Dry plains and Indian attacks kept traders from making the 780 mile trip to New Mexico before 1821.
Mexico was known as New Spain before it gained independence from Spain in 1821.
Yes; before its independence, Mexico's official name was "Viceroyalty of the New Spain".
Yes, what now comprises the American states of New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah were from 1821 to 1847 the Mexican territory of Nuevo México.
New Mexico abolished slavery in 1821
Some of it, but not all. Present-day California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, as well as parts of Wyoming, Colorado, Oklahoma and Kansas used to belong to Mexico, until the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Mexico "owned" Texas for about 15 years (1821-1836) and California for about 27 years (1821-1848). Before 1821 there was no Mexico, it was part of the Spanish colony of New Spain.
He was a Viceroy, appointed by the Spanish Crown. The last viceroy of the New Spain, before it became Mexico, was Juan O'Donoju (1762-1821)
Mexico (the country, not the US state of NEW Mexico) was already independent since 1821.
Yes; since its discovery in 1542 until Mexico's independence in 1821.
A territory of the new nation.
The Spanish Empire ruled and controlled Mexico for three centuries until 1821, at the end of the Mexican War of Independence (1810-1821).
The "Kingdom of New Mexico" was first claimed for the Spanish Crown in 1540 For 219 years it was under Spanish rule In 1821 Mexico gain independence from Spain In 1846 The U.S. won New Mexico in the Mexican American war This is why Native New Mexicans to this day recognize their cultral history with Spain and the united state more so than Mexico a country they never really have know. Year of rule Spain 219 Mexico 25 U.S 164