Permanent not Temporary
What if the revolution of Maniago have more effect on the people of the Philippines?
This Alternate History Story is about the Filipinos losing their indolence due to a fairly successful revolt, although not successful militarily, it is successful in influencing them to fight for their rights and love their land above all, the filipinos would have less tolerance for injustice in general in this world.
I
On 1661, after the defeat of Maniago, due to the town leaders in Pampanga being deceived by the Spanish, Maniago decided to go to his ally, Andres Malong who also led a rebellion in the Island centered in Pangasinan since the majority of his faction had already surrendered to the Spanish, in this point in time there is a leader of this revolt in Ilocos named Almazan.
The Maniago-Malong revolt have been considered a threat to the Spanish control in Luzon due to the people actually supporting it and because the Spanish abandoned their war against the moros in Mindanao, the revolt caused the Spanish to lose most of their gains in the wars against the moros, this was due to the fact that the revolt became a threat to the Spanish rule in Manila and the Manila-Acapulco trade.
After the time the Maniago-Malong revolt change its center to Pangasinan, the Chinese in the island of gold also revolted which coincided with the victory of Koxinga, it is rumored that Koxinga wanted to ally with the 17th Century revolters in the Island of Gold.
The Merdicas (also spelled Mardicas or Mardikas) were Catholic natives of the islands of Ternate and Tidore of the Moluccas, converted during the Portuguese occupation of the islands by Jesuit missionaries. The islands were later captured by the Spanish who vied for their control with the Dutch. In 1663, the Spanish garrison in Ternate were forced to pull out to defend Manila against the Maniago-Malong revolt (sacrificing the Moluccas to the Dutch in doing so). A number of Merdicas volunteered to help, eventually being resettled in a sandbar near the mouth of the Maragondon river (known as the Barra de Maragondon) and Tanza, Cavite, Manila.
Although the Spanish were able to defeat the leaders Maniago-Malong in Luzon, namely Maniago, Malong and Almazan in 1665, when the Spanish had a solid army with collaborators, Merdicas and Spanish, this revolt would inspire future revolts and the Christians in Luzon or the Island of Gintu or Nueva Castilla would not resettle the sparsely inhabited inland flatlands of Luzon which is majority inhabited by Infidels such as Upper Cagayan, Tarlac, Zambales and Upper Pampanga river basin, further missions in those lands would fail after the revolt and the Spanish would focus on pleasing the nobility of the lands they already control in the island and the Tobacco monopoly in Cagayan would only be found in Lower Cagayan which is in Spanish control, the Spanish would favor the Kapampangans over the Tagalogs and the Ilocanos who made rebellions.
The Infidels would be led by the nobility of the old Kingdom of Saludong or Sapa against the Spanish which is in a rump existence due to it being infiltrated by the Spanish due to the backstabbing of Lakandula in the war against Limahong.
Due to the consequences of the strong revolt started by Maniago, the people would be more assertive of their rights to stay in their ancestral lands and would not leave due to famines but rather chose to defend their own rights.
II
Due to the Spanish under Manuel de Leon already lost and had already gambled out of their control of most of Mindanao, on 1670 due to the revolt, the following governor Juan Manuel Bonifaz would resettle some Tagalogs, Ilocanos and Visayans in their controlled area of Mindanao since controlling the Interior of Luzon would be impossible since the conversion has been a failure for these people and it would cause the Spanish to lose more of their control in the land and at this point it is the nobles who are ruling for them but the people of Ilocos and Southern Luzon, had learned that they would not take advantage of the difficulties of the Infidels in the Inland Luzon as they were part of the earlier struggle against the Spanish, due to the Ilocanos not wanting to resettle the territories of Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Zambales and Nueva Viscaya/Upper Cagayan due to the people there are their allies in the revolt, the loosely controlled territories inhabited by majorly pagans in Luzon would slowly go away from Spanish control, the results were good for the people of the Saludong or Luzon.
