ABSTRACT
The rebels' replies indicate that nearly 89 percent of the suspects reported the type of jobs, trades or professions they occupied themselves with prior to the uprising. According to the official correspondence sent by Judge Nicasio de Navascues y Aisa to Governor Julian Juan Pavia, the rebels' motives for revolting against Spain stemmed from their desire to achieve independence, create a republic, and destroy the peninsulares. The fact that the colonial regime discriminated against the Creoles in the area of government employment is corroborated by the evidence supplied by the rebels about the nature of their jobs at the time of the Lares uprising. According to the official report of Judge Nicasio de Navascues y Aisa, there were no causes or motives for the rebellion of Lares other than those stemming from nationalistic sentiment. The chapter demonstrates how the conflicts, articulated by the revolutionary leadership as national problems, affected the local community of Lares.
