Palaris was aggressively leading protests against the abusive provincial governor Don Joaquin Gamboa and presented their petitions to Fr. Andres Melendez, the head of the friars in Lingayen.
The Spanish had trouble defeating Palaris and other uprisings, particularly during the Seven Year’s War.
However, after signing the Treaty of Paris and the end of the Seven Year’s War in 1763, the Spanish was able to successfully end the Palaris Revolt, with the help of his sister, Simeona, who betrayed Palaris over the latter’s “abuse to her”.