You are on page 1of 6

CHAPTER 7

FROM INDIO TO FILIPINO


CAUSES FOR REVOLTS:
• PERSONAL MOTIVES : cutting of the handog “tribute”
• RELIGIOUS MOTIVES : continous hispanization of
Filipinos through Religion
• RESISTANCE TO SPANISH IMPOSED INSTITUTIONS :
• a. unjust collection of tribute
• b. Polo or forced labor
• c. Reduccion
• d. worsening of economic situation
• PEASANT UNREST : grabbing of land & giving it to the
Chinese mestizo & mestizo tenants.
REASONS FOR REVOLTS

• Ex datus who regularly received the


Handog(annual tribute or gifts) from their brgy.
Members were cut off
• Babaylans like Tamblot & Tapar apostasized &
desired to go back to their precolonial animism
• Personal vendetta sometimes triggered kin
related uprising
PEOPLE REVOLTED AGAINTS
SPAIN
• Lapu lapu of Mactan ( 1521 )
• Dagami of Cebu ( 1567 )
• Tamblot of Bohol ( 1621 – 22 )
• Bankaw ( 1565 ) Datu of Limasawa
• Francisco Dagohoy ( 1744 – 1829 ) held the longest
revolt in the Phil.
• Diego Silang
• Miguel Lanab & Alababan ( 1625 – 27 )
• Tapar ( 1663 )
• Francisco Rivera ( 1718 )
• Ermano Apolinario de la cruz ( 1840 – 41 )
• The Spanish institution , forced labor,
Galleon trade & monopoly on tobacco &
spiritous liquors were persistent irritants
that cause Filipinos to revolt againts Spain
• In the 18th century, major uprising occurred
mostly in Northern Luzon, spilling towards
the tagalog regions
• a. exploitation of the alcalde mayor
• b. irritating recruitmment of forced labor
REASONS & CAUSES FOR
FAILURE OF REVOLTS
• Filipinos live & feel apart from each other
• There was no sense of national unity
• Wide communication gap between
Filipinos of Luzon,Visayas & Mindanao
• Much less a national language to
communicate & bind one another

You might also like