1. Instability of colonial administration the government is not stable
2. Corrupt officials
3. No represaentation to the Spanish Cortes
4. Human rights denied to Filipinos
5. No equality before the law
6. Maladim of justice
7. Racial discrimination *
8. Frailocracy - rule of the friars
9. Force Labor - Polo * every men will give free service to the government
Falla - amount of money given to the exempted from Polo.
10. Haciendas controlled by friars
11. Guardia civil