Vocabulary
Conquistador
Spanish Explorer or Soldier
Person who manages acequia water
Herd sheep
Sheep Ranchers
Spanish explorers believed in what city name
Seven Cities of Cibola
what did the government oversee that specific deals with land?
Land grants and the acequia irrigation systems
Encomienda
System granting land and Native labor
Cabildo
Local government council
Catholic Leader
Priests
Don Juan de Onate
The capital of colonial New Mexcio
Santa Fe
Epidemic
Disease that spread rapidly
Regidores
Members of the cabildo
Work in a big building
Factory Workers
What revolt happen because Onate's treatment of Pueblo
what was a local government council called?
Cabildo
Smallpox
deadly disease brought by Europeans causes open sores
Presidio
Spanish Fort
Ciboleros
Buffalo hunters
The Pueblo Revolt was what year and forced the Spanish out of New Mexico for how many years?
1680, 12 years
regidores
Acequia
Community irrigation ditch
Vigas
Wooden roof beams
plants food
Farmers
New Mexico didn't have gold so why did Spain stay
To control land and cover Natives to Christianity
Three reasons Spain explored Americas
find new trade route to Asia, gain wealth and power, and avoid dangerous land routes