The Responses of

The Filipinos Against Spanish

Colonialism
Readings in Philippine History
 Resistance to Religious
Filipino Revolts and 01
Institutions
Revolutions 02
Reganing their Independence

03 Forced Labor

04 Excessive tribute collection

tamblot’s Revolt
december 3, 1621 - January 6, 1622
Cause for Revolt:
Spaniard’s overthrowing native
religion
Rejection of Christianity
Demonizing their religion
Preserve indigenous believes

Plan of the Revolt:

Recruit other babaylan
Establish fortification in the
mountains
conspiracy against the spaniards
(Reganing their Independence)
Plan of the Conspiracy:
Cause for Uprising:
Declining loyalty of
slaves
tributes being paid to
Spaniards instead to
the Datu
Power was taken from
them
Alliance to other Chiefs
Alliance to Foreign party
(Borneo)
Dagohoy’s Revolt
july 4, 1744 - august 31, 1829
Several factors contributed to
the outbreak of the revolt
including;
forced labor
tribute collection
abuses by the clergy
disputes over land and
privileges
local priest refused to bury
Dagohoy's brother
(Sagarino)

It took place on the island of Bohol in the

Visayas region and lasted for 85 years, from
July 4th, 1744 to August 31, 1829.
Failure of the Rebellions
Absence of Cohesive
National Unity
01
02 No Lingua Franca

03 Divide et Impera
04 Characteristics of
Philippine Geography
The Beginnings of Filipino
Nationalism and the Rise of Clase Media
01
Campaign for Reforms
(1882-1892) 02 General Carlos Maria de la Torre

03 GomBurZa

04
Campaign for Reforms 1888-1892

05
Why did the Reform Movement
Fail?
Rise of the clase media

Inquilinos- Tenants in the Middle Class- A group of people

haciendas that accumulated below the aristocratic Spanish
wealth. officials but above the the
masses (poor, uneducated indio)
Chinese mestizos- Landholder
and middleman wholesaler in
produce and foreign imports

Illustrados- Educated
Filipinos
General Carlos Maria de la Torre

Influenced the Filipinos of Liberal

principles of Spain’s revolutionist
into practice.

Europe Liberalism- Philippines is

exposed to international
commerce and liberal ideas from
Europe. Ideas of Voltaire, John
Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Secularization Controversy

Jesuits- Vow to obedience to the

Pope
The secular priests asked for
their right to administer the
parishes.
Cavite Mutiny and Execution of
GomBurZa

January 20, 1872 Cavite mutiny happened when the revocation of

the workers privilege to be exempted from force labor and paying
tribute to Governor-General Rafael de Izquierdo.

bigger conspiracy was planned and funded by Filipino liberals;

Maximo Inocencio
Crisanto de los Reyes
Enrique Paraiso

Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos and Jacinto Zamora are blamed to be

the mastermind of the conspiracy against Spaniards and later
executed.
Why did the reform movement fail?

Repression and Surveillance

Divided Leadership
Prioritizing Armed resistance and
not Reforms