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 EARLY REVOLTS OF
THE EARLY FILIPINOS
AGINST THE SPANISH
REGIME

AUGUST 1896: REVOLT IN

THE PHILIPPINES

Led by Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964)

Filipino nationalists rebelled against the Spanish

rule that had ruled the Philippines since the
sixteenth century in the fall of 1896.

The 1896 uprising propelled the Filipinos into

anticipated conflict with Spain and unexpected
conflict with the United States.

On August 23, 1896, Bonifacio declared Filipino

independence following Rizal's execution.

The Spaniards advanced against him this time,

forcing him to flee to the Marikina Mountains,
while other forces led by Emilio Aguinaldo were
more successful and took possession of some
towns.

https://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl5.html#:~:text=In%20the%20fall%20of%20
1896,war%20with%20the%20United%20States.
Nostalgia
 BASI REVOLT (1807)

The Spanish ban on the production of basi, a

sugarcane wine, led to the Basi Revolt, which
began in Piddig in September 1807. There was a
monopoly of tobacco in 1782. It gave the
government control over tobacco sales,
trafficking, and manufacturing.

The Basi Revolt took place in 1807 when rebel

Ilocanos from all over the north gathered in
Vigan to overthrow the Spanish rulers. Spain's
decision to prohibit the manufacturing and sale
of the regional wine, basi, was what sparked this
uprising.

https://www.pbs.org/crucible/tl5.html#:~:text=In%20the%20fall%20of%20
1896,war%20with%20the%20United%20States.
 200-year old Basi Revolt paintings take
centerstage in Victory Liner's award-winning
cultural series
AGRARIAN REVOLT (1745-1746)

The Agrarian Revolt began in the towns of Lian

and Nasugbu in Batangas and spread throughout
much of modern-day Calabarzon (particularly in
Batangas, Laguna, and Cavite) as well as Bulacan
during the years 1745 and 1746.

Filipino landowners
protested the Spanish
friars' encroachment
on their territory,
calling for the priests
to restore their lands
in accordance with
the principle of
ancestral domain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_revolts_against_Spain#:~:text=T
he%20Agrarian%20Revolt%20was%20a,Lian%20and%20Nasugbu%20in%20
Batangas.
SILANG REVOLT (1762-1763)

This insurrection, in contrast to the others,

occurred as the British invaded Manila.
Ilocandia became independent on
December 14, 1762, when Diego Silang
proclaimed the state to be "Free Ilocos" and
named Vigan its capital.

His rebellion was

motivated by
resentments over
Spanish abuses and
tributes as well as his
belief in self-
government, which
held that the Ilocano
people should be in
charge of the
administration of the
Roman Catholic
Church and the
government in the
Ilocos Region (which
at the time did not
include Pangasinan).
https://www.bayaniart.com/diego-
silang/#:~:text=His%20revolt%20was%20fueled%20by,led%20to%20trained%20Ilocano%20officials.https://www.bayani
art.com/diego-silang/#:~:text=His%20revolt%20was%20fueled%20by,led%20to%20trained%20Ilocano%20officials.
FIRST PAMPANGA REVOLT (1585)

A rebellion in Pampanga in the 1660s known as

the Maniago Revolt was called for its leader,
Francisco Maniago.

Due to atrocities suffered by the locals at the

hands of the encomienderos, the First Pampanga
Revolt was started by native Kapampangan
leaders in 1585. A plan to invade Intramuros was
part of the uprising.

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Philippine_History/The_Philippine_Revolution#:~:text=The%20First%20Pampanga%20R
evolt%20in,a%20plot%20to%20storm%20Intramuros.
 REVOLT AGAINST THE TRIBUTE
(1589)

In 1589, the present-day provinces of Cagayan,

Ilocos Norte, and Ilocos Sur saw the rebellion
Against the Tribute. Native Americans, including
Ilocans, Ibanags, and others, rose up in revolt
against claimed tax collector abuses such the
collecting of unfair taxes, among other things. To
appease the rebels, Governor-General Santiago
de Vera dispatched Spanish troops. They were
later pardoned, and the Philippine tax system was
also changed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_revolts_against_Spain
SUMUROY REVOLT (1649-1650)
One of the earliest uprisings against the Spanish
rule in the Philippines occurred during the
Sumuroy Rebellion in 1649–1650. Agustin
Sumuroy, a Waray, organized it after the Waray
people revolted on June 1st, 1649, against the
Spanish system of polo y servicio, or forced labor.

It was claimed that Sumuroy's

decision to rebel against the
Spanish was primarily
motivated by Governor
General Diego Fajardo's
directive to recruit labor from
the Visayas for the
construction of ships in Cavite.
As the Eighty Years' War
reached the archipelago, the
Spanish had been at war with
the Dutch in the Philippines
since at least 1600.

https://en.wikipilipinas.org/view/Sumuroy_Revolt#:~:text=The%20Sumuroy%20Rebellion%20of%201649,labor%20syste
m%20by%20the%20Spaniards.
 DAGOHOY REVOLT (1744-1829)

The most notable of whom was Francisco

Dagohoy, the mastermind of the insurrection that
lasted 85 years and was the longest in Philippine
history.

It was one of two major uprisings that took place

in Bohol during the Spanish colonial period. The
other one was the Tamblot rebellion in 1621, which
was primarily a religious war and was led by
Tamblot, a babaylan or native priest from Bohol.

Dagohoy was especially angered by the Jesuit

priest's unwillingness to grant his brother, who
died in service while pursuing a fugitive who
rejected Christianity, a Christian burial in addition
to numerous atrocities committed by the Jesuit
priests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagohoy_rebellion