The limits of absolute Spanish control in Cagayan is in the Tuguegarao area after the revolt and the area where the Spanish control fades in the Central Luzon Plains is on the last populous town of the Bulacan and Pampanga provinces, Karaklan and Bukid live in what our world is called as Nueva Ecija and Rizal Provinces, they are speak a language similar to Kapampangan), Ilongots, Irraya, Gaddang, Ifugaos, Isinay and Sambals and other areas where the Infieles lived are out of Spanish control.
On 1670, The Spanish had completely lost control of Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Nueva Vizcaya, the Gaddangs and Irrayas attacked Tuguegarao and reclaimed it on 1680 expelling the christian Ibanag settlers back north and the former people of Tuguegarao that the spanish had settled in Tuguegarao, the Irraya reclaimed Tuguegarao and the capital of the Cagayan Province became Lallo.
The Spanish in Manila had Manuel de Leon jailed in Manila due to his repeated violations and infractions in his rule of the Philippines, the Spanish had learned the hard way, they needed to please the nobles in Luzon and gave them more rights but the peasants at this time had become more assertive of their rights, the Spanish after the resettlement of Ilocanos and Tagalogs to Mindanao cannot have more resettlement to Mindanao due to the people becoming more hostile to the Spanish rule.
The people who lived after revolt yearned for a more Permanent not temporary solution to their problems in their society and not a temporary one.
Even if the Spanish had the Incompetent Manuel de Leon jailed, the nobles in Luzon are no longer pleased of the Spanish rule in Luzon and wanted the Spanish out since the Peasants are already in an unrest and the Spanish are no longer pleasing them, the nobles would loose their interest and alliance with the Spanish and slowly lost their interest in the Catholic Church and the Spanish.
Spain is currently ruled by Philip III who has his heir Balthasar Carlos, the Spanish had experienced the loss of their rule in Celebes and Ternate and most of Mindanao and is also suffering the gradual loss of their rule in Luzon/Nueva Castilla or the Island of Gold as the Spanish could no longer help the nobles in Luzon as the peasants have learned of their rights.
Philip IV would betroth Marie Louise of Orleans to Felipe Prospero of Spain, the future marriage would make the Kings of Spain have a position to the Jacobite succession, the marriage and the survival of Felipe Prospero was credited for the revitalization of the Spanish Habsburgs for one century.
Due to the rule in Luzon being unstable, the Spanish would be more desperate in clinging to the Manila-Acapulco trade.
III
While the Spanish ruled parts of Luzon or Guintu or Saludong would have unstably ruled by the Spanish, the people in the areas not ruled by the Spanish continued their Polygamy and people had many children although not all of the children of the people who had many children survived to adulthood, the people of the Interior of Guintu that are multiplying like rabbits and living independently compared to the Christians living in the mercy of the Spanish and their nobles who do tribute work, the population of the Christians was surpassed by the pagans on 1720 AD.
In this point some of the Christian Peasants become influenced by the Pagans, however, the Christians are still having problems in working the fields for their own hacienderos and the nobles who only have a string hold on their people and so does the Spanish central rule in Luzon.
At this point there are many threats to the Spanish rule in Luzon which are the Pagans living there because the Pagan population had surpassed the Christian population.
The Peasants have learned of their rights and periodic revolts and riots happen, the slowly losing control of the Spanish in Luzon was irreversible due to the change in the Peasants, while Visayas and the Spanish ruled Mindanao are more tightly integrated in the Spanish yoke, it would just be time before a great man expel the Spanish in Manila.
The Spanish would view this as a painful defeat and the proof of the Spanish weakness in the island and the natives would realize this and the fact that they can defeat the spanish and expel them.
The Spanish were always defeated in their wars against the raiders in Southern Luzon and the Pagan raiders from Inner Luzon.
