The Spanish colonial period of the Philippines began when explorer Ferdinand Magellan came to the islands in 1521 and claimed it as a colony for the Spanish Empire. The period lasted until the Philippine Revolution in 1898.

1. individual research
JES MARCUS G. PASCUAL
ON EARLY REVOLTS OF EARLY FILIPINOS AGAINST SPANISH REGIME.

2. 1521-1898
Several revolts against the
Spanish colonial government:
Indigenous Moro,
Lumad,
Indians,
Chinese (Sangleys),
Insulares (Filipinos of full or near full
Spanish descent),

3. often with the goal of re-establishing the
rights and powers that had traditionally
belonged to Lumad communities, Maginoo
Rajah, and Moro Datus. Some revolts
stemmed from land problems and this was
largely the cause of the insurrections that
transpired in the agricultural provinces of
Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, and Laguna.[1]
Natives also rebelled over unjust taxation and
forced labor.
GOAL OF REVOLTS:

4. Important
timelines
1565-1567
DAGAMI REVOLT
-was a revolt led by the
Dagami family who came
from the island of Leyte in
1567.[2] This involved a group
of 16 led by Dagami, who was
the chieftain of Gabi (part of
the present-day town of Palo).
[3] The insurrection was short-
lived and mainly involved the
assassinations of Spanish
soldiers.
1585
1574
1587-1588
or the Conspiracy of the Maginoos, of
1587–1588, was a plot by the kin-related
noblemen, or datus, of Manila and some
towns of Bulacan and Pampanga. It was
led by Agustin de Legazpi, nephew of
Lakandula, and his first cousin, Martin
Pangan. The datus swore to revolt. The
uprising failed when they were
denounced to the Spanish authorities
by Antonio Surabao (Susabau) of
Calamianes, in Palawan.
LAKANDULA AND
SULAYMAN
REVOLT
-also known as the Tagalog Revolt
was an uprising in 1574 by
Lakandula and Rajah Sulayman in
Tondo, Manila. The revolt occurred
in the same year as the Chinese
pirate Limahong attacked the
palisaded yet poorly defended
enclosure of Intramuros.
PAMPANGA REVOLT
was an uprising in 1585 by
some native Kapampangan
leaders who resented the
Spanish landowners, or
encomenderos, who had
deprived them of their
historical land inheritances as
tribal chiefs or Datus.
TONDO CONSPIRACY

5. Important
timelines
1589
REVOLTS AGAINST THE
TRIBUTE
1601
1607
1603
In 1603, at least 30,000 Chinese merchants
were slaughtered and in Luzon Chinese
officials and civilians were killed without
authority by what The Ming Shi-lu (明實錄, Míng
shílù) describes as the barbarian Spanish
chieftain of Luzon during that time. The
surviving Chinese fled to Wawa, or what is now
known as Guagua, this atrocity is known in
Chinese history as the Luzon Tragedy (吕宋惨案,
Lǚ sòng cǎn àn). The Chinese inhabitants of
Manila set fire to Legarda and Binondo and for
a time threatened to capture the Moro
stronghold in Intramuros.
CAQUENGA'S REVOLT
IGOROT REVOLT
They tried to convince igorots to convert to
catholicism but they refused. The Igorots,
however, killed Marin and the Governor-
General sent Lt. Mateo de Aranda with
Spanish and Filipino foot soldiers. The
combined force would be defeated although
the Spanish would continue using harsher
tactics (including slavery) to force the Igorots
to submit.[8] Nonetheless, the Igorots would
continue to defy and defeat Spanish
expeditions in the years 1608, 1635, and 1663
CHINESE REVOLT
The Cagayan and Dingras Revolts
Against the Tribute occurred on
Luzon in the present-day
provinces of Cagayan and Ilocos
Norte in 1589. Ilocanos, Ibanags,
and other Filipinos revolted
against alleged abuses by the tax
collectors, including the collection
of high taxes.
An animist priestess named
Caquenga rebelled against the
coming of the Catholic Church. She
gathered people from her village
and fled to the mountains to unite
with another village and prepared
for war. A Dominican friar and loyal
Malaueg men successfully quelled
the forthcoming rebellion, and
Caquenga was given over to the
other village as a slave.

