A Short History of the Philippines for Use in Philippine Schools
A Short History of the Philippines for Use in Philippine Schools
Prescott Ford Jernegan
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Therefore he was chosen the patron saint of Manila to protect it against earthquakes. Many people considered the earthquake a punishment for their sins, and now began to be more religious. After this earthquake they built no more great houses of stone in Manila for many yeais. The large and beautiful houses, which stood before the earthquake, 116 HISTOEY OF THE PHILIPPINES had gained for Manila the name "Pearl of the Orient. " Insurrection of 1660. — Manrique de Lara was now governor. During hi...s rule many calamities had come upon the Philippines. Locusts, famine, small-pox, pirate attacks, shipwrecks and earthquakes had made the lot of the Filipinos a hard one. In addition to all these troubles the natives were work- ed like slaves, at ship-building. In 1660 one thousand Filipinos were cutting timber for the government in the forests of Pampanga. Sometimes they were whipped to make them work harder. These woodmen now rebelled. A Mexican, Mafiago, was their leader. They wrote to their fellow-countrymen in Pangasinan, Ilocos and Caga- yan to get their aid.
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