The Andress Malong Revolt

The Filipinos revolted against Spanish rule due to the oppressive treatment given them by the Spaniards. One of these revolts was the Malong Revolt. The people were suffering from forced labor and the non-payment of the timber used in the construction of galleons as well as rice and other foodstuffs.

The Malong Revolt was influenced by the Pampanga revolt because the prevailing conditions then at Pampanga and Pangasinan were almost the same. Andres Malong led the People in Pangasinan to take up arms against the Spaniards. The revolt spread throughout the province with great success so that he proclaimed himself King of Pangasinan.

Thousands of Filipinos joined this revolt and Malong was tempted to extend it to Pampanga, Ilocos, and Cagayan. The dispersal of his forces, however, proved to be his undoing. It weakened his own defenses in Pangasinan, enabling the Spaniards to capture him and suppress his revolt before reinforcements could arrive from the other provinces. Malong was subsequently executed.

In the 18th century the people of Binalatongan (now San Carlos City), Pangasinan, took arms demanding the removal of the tribute and the Alcalde-Mayor, Joaquin Gamboa who had been making illegal collections of the tribute. The defeat of the Spaniards in Manila by the British during the Seven Years' War and the occupation of the city by the British, contributed to the outbreak of the revolt.

The realization that the Spaniards could be defeated encouraged the Filipinos, who took advantage of the preoccupation of the Spaniards with their British enemies. But a Spanish force defeated the rebels in Bayambang.

Later, Juan dela Cruz Palaris, a native of Binalatongan, led a renewal of the revolt. It spread throughout the province, especially in the towns of Calasiao, Dagupan, Manaoag, Mangaldan, San Jacinto, Bayambang, Malasiqui, Santa Barbara, and Paniqui. As a concession, the Spanish authorities required the alcalde-mayor of Pangasinan to resign. The people of Pangasinan continued their resistance nonetheless, but were finally defeated in March, 1764. Palaris was captured and hanged.