IV
In this point the Spanish had already lost Portugal, however the Spice Islands and Sulawesi were also lost like the interior of Luzon and Mindanao after the Spanish withdrew their troops to Manila, the Spanish under the rule of Charles II of Spain cannot fix their loses on the archipelago and it is a matter of time before the Spanish will be expelled from Manila and the Spanish experienced another revolt from the Christians of Luzon, the Spanish can't do anything to displease the christian nobles or they will be kicked out.
The Visayans at this point became more loyal of the Spanish and became more allied and acculturated to them and the Visayans experience more privileges under the Spanish rule which the lowlanders in Luzon and Mindanao don't experience due to the undying loyalty of the Visayans since the beginning.
The pagans would completely expel the Spanish in the early 18th century out of the Christianized parts of Saludong with the exception of Lower Bulacan which would mean the Saludong as ruled by the Javanese nobles was restored, Spain was just emerging from the Spanish war of succession at this point.
The Ifugaos would expand to parts of Cagayan Valley in the foothills of Cordilleras, parts of Benguet and parts of Nueva Ecija nearby Benguet, the Irrayas, Karaklan, Bukid and Gaddang would merge into one people.
The Spanish at this point only controlled only Southern Luzon after their expulsion from Northern Luzon in the Early 18th Century but the control to these areas are shaky and any challenge of the Spanish to the status quo will lead to their expulsion, on 1830, Ferdinand VII of Spain only had a surviving daughter as Isabella, she reigned in 1830 after Ferdinand VII died and Isabella is the last member of the Spanish habsburgs.
Isabella of Spain, married to Francisco, duke of Anjou(Francis of Anjou), the marriage caused a brief war of succession which more destabilized the Spanish fragile rule in Luzon, however, Isabella of Spain and her husband retained her rule.
In this point a revolt by neopagans in Southern Luzon happens in the reign of Isabella II and the neopagan revolt was crushed and the neopagan were tolerated because the Spanish hold in Luzon is fragile.
The Spanish would gradually lose control of the Philippines due to revolts and later to the British when they sold their rights to the British in 1880 due to the expense of maintaining the Philippines as a colony.
What if the revolution of Maniago have more effect on the people of the Philippines?
This Alternate History Story is about the Filipinos losing their indolence due to a fairly successful revolt, although not successful militarily, it is successful in influencing them to fight for their rights and love their land above all, the filipinos would have less tolerance for injustice in general in this world.
I
On 1661, after the defeat of Maniago, due to the town leaders in Pampanga being deceived by the Spanish, Maniago decided to go to his ally, Andres Malong who also led a rebellion in the Island centered in Pangasinan since the majority of his faction had already surrendered to the Spanish, in this point in time there is a leader of this revolt in Ilocos named Almazan.
The Maniago-Malong revolt have been considered a threat to the Spanish control in Luzon due to the people actually supporting it and because the Spanish abandoned their war against the moros in Mindanao, the revolt caused the Spanish to lose most of their gains in the wars against the moros, this was due to the fact that the revolt became a threat to the Spanish rule in Manila and the Manila-Acapulco trade.
After the time the Maniago-Malong revolt change its center to Pangasinan, the Chinese in the island of gold also revolted which coincided with the victory of Koxinga, it is rumored that Koxinga wanted to ally with the 17th Century revolters in the Island of Gold.
The Merdicas (also spelled Mardicas or Mardikas) were Catholic natives of the islands of Ternate and Tidore of the Moluccas, converted during the Portuguese occupation of the islands by Jesuit missionaries. The islands were later captured by the Spanish who vied for their control with the Dutch. In 1663, the Spanish garrison in Ternate were forced to pull out to defend Manila against the Maniago-Malong revolt (sacrificing the Moluccas to the Dutch in doing so). A number of Merdicas volunteered to help, eventually being resettled in a sandbar near the mouth of the Maragondon river (known as the Barra de Maragondon) and Tanza, Cavite, Manila.
