What Caused the Pueblo Revolt?
History 1301
Sagun Khadka
The “Pueblo revolt” which is also known as the “pope’s revolution” was a rebellion made by the all indigenous pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers. It was a mass revolution started on August 10, 1680 and ended on August 21, 1680 which result in killing almost 700 civilians. It actually happened when the Indian finally decided they had enough of the Spanish enslaving, murdering, and making them believe in Christianity and when Pepe came along and got the tribes to join together to throw the Spanish out, it resulted in the Pueblo Revolt.
According to the textbook Experience History by Davidson Delay and Heyrman Lytle Stoff, Indians were very much dominated by Spanish. They had …show more content…
As per textbook, the main reason and causes of Pueblo revolution was secular and religious authorities were in conflict and the ever growing animosity of its aboriginal tribe made it difficult to maintain Spanish control. As well as the Spaniard punished sorcerers and idolaters, the nation of the Teguas, Taos, Pecuries, Pecos, and Jemez had been plotting to rebel and kill the Spaniards and religious, and that they have been planning constantly to carry it out, down to the present …show more content…
Indians who had lived and worshiped independently for centuries were forced to abandon their religions, adopt Christianity, and pay tribute to Spanish rulers. Their traditional centers of worship were destroyed. Resistance to Spanish rule was met with imprisonment, torture, and amputations. And after three generations of domination, the Pueblo Indians rose up to overthrow the
History 1301
Sagun Khadka
The “Pueblo revolt” which is also known as the “pope’s revolution” was a rebellion made by the all indigenous pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers. It was a mass revolution started on August 10, 1680 and ended on August 21, 1680 which result in killing almost 700 civilians. It actually happened when the Indian finally decided they had enough of the Spanish enslaving, murdering, and making them believe in Christianity and when Pepe came along and got the tribes to join together to throw the Spanish out, it resulted in the Pueblo Revolt.
According to the textbook Experience History by Davidson Delay and Heyrman Lytle Stoff, Indians were very much dominated by Spanish. They had …show more content…
As per textbook, the main reason and causes of Pueblo revolution was secular and religious authorities were in conflict and the ever growing animosity of its aboriginal tribe made it difficult to maintain Spanish control. As well as the Spaniard punished sorcerers and idolaters, the nation of the Teguas, Taos, Pecuries, Pecos, and Jemez had been plotting to rebel and kill the Spaniards and religious, and that they have been planning constantly to carry it out, down to the present …show more content…
Indians who had lived and worshiped independently for centuries were forced to abandon their religions, adopt Christianity, and pay tribute to Spanish rulers. Their traditional centers of worship were destroyed. Resistance to Spanish rule was met with imprisonment, torture, and amputations. And after three generations of domination, the Pueblo Indians rose up to overthrow the