Silang Revolt

1762–1763

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 Diego Silang 
December 16, 1730 – May 28, 1763

 was a Filipino revolutionary leader who conspired with British forces to

overthrow spanish rule in the northern Philippines and establish an independent Ilocano
state. His revolt was fueled by grievances stemming from Spanish taxation and abuses,
and by his belief in self-government, that the administration and leadership of the Roman
Catholic Church and government in the Ilocos be invested in trained Ilocano officials. He
met an Itneg woman with the name of Gabriela Carino. He married her and raised a
family in the Ilocos Province.
Early life

 Born in Aringay, Pangasinan (an area in present-day Caba or Aringay, La Union),

Silang's mother was Ilocano; his father was Pangasinense. He was baptized on January
7, 1731 in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.[1] There, young Diego worked as a messenger for a local
Castilian priest. Bright, passionate, and fluent in Spanish, he ferried correspondence
from the Ilocos to Manila; journeys that gave him his first glimpse of colonial injustice
and that planted the seed of rebellion.
 Revolt
 Spain allied with France during the Seven Years' War, in opposition to Great Britain. The British in
response sought to weaken the Spanish Empire. The seizure of Manila by British naval forces in October
1762, and the subsequent surrender of the Spanish Philippines to Britain during the British occupation of
the Philippines, inspired uprisings in the farthest north of Ilocos Norte and Cagayan, where anti-Spanish
sentiments festered. Though Silang initially wanted to replace Spanish functionaries in the Ilocos with
native-born officials and volunteered to head Ilocano forces on the side of the Spanish, desperate Spanish
administrators instead transferred their powers to the Catholic Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Vigan), who
rejected Silang's offer. Silang's group attacked the city and imprisoned its priests. He then began an
association with the British who appointed him governor of the Ilocos on their behalf.
Diego Silang was killed by one of his friends, a Spanish-Ilocano
mestizo named Miguel Vicos, whom church authorities paid to
assassinate Silang with the help of Pedro Becbec.He was 32 years
old.

 AfterSilang's death, his Spanish-Itneg mestiza wife,

Gabriela Silang, took command of the revolt and fought
courageously. The Spanish sent a strong force against her.
She was forced to retreat to Abra. Gabriela led her troops
towards Vigan but was driven back. She fled again to Abra,
where she was captured. Gabriela and her men were
summarily hanged on September 20, 1763, she being
hanged the last.
 The End.
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Done by:

1. Jonalyn Otadoy
2. Analou Sevilla
3. Earvin Cerilla