The Path to Statehood

The Path to Statehood

SPANISH GOVERNMENT 1598-1821

A.1692 Don Diego de Vargas comes in New Mexico.He wanted a peaceful reconquest so he pardoned all the Indians and many of them accept Spanish rule and Catholic faith.

B.NM part of the Spanish ruling for over 200 years

Multiple Choice

Which event caused the Spanish rulers to be out of NM for 12 years?

• Acoma Revolt 1598

• Pueblo Revolt 1680

• Navajo Revolt 1921

MEXICAN GOVERNMENT 1821-1848

• New Spain gains independence from Spain and became Republic of Mexico. Corruption was the main cause.

• All of New Spain, including what is now New Mexico, became part of the new republic.

• New Mexico was largely ignored for much of the time it was a part of the Republic of Mexico

• Mexico’s rulers had so much difficulty running the country that they had little time to focus on their northern territory.

• As a result, New Mexico developed very slowly and experienced political instability

Multiple Choice

What happened in New Mexico after Mexico gained independence from Spain?

• Spain fought Mexico for New Mexico

• New Mexico experienced political instability

• New Mexico became part of United States

Trade routes

When New Mexico was with Spain they could not trade with foreigners BUT thanks to the fact that they were neglected by Mexico they started to engage to the closest country to them: UNITED STATES.

-1821 Santa Fe Trail connected New Mexico with Missouri and the rest of the US

-Traders taking goods in Mexico followed El Camino Real

-Traders taking goods to California followed the Spanish Trail (1,000 miles from Santa Fe to Los Angeles)

Multiple Choice

What did more trade routes and an increase in trade do for New Mexico?

• It made New Mexico less isolated

• It hurt New Mexico

• It decreased job opportunities

While New Mexico was part of Mexico

1776 US independence,

1789 US Constitution,

1803 Luisiana Territory from France,

1804 Lewis-Clark exploration

Mexican-American War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U9vbZwFZL4

Mexican-American War

• Manifest Destiny pushed Americans to look for the West to expand

• Texas gained independence from Mexico in 1836. Mexico was not happy of it +boundaries tensions started because Texas sought a large part of northern Mexico, including much of New Mexico up to the Rio Grande

• 1845 Us annex Texas making the issues of borders between Texas and Mexico a national issues.

• 1846 Mexican-American War started

Multiple Choice

Manifest Destiny was used to justify...

• Age of Navigation

• American Imperialism

• Westward Expansion

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

1. Mexico lost
2. Mexico gave up any claim on Texas, also agreed to hand over, more than a third of its land to the United States, which included NM, AZ,CA, CO, NV, Utah.
3. The United States agreed to pay Mexico $15 million in exchange for this vast amount of land.
4. According to the treaty, all Mexicans living on this land could maintain their Mexican citizenship.
5. Protocol of Queretaro=extension to protect the property rights of former Mexicans but it is not a treaty so the US demanded proof of ownership of the land

Multiple Choice

With the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• New Mexico is still a Mexican territory

• New Mexico becomes a territory in US

• New Mexico is under the control of the Spanish government

General Kearny in New Mexico

He led the Army from Missouri to Santa Fe in 1846.

His orders were to conquer NM and California for the US.

He marched in Santa Fe unopposed.

He promised to New Mexicans DEMOCRACY-RELIGIOUS FREEDOM-PROTECTION FROM RAIDS-CITIZENSHIP

Multiple Choice

The fact that Kearny entered Santa Fe unopposed means...

• New Mexicans were happy of being part of the US

• New Mexicans were sad to leave Mexico