Philippine history : reassessed / Isidro Escare Abeto.

CHAPTER XXXIV
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THE LONGEST FIGHT FOR
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REFORM
The Hero of Bohol
ecognized by the people of the Province of Bohol as their hero, Francisco Dagohoy earnestly worked for the reduction of taxes and the
curtailment of the abusive practices of the Spanish
government and the ecclesiastical authorities. In the year 1744,
when aJesuitcuraterefused holy
burial to his dead brother, who | E
in life, devoted his services to |
the Spanish church, he took it as
a cause to start a revolution
against the Spaniards which he
had long desired.
Bohol Independence
Proclaimed FRANCISCO DAGOHOY
Francisco Dagohoy, extremely fed up with the abuses and malpractices of the Spanish government and ecclesiastical missionaries gathered
many followers from his province-mates in Bohol and started a revolutionary
fight against the Spanish authorities. After scoring successive victories
against the Spanish forces in many armed encounters, Dagohoy proclaimed

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