Instructions: Drawing on your reading of chapter 2 and 3 of our textbook New Mexico: A History and provide a 2 to 3-paragraph response to ONE of the two questions below. No outside sources just whats in chapter 2 and 3.
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Include a footnote referring to particular pages or page in the textbook following this example: Zadie Smith, Swing Time (New York: Penguin Press, 2016), 315-16.
Questions: Choose 1 of the following
What was the role of Spanish Missions in the colonization of New Mexico? Discuss
"Franciscan missionaries failed in their quest to convert Pueblo Indians to Catholicism" Do you agree or disagree with this statement, why or why not, explain.
In what ways did the Pueblo rebellion of 1680 contested Spain's authority in New Mexico?
What was the purpose of the Spanish laws known as Reglamento of 1772? Why did these Reglamento targeted nomadic bands such as the Apaches, Utes, and Comanches?