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Reasons Why Spanish Failed to

Colonize Other Areas in the


Philippines
Spanish – Moro conflict
Spanish – Moro conflict
• a series of battles in the Philippines lasting over several centuries.

• It began during the Spanish Era and lasted until the Spanish –
American War.
Who are the Moros?
• They are Bangsamoro people that are native Muslim inhabitants of
the Philippines.

• They are the descendants of the early Malay, Arab and Indian
migrants.

• The Moro people formed their own ethnic group in southwestern


Mindanao.
How did the war started?
How did the war started?
• The Spanish initiated the conflict by conquering the Philippines and
invading Moro territory in an effort to subjugate the region to their
rule.
How did the war continued?
How did the war continued?
• Chinese rebellion embarrassed the Spaniards, and at that time several
datus from the Jolo and Tawi-Tawi islands burned a great many towns
in the Visayas.
How did the war continued?
• Chinese rebellion embarrassed the Spaniards, and at that time several
datus from the Jolo and Tawi-Tawi islands burned a great many towns
in the Visayas.

• Chinese weapons were delivered to the Moros against Spain.


How did the war ended?
How did the war ended?
• The Moros maintained their independence from the Spainish, battling
them constantly.

• It took until the final 2 decades of the presense of the Spanish in the
Philippines for them to launch an extensive conquest of Mindanao.

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