CHALLENGE TO SPANISH

AUTHORITY
1560- 1820
 PORTUGUESE AND DUTCH THREATS

Dutch Threats
> They revolted againts Spain and proclaimed
independence in 1579. Spain refuses to
recognize Dutch independence.
> Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 - Led to the
recognition of the dutch independence.
> 1597 to 1647 - Battle between Spaniards and
Dutch.
Portuguese Threats

> The Portuguese blockade Cebu and

bombarded the spanish settlement.
(1570)
> They failed to dislodge their rivals
> The incursions ceased only when
portugal become part of spanish empire.
Early Resistance of Luzon, Visayas and
Mindanao

> Lakandula was friendly to Legaspi.

*He helped Legaspi to rebuild Manila. He
also helped Martin de Gati, second
master
of camp.
>When Legaspi died, his successor
Governor Guido Lavares, perhaps through
ignorance or bad faith, he lifted the
exemption of Lakandula and his relatives
from the tributes and force labor.
 CONSPIRACIES

>The plot spread throughout Central

Luzon and as far as cuyo island in Borneo.
The society's plan was to have Christian
Japanese ally bring Japanese weapon and
soldiers to the Philippines, and with these
weapon drive away to the Spaniards. After
which Augustin Legaspi would be
proclaimed king of Philippine. The plan
seems good, but it was aborted due to spies
who reported it to Spanish authorities.
Agustin Legaspi - Legaspi's nephew
Pedro Ladia - Native Borneo who came to
Bulacan to lead an armed uprising againts
the Spaniards.
>He proclaimed "King of Tagalogs" His
planned reach the friar curate of Malolos
who desuaded the town people from
believing Ladia. He urged them to remain
faithful to the church and to the king of
Spain. At the same time, the friar curare
notified the Spanish authorities of Ladia's
activities. Ladia was arrested, sent to Manila
then executed.
MANIAGO REVOLT 1660

> It was an uprising in Pampanga during the

1660s. It was a revolt against the spanish
during the colonial period and was namef
after its leader, Francisco Maniago. During
that time, Pampanga drew most of the
attention from the religious group because
of its relative wealth.
BANCAO REVOLT 1621 to 1622

> It was a religious uprising againts

spanish colonial rule led by Bankaw or
Bancao, the datu of Limawasa Carigara,
Abuyog, Sogod. He warmly accepted
Miguel Lopez de Legaspi when he arrived
in the Philippines in 1565, and was
converted as a Christian.
SUMUROY REVOLT

> Agustin Sumuroy also known as Juan

Sumuroy, was a Filipino hero and waray
leader of Sumuroy rebellion, a rebellion of
native Filipinos againts colonial Spanish
forces that occured in eastern Visayas on
1649 to 1650.