CAUSES OF REVOLTS

· Our love for freedom and independence

· Abuses of Spanish encomenderos

· Tribute (residence tax)

· Forced labor (polo)

· Land grabbing by the friars

· Basi (wine) monopoly

· Religion

SOME OF REVOLTS:

1. Dagohoy’s Revolt (1744 – 1829)

· The revolt of Francisco Dagohoy was the longest revolt in Philippine history. It lasted for 85 years
from 1744 to 1829. Dagohoy’s brother, a policeman in Inabangan, was killed in a duel with rebel. The
catholic priest refused to give him a Christian burial because dueling was a mortal sin. Francisco
Dagohoy got angry and led his people in a revolt. They killed two priest in the island of Bohol. Soon, the
Boholanos wanted to get rid of all Spaniards in their island. They set up their own free government in
the mountains. They no longer wanted to be under the Spaniards.

2. Silang’s Revolt (1762 – 1763)

· Diego Silang and his wife Gabriela led a famous revolt in Ilocos in 1762 – 1763. This revolt. This
revolt happened during the British invasion. It started on December 14, 1762. Diego Silang proclaimed
the independence of his people and made Vigan the capital of free Ilocos.

3. Revolt Against the Tribute (1589)

· One of the earliest revolts against the tribute (residence tax) started in Cagayan and Ilocos in 1589.
In that year, the Filipinos here revolted because of the abuses of the tribute collectors. They killed many
Spaniards. However, the Spanish governor, Santiago de Vera, pacified the rebel patriots. He pardoned
many of them and improved the tax system.

4. Sumuroy’s Revolt (1649 – 1650)

· In 1649 the Visayan alcades mayor ordered to send men to work in the Cavite naval shipyards. The
visayan men hated this order and did not like to leave their homes and their families. Sumuroy, a native
Palapag, Samar, led them in an armed revolt. On thethe night of June 1, 1649 he and his men killed their
parish priest. In those days. Priest was really like a government. Soon, the rebellion spread to other
towns in Samar, Cebu, Masbate, Camiguin, Albay, Camarines, Northern Mindanao and Zamboanga. Like
Sumuroy and his men, the rebels in this areas hated the system of polo (forced labor).

5. Agrarian Revolt (1745 – 1746)

· Filipino landowners in the four provinces of Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite and Laguna revolted against
the Spanish rule. Their revolt was due to the land grabbing by Spaniards who took over their ancestral
lands. The first spark of the revolt was at Lian and Nasugbu in Batangas. The Filipinos in these towns
demanded the return of their lands occupied by the Spanish priests. The Filipinos burned the local
churches, looted the convents and ruined the ranches of the priests. Soon, the nearby towns and
provinces also sympathized with the revolt.

6. The Basi Revolt (1807)

· This was a most unusual revolt in the Philippine history. It was all about love for a homemade wine
from sugarcane called basi. In 1786, the Spanish government took over the making and sale of wine.
They banned people from making homemade wine. The people of Ilocos hated this order because they
were now forced to buy the wine from government stores.

7. The Religious Revolt of Mermano Pule (1840 – 1841)

· It was led by Apolinario de la Cruz, popularly known as “Hermano Pule” of Barrio Pandak. Lukban,
Tayabas (Quezon). Apolinario started his own religion in Lucban in June 1840. It was called the Confradia
de San Jose (Confraternity of St. Jopseph). They had their own rituals, prayers and leaders specially
suited for Filipinos. But the Spanish officials did not allow any other religion but the Catholic one. So
they banned Hermano Pule’s new religion.