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