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Filipino Resistance to Spanish Rule by Steve B. Salonga is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This chapter summarizes Filipino responses to Spanish colonization and evangelization from 1565-1590 in the Visayan islands. It describes an initial period of hostility from locals towards the Spanish. While some Visayans fled or avoided contact, others were forced to submit under duress. Those who submitted engaged in subtle forms of resistance like deception and subterfuge. Leaders like Rajah Tupas and Datu Simaquio were skilled at blending submission with tricks to gain advantages from the Spanish while
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- Steve B. Salonga
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