Philippine Revolutionary Army: Emilio Aguinaldo,
Candido Tria Tirona, Gregoria Montoya, Cripulo Aguinaldo, Baldomero Aguinaldo, Tomas
Mascardo and Daniel Tria Tirona.

The presentation of Philippine Independence was made on June 12, 1898, at the window of the
place of President Aguinaldo.

On September 20, 1907, the Philippine Commission endorsed Act. No. 1718 changing the town's
name from Cavite el Viejo to Kawit. The rich history of Kawit features the extraordinary
essentialness of its constructed legacy and soul of the spot to the narrative of the Philippine
country. While its job in the Philippine Revolution is clear, the association of Kawit and neighboring
Cavite City to the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade ought to be featured as a component of the
Kawit story.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE

Kawit assumed a noteworthy job in the Philippine

Revolution of 1896 and in the Filipino-American War.
It was in this town where the Spaniards met their first
significant misfortune when Filipino radicals, driven
by the town's Capitan Municipal by the name of
EMILIO AGUINALDO Y FAMY, caught an unexpected of Spanish troopers from Dalahican home
office who were going to capture Aguinaldo and other civil authorities associated with being
Katipuneros.

The underlying triumph of the Katipuneros under the administration of Aguinaldo was trailed by a
string of other effective fights against the Spaniards, conveying popularity and brilliance to their
young head and established framework to his turning into the President of the First Philippine
Republic. It was on June 12, 1898, when General Emilio Aguinaldo broadcasted the Philippine
Independence on the overhang of his Mansion (The Aguinaldo Shrine).

Beside General Emilio Aguinaldo, this community delivered another five (5) officers of the
upheaval that added to the fulfillment of the Philippine Independence. They were: Candido Tria
Tirona, Crispulo Aguinaldo, Daniel Tria Tirona, Baldomero Aguinaldo, and Tomas Mascardo. The
historical backdrop of Philippine battle for opportunity won't be finished without referencing these
conspicuous figures who contributed monstrously to the foundation of the First Nationalist
Democratic Republic in Asia.

POLITICAL HISTORY

The New Municipal Hall of Kawit situated at Brgy. Batong

Dalig brags of being the image of a resurgent network, at
standard with its neighbors and constantly endeavoring to be
a universally aggressive district. The all-around
characterized auxiliary plan and engineering lines describe
the present Kawit, solid in its conviction, prepared for the
difficulties ahead, and constantly prepared to react to calls
for innovation. It is additionally a solid show of Kawit's ascent from a battling town to one in the
cutting edge of advancement and advancement.

The old Municipal Hall will anyway be safeguarded as a declaration to the Kawiteños battles and
triumphs previously. It was the place the incomparable Gen. Emilio F. Aguinaldo held office in his
more youthful political days, besides playing hosts to various remarkable chronicled scenes
including the Agaw Armas, one of the principal demonstrations of chivalry and mettle of our
ancestors. The ground floor of this old Municipal Hall is as yet being utilized as Kawit Post Office
and PNP Headquarter and Office of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development.

Source:

http://www.kawit.gov.ph/index.php/about-the-lgu/history-of-kawit