6. Important
timelines
1621-1622
TAMBLOT UPRISING
1625-1627
1649-1650
1643
Pedro Ladia was a Moro Bornean and a
self-claimed descendant of Lakandula
who came to Malolos in 1643. At that
time, his land was confiscated by the
Spanish and he thought that it was
about time that they stage an uprising
and put himself as King of the Tagalogs.
This was despite the fact that a parish
priest tried to convince him not to
pursue his plans. Upon his capture, he
was brought to Manila where he was
executed.
SUMOROY REVOLT
ITNEG REVOLT
or the Mandaya Revolt, was a
religious uprising led by Miguel
Lanab and Alababan. The two were
previously baptized as Catholics
against their will and were from the
Itneg or Mandaya tribe of
Capinatan, in northwestern
Cagayan, in the Philippines.
LADIA REVOLT
was a religious uprising in the
island of Bohol, led by Tamblot in
1621. The Jesuits first came to Bohol
in 1596 and eventually governed
the island and converted the
Boholanos to the Catholic faith.
In the town of Palapag, today in
Northern Samar, Agustin Sumuroy,
a Waray, and some of his followers
rose in arms on June 1, 1649 over
the polo y servicio or forced labor
system being undertaken in
Samar. This is known as the
Sumuroy Revolt, named after
Agustin Sumuroy.

7. 1660-1661 MANIAGO REVOLT
1660-1661
1649-1650
1661
A part of the chain to the Malong Revolt was
the Ilocos Revolt led by Don Pedro Almazan,
illustrious and wealthy leader from San
Nicolas, Laoag, Ilocos Norte. The letters sent by
Don Andres Malong ("King of Pangasinan")
narrating the defeat of the Spaniards in his
area and urging other provinces to rise in arms
failed to obtain any support among the
natives. During the revolt, Don Pedro Almazan
proclaimed himself "King of Ilocos", but was
later captured and executed. He also had a son
which the Ilocanos proclaimed their prince.
PANAY REVOLT
MALONG REVOLT
Andres Malong[12] was the maestro de
campo of Binalatongan - now San Carlos City
- in Pangasinan in the 1660s.[13] He assisted
many Spaniards in governing different towns
in Pangasinan, and as such, had learned and
was trained to use force and cruelty. He
hoped of being the King of the province,[14]
however, set this plan aside when a war, led
by Francisco Maniago, broke out in
Pampanga.
ALMAZAN REVOLT
was an uprising in Pampanga during the 1660s
named after its leader, Francisco Maniago. During
that time, Pampanga drew most of the attention
from the Spanish religious orders because of its
relative wealth. They also bore the burden of more
tribute, forced labor, and rice exploitation. They
were made to work for eight months under unfair
conditions and were not paid for their labor and for
the rice purchased from them. Their patience was
put to the limit and they signified their intention to
revolt by setting their campsite on fire. The fight
soon began and because the Spaniards were busy
fighting against the Dutch, they were badly
depleted by the Kapampangans.
was a religious uprising in 1663 that
involved Tapar, a native of the island of
Panay, who wanted to establish a
religious cult in the town of Oton. He
attracted some followers with his
stories about his frequent
conversations with a demon. Tapar
and his men were killed in a bloody
skirmish against Spanish and colonial
foot soldier troops and their corpses
were impaled on stakes.

