Santa Fe Trail Opens
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Economics, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Native Americans, American Indians, Frontier, Pioneers
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Indian History, Latino History
- Geographical Location: New Mexico
- Date: September, 1821
Article abstract: The opening of the Southwest to economic exploitation and settlement by the United States prompts conflicts with established Native American and Hispanic populations.
Summary of Event
In the early years of the nineteenth century, Santa Fe was an isolated outpost fifteen hundred miles from the center of Spanish authority in Mexico City. Its inhabitants possessed an abundance of silver, furs, and mules, but they suffered from a lack of fabricated goods. Traders on the Missouri frontier were eager to obtain products from Santa Fe in...
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