The Pueblos. :)
Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico
A case can be made as early as 1848, when a peace treaty with Mexico was signed giving the US huge pieces of territory claimed to be owned by Mexico. In this situation, both countries can be said to have had imperial ambitions. The territory claimed by Mexico was the land the Spanish previously "stole" from Native Americans.
New Mexico.
Mexico city
the spanish were driven out of new mexico
the pueblo's
the pueblos
the pueblo's
they had fun doing it
The Spanish were killing them, enslaving them, taking their women and wealth.
Both Native Americans and Spanish immigrants from Europe.
Americans were increasing their interest in an even more distant province of Mexico: California. In vast region lived members of several western Indian tribes and perhaps 7,000 Mexicans, mostly descendants of Spanish colonists.
Today Mexico's culture is a mix of Native Americans and Spanish cultures.
Carolyn Zeleny has written: 'Relations between the Spanish-Americans and Anglo-Americans in New Mexico' -- subject(s): Mexican Americans
Spanish soldiers attached to the missions and Basque shepherds.
Short term: Killing or enslaving of most of the Native Americans (Aztec and Mayan civilizations) already settled in Mexico. Increase in wealth for the Spanish Crown due to exploitation of mineral resources - specially silver - in Mexico. Colonization of lands previously owned by Native Americans by Spanish settlers. Long term: Adoption of many Spanish traditions into "New Spain" territories, such as religion and language.
Mexico obtained its independence from its colonists in Sept. 16, 1810.