8. 1681-1683
ZAMBAL REVOLT
1745
1762-1763
1744-1829
DAGOHOY REBELLION.
SILANG REVOLT
AGRARIAN REVOLT
The Agrarian Revolt was a revolt undertaken
between the years 1745 and 1746 in much of the
present-day Calabarzon (specifically in
Batangas, Laguna, and Cavite) and in Bulacan,
with its first sparks in the towns of Lian and
Nasugbu in Batangas. Indigenous landowners
rose in arms over the land grabbing of Spanish
friars or Catholic religious orders, with native
landowners demanding that Spanish priests
return their lands on the basis of ancestral
A group of chieftains from Zambales had
refused to accept the authority of the
Crown over their realm and staged a
revolt. The Spanish were very swift to
respond and sent a colonial force of 6,000
foot soldiers to suppress the uprising. After
2 years of conflict, the Spanish had
pacified the entire area of Zambales and
all of the chieftains who participated in the
revolt were executed.
In 1744 in what is now the province of
Bohol, what is known today as the
Dagohoy Revolt was undertaken by
Francisco Dagohoy and his followers.
This revolt is unique since it is the only
revolt completely related to matters of
religious customs, unlike the Tamblot
Uprising before it, which was not a
complete religious rebellion.
Arguably one of the most famous
revolts in Philippine history is the
Silang Revolt from 1762 to 1763, led by
the couple Diego Silang and Gabriela
Silang. Unlike the other revolts, this
revolt took place during the British
occupation of Manila. On December 14,
1762, Diego Silang declared the
independence of Ilocandia, naming
the state "Free Ilocos" and proclaimed
Vigan the capital of this newly
independent state.

9. 1762-1764
PALARIS REVOLT
1807
1828
1823
NOVALES REVOLT
PAMERO CONSPIRACY
BASI REVOLT
also known as the Ambaristo Revolt, was a
revolt undertaken from September 16 to 28,
1807. It was led by Pedro Mateo and Salarogo
Ambaristo (though some sources refer to a
single person named Pedro Ambaristo), with its
events occurring in the present-day town of
Piddig in Ilocos Norte. This revolt is unique as it
revolves around the Ilocanos' love for basi, or
sugarcane wine.
The town leaders demanded that the governor
be removed and that the colonial government
stop collecting taxes since the islands were
already under British control at that time. But
Governor-General Simon de Anda dismissed
the demands and the revolt broke out in
November 1762. The name of de la Cruz, who
began to be known as Palaris, emerged as one
of the leaders of the revolt, along with his
brother Colet, Andrés López, and Juan de Vera
Oncantin.
Andrés Novales later grew discontented with the
way Spanish authorities treated the Criollo
people. His discontentment climaxed when
peninsulares were shipped to the Philippines to
replace Criollo officers. Novales along with a
certain sub-lieutenant Ruiz and other
subordinates in the King's Regiment, went out
to start a revolt. Along with 800 Indigenous
natives in which his sergeants recruited, they
seized the royal palace (palacio del gobernador),
the Manila Cathedral, the city's cabildo (city hall)
and other important government buildings in
Intramuros.
was a failed plot to overthrow the
Spanish colonial government in the
Philippines. The Spanish government
suppressed further information on this
conspiracy. In 1823, an order was from
Spain declared that military officers
commissioned in the Peninsula (Spain)
should have precedence of all those
appointed in the Colonies.

10. 1840-1841
PULE REVOLT
1872
CAVITE MUTINY
One of the most famous religious revolts is the Pule
Revolt, more formally known as the Religious Revolt
of Hermano Pule (Spanish: Revuelta religiosa del
Hermano Pule). Undertaken between June 1840
and November 1841, this revolt was led by
Apolinario de la Cruz, otherwise known as
"Hermano Pule". De la Cruz started his own
religious order, the Confraternity of Saint Joseph
(Spanish: Confradia de San José) in Lucban, located
in the present-day province of Quezon (then called
Tayabas), in June 1840.
The Cavite Mutiny (Motín de Cavite) of 1872
was an uprising of military personnel of
Fuerte San Felipe, the Spanish arsenal in
Cavite, Philippines on January 20, 1872.
Around 200 soldiers and laborers rose up in
the belief that it would elevate to a national
uprising. The mutiny was unsuccessful, and
government soldiers executed many of the
participants and began to crack down on a
burgeoning nationalist movement.

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OF EARLY
FIL.REVOLTS

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