Spanish conquest of northern New Spain

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colonial conquest historical event military campaign

The Spanish conquest of northern New Spain was a series of late 16th- and early 17th-century military and colonizing campaigns through which Spanish forces subdued Indigenous peoples and established settlements across what is now northern Mexico and the U.S. Southwest.

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Label	Occurrences
Spanish colonization of New Mexico	1
Spanish colonization of Sinaloa	1
Spanish colonization of northern Mexico	1
Spanish conquest of northern Mexico	1
Spanish conquest of northern New Spain canonical	1

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Target entity: Spanish conquest of northern New Spain
Context triple: [Diego de Montemayor, participantIn, Spanish conquest of northern New Spain]

A. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was the early 16th-century military and political campaign led by Hernán Cortés that toppled the powerful Aztec civilization and brought central Mexico under Spanish 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 the Inca Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was the 16th-century military campaign led primarily by Francisco Pizarro that overthrew the powerful Inca civilization in the Andes and brought its vast territories under Spanish colonial rule.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Spanish conquest of northern New Spain
Target entity description: The Spanish conquest of northern New Spain was a series of late 16th- and early 17th-century military and colonizing campaigns through which Spanish forces subdued Indigenous peoples and established settlements across what is now northern Mexico and the U.S. Southwest.

A. Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was the early 16th-century military and political campaign led by Hernán Cortés that toppled the powerful Aztec civilization and brought central Mexico under Spanish 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 the Inca Empire
The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire was the 16th-century military campaign led primarily by Francisco Pizarro that overthrew the powerful Inca civilization in the Andes and brought its vast territories under Spanish colonial rule.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial conquest ⓘ historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Indigenous peoples of northern Mexico ⓘ linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest Indigenous peoples of the U.S. Southwest ⓘ linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Southwest Spanish Empire ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
endTime	early 17th century ⓘ
hasPart	Chichimeca War ⓘ colonization of New Mexico ⓘ expeditions into Nueva Vizcaya ⓘ expeditions into Sonora and Sinaloa ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early modern period ⓘ
languageOfRecord	Spanish ⓘ
location	Chihuahua ⓘ Coahuila ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Nueva Vizcaya ⓘ Sonora ⓘ Texas ⓘ U.S. Southwest ⓘ linked to: southwestern United States northern Mexico ⓘ linked to: Northern Mexico northern New Spain ⓘ
mainPurpose	establishment of Spanish settlements ⓘ expansion of Spanish imperial control ⓘ exploitation of mineral resources ⓘ spread of Christianity ⓘ subjugation of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
opponent	Chichimeca peoples ⓘ Pueblo peoples ⓘ various nomadic and semi-nomadic groups of the northern frontier ⓘ
partOf	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ Spanish conquest of New Spain ⓘ linked to: Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
religionInvolved	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
result	demographic decline among Indigenous peoples ⓘ displacement of Indigenous populations ⓘ expansion of mission-presidio system ⓘ extension of Spanish rule over northern frontier regions ⓘ integration of northern territories into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
significantEvent	establishment of missions among Indigenous groups ⓘ founding of Spanish presidios in northern frontier ⓘ founding of mining towns in northern New Spain ⓘ
startTime	late 16th century ⓘ
usedBy	Spanish Crown ⓘ linked to: Crown of Spain
usedMilitaryUnit	Spanish colonial militias ⓘ indigenous auxiliaries ⓘ
usedTactic	alliance with some Indigenous groups against others ⓘ establishment of fortified settlements ⓘ missionization of Indigenous communities ⓘ

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

Diego de Montemayor → participantIn → Spanish conquest of northern New Spain ⓘ

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro → associatedWith → Spanish colonization of northern Mexico ⓘ

linked to: Spanish conquest of northern New Spain

Keres Pueblo communities → affectedBy → Spanish colonization of New Mexico ⓘ

linked to: Spanish conquest of northern New Spain

Francisco de Ibarra → participantIn → Spanish conquest of northern Mexico ⓘ

linked to: Spanish conquest of northern New Spain

Tehueco people → historicalEvent → Spanish colonization of Sinaloa ⓘ

linked to: Spanish conquest of northern New Spain

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