1. New Mexico and Mexico

3. European, American, and Comanche challenges Open trade and the Santa Fe Trail American traders in New Mexico Mexican leadership

5. Louisiana Comanche Santa Fe Trail Taos Bent’s Fort
Names and Terms
Louisiana Comanche Santa Fe Trail Taos Bent’s Fort
bribery Chimayo Armijo corruption inroads

7. Louisiana and American exploration Comanche dominance
Outside Challenges
French trade inroads
Louisiana and American exploration
Comanche dominance

9. Open Trade and the Santa Fe Trail Mexico’s open trade decision
Santa Fe Trail profits: Becknell
Taos as port of entry
Trade and the upper classes

11. Americans and Santa Fe Trade Missouri trade goods and American culture
Complimentary fur trade: Bent’s Fort, St. Vrain
Bribery, corruption, and American control

13. New Mexico elite vs. outsiders Chimayo rebellion of 1837: Perez
Mexican leadership
New Mexico elite vs. outsiders
Chimayo rebellion of 1837: Perez
Manuel Armijo
rise to power
Texas-Santa Fe Expedition of