Spanish Moro Wars
Spanish–Moro Wars
The Spanish–Moro Conflict was a series of wars lasting over several centuries from the beginning of Spanish colonization of the Philippines, to the Spanish–American War when Spain finally began to subjugate Moroland after centuries of failing to do so.
Wars during the 1600s[edit]
Background[edit]
The Moros had a history of resistance against Spanish, American, and Japanese rule for over 400 years. The violent armed struggle against the Japanese, Filipinos, Spanish, and Americans is considered by current Moro Muslim leaders as part of the four centuries long "national liberation movement" of the Bangsamoro (Moro Nation).[1] The 400 year long resistance against the Japanese, Americans, and Spanish by the Moro Muslims persisted and morphed into their current war for independence against the Philippine state.[2]
The Spanish initiated the conflict by conquering the Philippines and invading Moro territory in an effort to subjugate the region to their rule since the 1500s. The Spanish conquered the Muslim Kingdom of Maynila, the Muslim King Rajah Sulayman resisted the Spanish. Manila then became the capital of the Spanish Philippines after the conquest, with the Spanish forcibly converting people to Catholicism. They then turned to attack the Moro Muslim sultanates in the south to Mindanao. The Moro Datus and sultans raided and pillaged Spanish towns in the northern Philippine islands in retaliation for Spanish attacks, and terrorised the Spanish invaders with their constant piracy. The Spanish were prepared to conquer Mindanao and the Moluccas after establishing a fort in 1635, but the Chinese threatened the Spanish with invasion which forced them to pull back to defend Manila. At one point several thousand Chinese who were evicted by the Spanish joined the Moros.
The Moros were a Muslim people with a tradition of fighting called juramentados by the Spanish, battling Spanish invaders to the death.
The Spanish did not succeed until the late 19th
The Spanish–Moro Conflict was a series of wars lasting over several centuries from the beginning of Spanish colonization of the Philippines, to the Spanish–American War when Spain finally began to subjugate Moroland after centuries of failing to do so.
Wars during the 1600s[edit]
Background[edit]
The Moros had a history of resistance against Spanish, American, and Japanese rule for over 400 years. The violent armed struggle against the Japanese, Filipinos, Spanish, and Americans is considered by current Moro Muslim leaders as part of the four centuries long "national liberation movement" of the Bangsamoro (Moro Nation).[1] The 400 year long resistance against the Japanese, Americans, and Spanish by the Moro Muslims persisted and morphed into their current war for independence against the Philippine state.[2]
The Spanish initiated the conflict by conquering the Philippines and invading Moro territory in an effort to subjugate the region to their rule since the 1500s. The Spanish conquered the Muslim Kingdom of Maynila, the Muslim King Rajah Sulayman resisted the Spanish. Manila then became the capital of the Spanish Philippines after the conquest, with the Spanish forcibly converting people to Catholicism. They then turned to attack the Moro Muslim sultanates in the south to Mindanao. The Moro Datus and sultans raided and pillaged Spanish towns in the northern Philippine islands in retaliation for Spanish attacks, and terrorised the Spanish invaders with their constant piracy. The Spanish were prepared to conquer Mindanao and the Moluccas after establishing a fort in 1635, but the Chinese threatened the Spanish with invasion which forced them to pull back to defend Manila. At one point several thousand Chinese who were evicted by the Spanish joined the Moros.
The Moros were a Muslim people with a tradition of fighting called juramentados by the Spanish, battling Spanish invaders to the death.
The Spanish did not succeed until the late 19th