73

how.111.1544

'Ad thn4.61;p_liwpi.ilh I. 1144,Dismifi

bt Spanish king intrtucted the new govetu0r-gentral ro

undertake a pacification campaign. In 1587. a conspiracy led

by Tondo chieftains, wane of whom were relaccd r thc Bomean

tulran, was planned_ one of the leaders, .Magat Salari ai. was

INSURRECTIONS AND UPRISMS,

SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH
CENTURY
regime by using the .natives in
region to fight the rebels in

chosen to go ;0 rhe Caluniancc to seek the sk. Rare help.. Bur

another. In general, the revolts had air= specific c.w.o..

Btionei

atIC

the mi.5_5ion was aborted. when ie was. arre3ted in

(hr

anti acs shortly after the plot was revealed to Spanish

authorities
by a native al list Sara. it is problematical how much help the

regime were the people's. reactions to the brutish cruelty associated

ld have Own, corisiaeringthac much of his fleet and arsilletyhad

'hoer!, captured in 1575. t This is (13c only repurterl atterript

with the tribute colieccions and the imposition of forced labor_ On

during the Spanish memo when Ltann chiefs, same of them

The firer outbreaks and subsequent uprisings under the new

one hand, the natives were not used to paying ilibute: on

the

other

hand,

the

Spanish

etteme-prdierm, who. not

producers and depended on the narives for their food

renal WC, very often
-

arid

sus

were harsh and brutal in demanding the

tribute.. A second cause was the reaction of the natives to the

imposition 0-Christianity, characterized by their desire to return to

cou

already baptized Christians would seek Mu_stim help. Had they

limited a decade and a half earlier they might ill avE had a better
dunce in opposing t he conquest_ With the pass ing any of this

generation of Tagalog claws, the influence and memory of

Islam effectively disappeared from the Manila and Tagalog arm,
arid the ft] ill3rC of Christianity in LUNN] was mused.

their old religious beliefs and practices. A third immediate cause

were the Spanish wars againg rlic Dutch and the iviuslims
which forced the involvement of du: people in Spa ii imperialistic
designs,. rewiring. in great- sufkrinp amoni,' the people a well
as loss of life.

Uprilings
The province of Cagayan in northern LOAM iiivaS the
scmc of numerous outbreaks of violence in the first half
century of Spanish rule, It was one or the

rcgium whinc coas cal

areas had been pacified by Juan de %iced in 1572. However; i s

interitir was nut effect ivey conquered until late in the

seventeenth century, A small fort manned by a few Spanish

soldiers was established in the old pre-Spanish settlement of

LA, which was named Nueva Segovia. In was made the capital
of are province in 1594. Its 45.000 inhabitant were

Uprisings in the itianita Bay Region

The Tagalog and Pampanga harangays, which had
peacefully submitted tn. Spanish rule rose in armsi n 1523 and
1 534.

In 5 .
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39

assigned. to 12 encorthenderos in Manila, but as the

not have enough missionaries, no religious

instruction could Ile provided_ Its only link with the rcgirnc
regime

did

was the collection of the tribute. Resentment against likc

conquest caused :he first serious outbreakti violence in 1539

under the Icadershill kifMagikt, a rominelit native chief. Over

the nem few

years, outbreaks followed one aiiotlier,

necessitating rill: dispatch of

all

expedition of 60 Spaniards aLtd 800 stative alaxiWrio.

to the ProvinCe. Thy uprisings were quelled only alter M agal

at was killed.