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The Pearl and Tobacco

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The coordinated efforts of the Moros in Mindanao (led by Sultan Kudarat), Northern Luzon(Saludong) pagans/hindus, Christian rebels in Luzon and the chinese in the philippines(chinese revolts are supperted by koxinga and tungning) to expel the Spanish would fail in the late 17th century and the Pagan tribes would experience famine which they were able to recover in the beginning of the 18th century.

The Irraya and the other pagan/hindu tribes in the Upper reaches of Cagayan Valley and Pampanga river valley would recover from the battles and earlier famine in the beginning of the 18th century, Peace with the Spanish would be a possibility at this point due to the hostilities starting to cease to happen.

On the early decades of 1700's The Spanish would start to make peace with the Northern nobles of Saludong which included the rump remnants of Kaboloan and Sapa in the North which are the Saludongese nobles.

The Kings of Spain, Philip V would start to rule the Philippines from Spain and made his neoplanta decrees and informally the colony would start to split and the pagan nobles in the North would start to convert along with their subjects which are the pagan tribes.

The languages of Yogad, Karaklans and Buquids and the minor tribes of Upper Cagayan Valley and Pampanga river valley would start to merge with Irraya-Gadddang into one making the language of Gaddangs dominant in Northern Luzon, the languages of Yogads, Karaklans and Bukids and other minor tribes would start to lose their linguistic individuality since 1730's as their populations are boosted and the new language would later be a linguafranca of the Northern Island Half of Luzon.


The boost of the population of the former pagan tribes would double their population and would be loyal to the Spanish crown and their nobles

The Tagalog and Ilocano settlers in Upper Cagayan River and Upper Pampanga river valley would gradually be absorbed by this new merger, mishmash and mixture of languages and these people have started to be prolific since the second decade of the 18th century.

The Spanish prosetylization to the Pagan/Hindu tribes would be complete except for the tribes of Bontoc, Kankanaey and Tinguians by 1730's.
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