The Pueblo Revolt

When did the Revolt take place?

1680

What was the Pueblo Revolt?

After years of economic and religious oppression, the Rio Grande Pueblos rose in synchronized revolt against the Spaniards.

Why did the Revolt take place?

For more than eighty years, Pueblo peoples had endured Spanish persecution of their religious practices, Spanish demands for corn and labor, and Spanish abuses of their women. New diseases as well as famines resulting from the disruption of their traditional economies scythed their numbers.

Where was the Revolt?

New Mexico

Who was involved the Pueblo Revolt?

Pueblo Indians revolted against Spanish colonizers.

What was their significance to history?

The Pueblo Revolt was one of the most effective Indian resistance movements in American history, and what some call "the first American revolution." A medicine man from San Juan Pueblo, named Popé, was credited for masterminding the revolt. They made plans to strike at a time when the Spaniards would be low on supplies. Runners carrying knotted strings that indicated the number of days until the revolt went from pueblo to pueblo. The Indians laid siege to Santa Fe for nine days and cut off the town's water supply. The Spaniards retreated to El Paso. Diego de Vargas reconquered New Mexico for the Spanish beginning in 1692.