What Rizal Did

Aside from all that  I have mentioned earlier, Jose

 Rizal played even a larger, more signifigant role.

He played the role of revolutionary. 

After his travels abroad had ended, and he returned

 to his Mother Land, Rizal saw how corrupt, and

 evil the Spanish rule in the Philippines had

 subjugated his beloved home. The Filipinos were

 not alloyed to be educated.  The Spanish authorities

abused their power.  The people had no voice.

Rizal became their voice.

In his magnum opus, Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me

Not), Rizal exposed the Spanish authorites for what

 they were;  corrupt, wicked, self-serving. 

Another book, El Filibusterismo (THe Subservisve)

helped to expose the social cancer that the Spanish

 were spreading.  As a side note, Taft decalred Rizal

a national hero.

Both books were highly instrumental in awakening

Filipino nationalism; Which in turn lead to the

 Philippine Revolution. 

One of man who was influenced by Rizal's works

 was Emilio Auginaldo, who would later be known

 as the George Washington of the Philippines

Shortly after the revolution had begun, Rizal was

 arrested by the Spanish.  He was brought before a

 court charged with rebellion, sedition, and illeagal

association.  None of which he was actually guilty

of.  The court found him guilty, and sentanced him

 to death.

Rizal became the first martyr in the Philippine

 Revolution.