Spanish conquest of El Salvador

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conquest historical event military campaign

The Spanish conquest of El Salvador was the early 16th-century military campaign in which Spanish forces, led largely by conquistador Pedro de Alvarado, subjugated the indigenous Pipil and other native peoples in the region that is now El Salvador.

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Label	Occurrences
Spanish conquest of El Salvador canonical	5
Colonization of El Salvador	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1014638 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Spanish conquest of El Salvador
Context triple: [Pedro de Alvarado, participantIn, Spanish conquest of El Salvador]

A. Spanish conquest of Guatemala
The Spanish conquest of Guatemala was the 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subjugated the Maya and other native peoples in the region that is now Guatemala, bringing it under colonial rule.
B. Spanish conquest of Yucatán
The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was a protracted 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subdued the Maya polities of the Yucatán Peninsula, integrating the region into the Spanish colonial empire.
C. Spanish conquest of New Granada
The Spanish conquest of New Granada was the 16th-century military and colonial campaign through which Spanish forces subdued indigenous polities in the region of present-day Colombia and surrounding areas, establishing Spanish rule there.
D. Spanish conquest of Cuba
The Spanish conquest of Cuba was the early 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces subjugated the island, overthrowing Indigenous societies and establishing it as a key colonial base in the Caribbean.
E. Spanish conquest of Chile
The Spanish conquest of Chile was the 16th-century military and colonial campaign by Spanish forces to subjugate indigenous peoples and establish Spanish rule in the territory of present-day Chile.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Spanish conquest of El Salvador
Target entity description: The Spanish conquest of El Salvador was the early 16th-century military campaign in which Spanish forces, led largely by conquistador Pedro de Alvarado, subjugated the indigenous Pipil and other native peoples in the region that is now El Salvador.

A. Spanish conquest of Guatemala
The Spanish conquest of Guatemala was the 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subjugated the Maya and other native peoples in the region that is now Guatemala, bringing it under colonial rule.
B. Spanish conquest of Yucatán
The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was a protracted 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subdued the Maya polities of the Yucatán Peninsula, integrating the region into the Spanish colonial empire.
C. Spanish conquest of New Granada
The Spanish conquest of New Granada was the 16th-century military and colonial campaign through which Spanish forces subdued indigenous polities in the region of present-day Colombia and surrounding areas, establishing Spanish rule there.
D. Spanish conquest of Cuba
The Spanish conquest of Cuba was the early 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces subjugated the island, overthrowing Indigenous societies and establishing it as a key colonial base in the Caribbean.
E. Spanish conquest of Chile
The Spanish conquest of Chile was the 16th-century military and colonial campaign by Spanish forces to subjugate indigenous peoples and establish Spanish rule in the territory of present-day Chile.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conquest ⓘ historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
after	fall of the Aztec Empire ⓘ linked to: Siege of Tenochtitlan
cause	expansion of Spanish colonial rule ⓘ search for gold and other resources ⓘ
chronology	early 16th century ⓘ
commander	Diego de Alvarado ⓘ Gonzalo de Alvarado ⓘ linked to: Jorge de Alvarado Pedro de Alvarado ⓘ Pedro de Portocarrero ⓘ
conflictType	colonial war ⓘ indigenous resistance to colonization ⓘ
country	El Salvador ⓘ
describedBySource	Spanish colonial chronicles ⓘ indigenous oral traditions ⓘ
endTime	circa 1530s ⓘ
follows	Spanish conquest of Guatemala ⓘ Spanish conquest of Mexico ⓘ linked to: Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
hasEffect	cultural assimilation of indigenous peoples ⓘ demographic collapse of indigenous population ⓘ imposition of Spanish law and institutions ⓘ introduction of encomienda system ⓘ spread of Christianity in El Salvador ⓘ
languageOfPart	Nawat language ⓘ Spanish language ⓘ linked to: Spanish
location	Central America ⓘ Mesoamerica ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Lenca people ⓘ Pipil people ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ other indigenous peoples of El Salvador ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Acajutla ⓘ Battle of Tacuzcalco ⓘ
notableEvent	founding of the first San Salvador in 1525 ⓘ indigenous uprisings against Spanish rule ⓘ
opponent	Lenca warriors ⓘ linked to: Lenca people Pipil of Cuzcatlán ⓘ
partOf	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ Spanish conquest of Central America ⓘ
religionInvolved	Roman Catholicism ⓘ indigenous Mesoamerican religions ⓘ
result	Spanish victory ⓘ foundation of San Salvador ⓘ incorporation of territory into the Spanish Empire ⓘ subjugation of the Pipil people ⓘ
startTime	1524 ⓘ
territorialChange	creation of the province of San Salvador ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pedro de Alvarado → participantIn → Spanish conquest of El Salvador ⓘ

indigenous peoples of El Salvador → historicalEvent → Spanish conquest of El Salvador ⓘ

indigenous peoples of El Salvador → historicalEvent → Colonization of El Salvador ⓘ

linked to: Spanish conquest of El Salvador

Battle of Acajutla → partOf → Spanish conquest of El Salvador ⓘ

Battle of Tacuzcalco → partOf → Spanish conquest of El Salvador ⓘ

Alvarado family of conquistadors → associatedWith → Spanish conquest of El Salvador ⓘ

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