Spanish colonists arrived in New Mexico in 1598 and remained until the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Then, after twelve years as a colony-in-exile in El Paso del Norte, Spanish colonists returned to New Mexico to say in 1693. Learn how for the next century and a quarter, Hispanos and Native Americans negotiated life in the region under the dominion of Spain and its institutions.
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