1680

Pueblo Revolt against Spanish rule

New Mexico; Pueblo nations and allies

Pueblo communities expelled Spanish authorities after religious repression and labor exploitation. The revolt interrupted colonial rule for twelve years and belongs in the timeline as organized resistance to the preceding regime.

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Context / qualification

Resistance entry, not a designation of the revolt itself as racist.

Sources

• Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 7

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