Although the Spanish were able to defeat the leaders Maniago-Malong in Luzon, namely Maniago, Malong and Almazan in 1665, when the Spanish had a solid army with collaborators, Merdicas and Spanish, this revolt would inspire future revolts and the Christians in Luzon or the Island of Gintu or Nueva Castilla would not resettle the sparsely inhabited inland flatlands of Luzon which is majority inhabited by Infidels such as Upper Cagayan, Tarlac, Zambales and Upper Pampanga river basin, further missions in those lands would fail after the revolt and the Spanish would focus on pleasing the nobility of the lands they already control in the island and the Tobacco monopoly in Cagayan would only be found in Lower Cagayan which is in Spanish control, the Spanish would favor the Kapampangans over the Tagalogs and the Ilocanos who made rebellions.
The Infidels would be led by the nobility of the old Kingdom of Saludong or Sapa against the Spanish which is in a rump existence due to it being infiltrated by the Spanish due to the backstabbing of Lakandula in the war against Limahong.
Due to the consequences of the strong revolt started by Maniago, the people would be more assertive of their rights to stay in their ancestral lands and would not leave due to famines but rather chose to defend their own rights.
II
Due to the Spanish under Manuel de Leon already lost and had already gambled out of their control of most of Mindanao, on 1670 due to the revolt, the following governor Juan Manuel Bonifaz would resettle some Tagalogs, Ilocanos and Visayans in their controlled area of Mindanao since controlling the Interior of Luzon would be impossible since the conversion has been a failure for these people and it would cause the Spanish to lose more of their control in the land and at this point it is the nobles who are ruling for them but the people of Ilocos and Southern Luzon, had learned that they would not take advantage of the difficulties of the Infidels in the Inland Luzon as they were part of the earlier struggle against the Spanish, due to the Ilocanos not wanting to resettle the territories of Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Zambales and Nueva Viscaya/Upper Cagayan due to the people there are their allies in the revolt, the loosely controlled territories inhabited by majorly pagans in Luzon would slowly go away from Spanish control, the results were good for the people of the Saludong or Luzon.
The limits of absolute Spanish control in Cagayan is in the Tuguegarao area after the revolt and the area where the Spanish control fades in the Central Luzon Plains is on the last populous town of the Bulacan and Pampanga provinces, Karaklan and Bukid live in what our world is called as Nueva Ecija and Rizal Provinces, they are speak a language similar to Kapampangan), Ilongots, Irraya, Gaddang, Ifugaos, Isinay and Sambals and other areas where the Infieles lived are out of Spanish control.
On 1670, The Spanish had completely lost control of Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and Nueva Vizcaya, the Gaddangs and Irrayas attacked Tuguegarao and reclaimed it on 1680 expelling the christian Ibanag settlers back north and the former people of Tuguegarao that the spanish had settled in Tuguegarao, the Irraya reclaimed Tuguegarao and the capital of the Cagayan Province became Lallo.
The Spanish in Manila had Manuel de Leon jailed in Manila due to his repeated violations and infractions in his rule of the Philippines, the Spanish had learned the hard way, they needed to please the nobles in Luzon and gave them more rights but the peasants at this time had become more assertive of their rights, the Spanish after the resettlement of Ilocanos and Tagalogs to Mindanao cannot have more resettlement to Mindanao due to the people becoming more hostile to the Spanish rule.
The people who lived after revolt yearned for a more Permanent not temporary solution to their problems in their society and not a temporary one.
Even if the Spanish had the Incompetent Manuel de Leon jailed, the nobles in Luzon are no longer pleased of the Spanish rule in Luzon and wanted the Spanish out since the Peasants are already in an unrest and the Spanish are no longer pleasing them, the nobles would loose their interest and alliance with the Spanish and slowly lost their interest in the Catholic Church and the Spanish.
Spain is currently ruled by Philip III who has his heir Balthasar Carlos, the Spanish had experienced the loss of their rule in Celebes and Ternate and most of Mindanao and is also suffering the gradual loss of their rule in Luzon/Nueva Castilla or the Island of Gold as the Spanish could no longer help the nobles in Luzon as the peasants have learned of their rights.
