The Pueblo Revolt was an event that took place in the year 1680 and lasted 12 years in Santa Fe ,New Mexico that consisted of the Indigenous people of New Mexico revolting against the Spanish rule.Also known as Pope's Rebellion.It was led by a Native American who was a Pueblo Indian and went by the name Pope (Foner 34). According to the Governor and Captain-General at the time Don Antonio de Otermin of New Mexico ,he had learned the day before of an attempt to overthrow the Spanish rule by the Native Americans in which he warned others to prepare for the worst since there was no time to be well prepared.The Pueblo Revolt is an important part of history that should be remembered because it united Native Americans from different tribes,proved that anyone can revolt , and that a European giant could be beat. The Native Americans that were involved in the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico…show more content… The spanish now felt how the Indians were feeling when all the things that they believed in and admired were destroyed and burned,Angry.In Don Antonio's letter he states that the Indians were heathens for pillaging,destroying,and killing but the Spanish did the same to the land that belonged to the Indians in the first place.A reason for why The Pueblo Revolt is an important part of history,is because happened against a country who occupied a large part of North America at the time and they were having a hard time against
