Who led the Spanish reconquest of New Mexico?
Don de Diego de Vargas
Why did Spain want to reconquer New Mexico?
Pride, land, Christianize the Native peoples
Why did the reconquest take 4 years to complete?
Some pueblos resisted Spanish rule.
Why did some Pueblo peoples leave New Mexico
The refused to accept Spanish rule.
Who were the nomadic people of New Mexico?
Navajo, Apache, Comanche, and Ute
Who were the sedentary people of New Mexico?
Spanish and Pueblo
What caused the population of Pueblo peoples to decrease?
Disease, raids, and some chose to leave
Sheep, cows, horses
Spanish livestock
Pueblo livestock
Wheat, melon, peaches, chili peppers
Spanish Crops
Pueblo Crops
Deadly disease with red sores
Smallpox
Corn, squash, beans
Pueblo crops
How did the Spanish treat the Pueblo religion after the Spanish reconquest?
Worse
Same
Better
Where were most of the pueblos located in New Mexico?
Upper Rio Grande /North Central
What was the purpose of a land grants?
To settle the land and defend against foreign land takers and "hostile" nomadic tribes
The road that connected New Mexico to Mexico City.
El Camino Real
Capital of New Mexico
Santa Fe