Philip IV would betroth Marie Louise of Orleans to Felipe Prospero of Spain, the future marriage would make the Kings of Spain have a position to the Jacobite succession, the marriage and the survival of Felipe Prospero was credited for the revitalization of the Spanish Habsburgs for one century.
Due to the rule in Luzon being unstable, the Spanish would be more desperate in clinging to the Manila-Acapulco trade.
III
While the Spanish ruled parts of Luzon or Guintu or Saludong would have unstably ruled by the Spanish, the people in the areas not ruled by the Spanish continued their Polygamy and people had many children although not all of the children of the people who had many children survived to adulthood, the people of the Interior of Guintu that are multiplying like rabbits and living independently compared to the Christians living in the mercy of the Spanish and their nobles who do tribute work, the population of the Christians was surpassed by the pagans on 1720 AD.
In this point some of the Christian Peasants become influenced by the Pagans, however, the Christians are still having problems in working the fields for their own hacienderos and the nobles who only have a string hold on their people and so does the Spanish central rule in Luzon.
At this point there are many threats to the Spanish rule in Luzon which are the Pagans living there because the Pagan population had surpassed the Christian population.
The Peasants have learned of their rights and periodic revolts and riots happen, the slowly losing control of the Spanish in Luzon was irreversible due to the change in the Peasants, while Visayas and the Spanish ruled Mindanao are more tightly integrated in the Spanish yoke, it would just be time before a great man expel the Spanish in Manila.
The Spanish would view this as a painful defeat and the proof of the Spanish weakness in the island and the natives would realize this and the fact that they can defeat the spanish and expel them.
The Spanish were always defeated in their wars against the raiders in Southern Luzon and the Pagan raiders from Inner Luzon.
IV
In this point the Spanish had already lost Portugal, however the Spice Islands and Sulawesi were also lost like the interior of Luzon and Mindanao after the Spanish withdrew their troops to Manila, the Spanish under the rule of Charles II of Spain cannot fix their loses on the archipelago and it is a matter of time before the Spanish will be expelled from Manila and the Spanish experienced another revolt from the Christians of Luzon, the Spanish can't do anything to displease the christian nobles or they will be kicked out.
The Visayans at this point became more loyal of the Spanish and became more allied and acculturated to them and the Visayans experience more privileges under the Spanish rule which the lowlanders in Luzon and Mindanao don't experience due to the undying loyalty of the Visayans since the beginning.
The pagans would completely expel the Spanish in the early 18th century out of the Christianized parts of Saludong with the exception of Lower Bulacan which would mean the Saludong as ruled by the Javanese nobles was restored, Spain was just emerging from the Spanish war of succession at this point.
The Ifugaos would expand to parts of Cagayan Valley in the foothills of Cordilleras, parts of Benguet and parts of Nueva Ecija nearby Benguet, the Irrayas, Karaklan, Bukid and Gaddang would merge into one people.
The Spanish at this point only controlled only Southern Luzon after their expulsion from Northern Luzon in the Early 18th Century but the control to these areas are shaky and any challenge of the Spanish to the status quo will lead to their expulsion, on 1830, Ferdinand VII of Spain only had a surviving daughter as Isabella, she reigned in 1830 after Ferdinand VII died and Isabella is the last member of the Spanish habsburgs.
Isabella of Spain, married to Francisco, duke of Anjou(Francis of Anjou), the marriage caused a brief war of succession which more destabilized the Spanish fragile rule in Luzon, however, Isabella of Spain and her husband retained her rule.
In this point a revolt by neopagans in Southern Luzon happens in the reign of Isabella II and the neopagan revolt was crushed and the neopagan were tolerated because the Spanish hold in Luzon is fragile.
The Spanish would gradually lose control of the Philippines due to revolts and later to the British when they sold their rights to the British in 1880 due to the expense of maintaining the Philippines as a colony.
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