The Spanish

THE SPANISH

1776

Vocabulary

Places Florida, St. Augustine, New Mexico, Sante Fe,

San Antonio People

Pedro Menendez de Aviles Pope Junipero Serra

Vocabulary Hacienda, presidio, El Camino Real,

Pueblo Revolt

North America

Spain

1535 Spain establishes New Spain New Spain stretched from South America

to Mexico Decided to expand into Florida French already occupying Goal, find French, ATTACK! Pedro Menendez de Aviles In a series of bloody battles Spain

defeated the French and took control of Florida

New Spain

Keep it Moving

Spain continued moving into the United States

1598 established New Mexico 1610 Sante Fe founded and named

capital of New Mexico Pueblo, Apache, and Navajo had been

living here for CENTURIES! Now Spain was claiming it

Spain hoped to find Gold and Silver here but did not

Climate and Farming

To hot and dry for many kinds of farming However good for cattle and sheep

ranching Formed large Haciendas; or LARGE

ESTATES Haciendas were self sufficient that

included: Vegetable gardens Workshops Mills Workers were mostly Native American

Establishment

Religious leaders began building missions To convert Native Americans to Christianity

To protect these missions Built presidios; military forts

Wanted to connect New Mexico to Mexico City They built El Camino Real “the Royal Road” Used to carry goods between Mexico City and

Sante Fe

A Pueblo leader named: Pope

Pueblo Native Americans being enslaved by the Spanish Sending some to Mexico

to work Forcing others to work

on missions and ranches Spanish settlers were

taken over Pueblo land and villages

Spanish leaders trying to force Pueblos to give up their traditions and religion

In 1680 Pope led a revolt The Pueblos attacked

settlements all over New Mexico

They killed hundreds of settlers

Pueblos were joined by Apache and Navajo

Pope and his men surrounded Sante Fe

Juan another Pueblo leader rode into the city with two crosses, one white and one red.

Continued…

Spanish governor asked Juan to explain the two crosses

He explained to him, “If you choose white there will be no war but you must all leave the country. If you choose the red, you must all die, for we are many and you are few.”

The Spanish refused to leave…. In fierce fighting this became known as the

Pueblo Revolt THE SPANISH WERE DRIVEN OUT OF NEW MEXICO

Nothing Last forever…

The Spanish return Pueblo died in 1690 Groups in the region were no longer as united either

Spanish recaptured New Mexico in 1692 Spanish settlers and missionaries were

reestablished in the region Expanded into Arizona and Texas San Antonio, TX was founded in 1718 Spain was still concerned about French and

Native Americans and did not want to be driven out

Compare and ContrastSpanish attempts at colonization

New Mexico

Did the geography and climate affect the economic activities of the settlers?

Florida

Why did Spain want to build a colony here?

Evidence/Apply

1. Make a timeline of important events that happened

2. Make a poster about Spanish colonization

3. Make a flip book about Spanish colonization