Pima uprisings
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Native Americans, American Indians, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Mexico, Arizona
- Date: 1695, 1751
Article abstract: These uprisings, instigated by Spanish mistreatment and possibly by personal ambition, caused significant death and destruction and undermined the formerly cordial relations between the Spanish and Indians.
By the late 1600's the Spanish Jesuits had established a successful system of missions and maintained cordial relations with the Upper Pimas. In Tubutama, however, in 1694 the Spanish unjustly and summarily executed three Pimas for alleged horse stealing and forcibly silenced Pima leaders who were openly critical of the Spaniards and their...
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