| Mexican Indian Wars | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Conquest of Tenochtitlán, c.1675 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Crown of Castile(1519 - 1716)  Spain(1716 - 1821)  Mexico(1821 - 1933) Tarascans (1519-1821) Tlaxcalans (1519-1821) Maya (1517-1847)[1] | Native Americans | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Benito Juarez Hernán Cortés | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| +1,000,000 | +1,000,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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tens-of-thousands (Spain) hundreds-of-thousands (Indian Auxiliaries) | hundreds-of-thousands (Mexica/Chichimeca/Apachean) | ||||||
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The Mexican Indian Wars[2] refer to the conflicts fought between Spanish, or Mexican, forces against Mexican Indians. The period begins with Hernán Cortés' conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1519[3] and continued until the end of the Caste War in 1933.[4]
See also[]
- Acaxee Rebellion
- American Indian Wars
- Apache-Mexico Wars
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
- Caste War of Yucatán
- Chichimeca War
- Comanche-Mexico Wars
- List of wars involving Mexico
- Mixtón War
- Pueblo Revolt
- Tepehuán Revolt
- Yaqui Wars
- French and Indian Wars
References[]
- ↑ Clendinnen, Inga; Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatán, 1517-1570. (pg 1-207) ISBN 0-521-37981-4
- ↑ Wars of Mexico
- ↑ Hernán Cortés
- ↑ Yucatan War 1847-1933
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