Brauce Lyndon Ignacio Saliling

Revolts in the Philippines

Revolts Cause Results
Dagami Revolt The Dagami Revolt was a It was failed
revolt led by the Dagami
family who came from the
island of Leyte in 1567.
It was due to the
dissatisfaction of
Spanish Rule.

Lakandula and The revolt occurred in the Soliman continued

same year as the Chinese
Sulayman Revolt
pirate Limahong attacked
his revolt which was
the palisaded yet poorly brutally crushed in
defended enclosure 1574.
of Intramuros. This revolt
was caused by losing
Soliman and Lakandula's
kingdom when they were
defeated by Miguel Lopez
de Legazpi to accept the
Spanish sovereignty on
the promise that they
would be well-treated by
the Spaniards and would
still retain some of their
royal and political
powers.
Pampanga Revolt It was uprising in 1585 The leaders of the revolt were
by some arrested and summarily
 native Kapampangan executed by Christian Cruz-
leaders who resented the Herrera.
Spanish landowners,
or encomenderos who had
deprived them of their
historical land
inheritances as tribal
chiefs or Datus. The
revolt included a plot to
storm Intramuros. but
the conspiracy was foiled
before it could begin after
a Filipino woman married
to a Spanish soldier
reported the plot to the
Spanish authorities.
Conspiracy of the The Conspiracy of the The uprising failed when
Maharlikas, or the Tondo
Maharlikas Conspiracy, of 1587–
they were denounced to
the Spanish authorities by
1588, was a plot by the Antonio Surabao
kin-related noblemen, (Susabau) of Calamianes,
or datus, of Manila and in Palawan.
some towns
of Bulacan and
Pampanga. It was led
by Agustin de Legazpi,
nephew of Lakandula,
and his first
cousin, Martin Pangan.
The datus swore to revolt.
Revolts against the The Cagayan and Dingras The rebels were eventually
Revolts Against the pardoned and the Philippine
tribute Tribute occurred on Luzon in tax system reformed.
the present-day provinces
of Cagayan and Ilocos
Norte in 1589. Ilocanos,
 Ibanags and other Filipinos
revolted against alleged
abuses by the tax collectors,
including the collection of
high taxes. It began when six
tax collectors who had arrived
from Vigans were killed by
the natives. Governor
Santiago de Vera sent
Spanish and Filipino colonial
troops to pacify the rebels.
Magalat Revolts The Magalat Revolts was They fought successfully
an uprising in 1596, led by against the rebels, and
Magalat, a rebel captured and executed
from Cagayan. He had been
arrested in Manila for
several leaders under
inciting rebellion against the Magalat. Magalat
Spanish. He was later himself was assassinated
released after some urging by within his fortified
some Dominican priests, and headquarters by his own
returned to Cagayan. men.
Together with his brother, he
urged the entire country to
revolt. He was said to have
committed atrocities against
his fellow natives for refusing
to rise up against the
Spaniards. He soon controlled
the countryside, and the
Spanish eventually found
themselves besieged. The
Spanish Governor-
General Francisco de Tello de
Guzman sent Pedro de
Chaves from Manila with
Spanish and Filipino colonial
troops.
Igorot Revolt By order of The revolt was short-lived
the Governor-General as Aranda made use of
Francisco de Tello de extreme measures and
 Guzmán an expedition executed them quickly to
was sent to dispel the revolt in the
the Cordillera region Cordillera region.
[8]

for religious conversion

purposes with the aid
of Padre Esteban
Marin. Marin, the
curate of Ilocos at that
time, tried initially to
convince the Igorots to
convert peacefully to
Catholicism.
Tamblot Revolt The Tamblot Revolt or It was finally
the Tamblot Uprising, crushed on New
was a religious Year's Day, in 1622.
uprising in the island Tamblot was
of Bohol, led
by Tamblot in 1621.
executed and his
The Jesuits first came head was severed on
to Bohol in 1596 and a pike to serve as a
eventually governed warning to the
the island and populace.
converted the
Boholanos to the
Catholic faith.
Tamblot, a babaylan or
native priest, urged his
fellow Boholanos to
return to the old belief
of their
forefathers.[9] The
revolt began on the day
 when the Jesuits were
in Cebu, celebrating the
feast day of St. Francis
Xavier.
Bankaw (Bancao) The Bankaw Revolt was It was failed
Revolt a religious uprising
against Spanish colonial
rule led by Bancao,
the datu of Carigara, in
the present-day Carigara
in Leyte. Bankaw had
warmly received Miguel
López de Legazpi as his
guest, when he first
arrived in
the Philippines in 1565.
Although baptized as a
Catholic in his youth, he
abandoned this faith in
later years. With
a babaylan, or religious
leader named Pagali, he
built a temple for
a diwata or local goddess,
and pressed six towns to
rise up in revolt.