Mixtón War

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The Mixtón War was a major 16th-century indigenous uprising in western New Spain (present-day Mexico) against Spanish colonial rule, notable for its scale and fierce resistance.

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Mixtón War canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous uprising
war
combatant Caxcan people
Guachichil people
Tecuexe people
Zacateco people
other Chichimeca groups
commander Cristóbal de Oñate
Pedro de Alvarado
Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza
linked to: Antonio de Mendoza

indigenous leader Don Diego the Caxcan
indigenous leader Tenamaxtli
conflictType colonial war
endTime 1542
followedBy Chichimeca War
hasCause abuses by Spanish encomenderos
forced labor
religious imposition
resistance to Spanish colonial rule
tribute demands
languageOfParticipants Caxcan language
Nahuatl
locatedIn Aguascalientes
Jalisco
Nayarit
New Spain
Nueva Galicia
Zacatecas
present-day Mexico
western New Spain
namedAfter Cerro del Mixtón
notableFor coalition of multiple indigenous groups
scale of indigenous resistance
use of fortified hilltop strongholds
opponent Spanish Empire
Spanish colonial forces in New Spain
indigenous allies of the Spanish
partOf Spanish colonization of the Americas
history of Jalisco
history of Mexico
religionOfParticipants Roman Catholicism
indigenous Mesoamerican religions
result Spanish victory
enslavement and forced relocation of many indigenous people
severe reprisals against indigenous rebels
strengthening of Spanish control in Nueva Galicia
suppression of the uprising
significantEvent death of Pedro de Alvarado
siege of Mixtón Hill
startTime 1540
timePeriod 16th century

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Nueva Galicia significantEvent Mixtón War
Chichimeca War relatedTo Mixtón War
Cazcan conflict Mixtón War