APUSH: SPICONARDI JUAN DE OÑATE AND THE PUEBLO (POPÉ’S) REVOLT
JUAN DE OÑATE S PANISH C ONQUEST AND E XPLORATION IN THE N EW W ORLD, Source: Give Me Liberty!: An American History, 4 th edition
JUAN DE OÑATE Acoma, the “sky city”
JUAN DE OÑATE
PUEBLO (POPÉ’S) REVOLT
EXCERPTED FROM DECLARATION OF PEDRO INTERVIEWING NARANJO NARANJO OF THE QUERES NATION Asked what causes or motives said Indian rebels had for renouncing the law of God and obedience to his Majesty, and committing such grave and atrocious crimes, [he answered] the causes they have were alleged ill treatment and injuries received from the Spanish, because they had beat them, took away what they had and made them work without pay.
PUEBLO (POPÉ’S) REVOLT Significance: The only successful expulsion of European settlers in the history of North America Pueblo Indians believed they had reestablished the freedom lost through Spanish conquest By 1692, the Spanish had reconquered New Mexico as the Pueblo alliance disintegrated But Spain was more tolerant towards traditional religion and made fewer labor demands
PUEBLO (POPÉ’S) REVOLT