Spain settled New Mexico under the leadership of the first Governor Juan de Onate.
San Juan de los Caballeros.
New Mexico is a state which belongs to the United States since 1848. It was part of the country of Mexico, and was acquired after the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Mexico, the country from which New Mexico was acquired, is an independent country south of the United States. Its capital is Mexico City.
i think that the english settled in new hampshire
The stated purpose for settlement by Spain was to bring Christianity and salvation to the Native Americans.
No! All the 13 colonies were on the East Coast of the continent. New Mexico may have been visited by some of the Spanish conquistidors at that point in time, but was not settled.
The country south of New Mexico is Mexico.
If you mean what European power first explored and settled Mexico during the Age of Exploration, Spain qualifies as such.
Spain did.
New Mexico. Mexico is a country bordering the United States and New Mexico, a state in the the United States, has the same name. The only state in the US that has the name of a country that borders the US in it is New Mexico. The other country is Mexico.
French colonizers from the North
No country is the capital of New Mexico. Santa Fe is the capital city of New Mexico.
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There is no "New Mexico" within the country of Mexico.
There were really no established 'countries' in the area that long ago, but the area today would be eastern Mexico.
The Aztecs settled in the central part of what is present day Mexico.
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The United States (the state of Texas is east of New Mexico). To the SOUTH is the country of Mexico.