MexicanosPart 1

By:Ysabel Medina

Ch. 2 The Spanish Frontier

Mixture of Race•Mestizaje •Began when colonists invaded the Far North

•Interracial marriages•By 1776 majority of the New Mexico population identified as mestizo•Expulsion of Jews in Spain allowed Jewish settlers practice their faith in the New World

The Far North

• Chihuahua Trail– Allowed access to the Far North– Settlers in the Far North were able to trade with

resources available in Mexico• Spanish exploration– Myth of the 7 golden cities of Cibola– Hostile Indians– Religious conversion– Exploitation of Indians– Construction of Missions

Norteamericano

• The Spanish were unable to regulate who traveled to New Spain

• American Independence in 1783– Wanted to travel across the Pacific– First ships arrived in California in 1803.– Adam-Onis treaty – Trade with the Spanish and mestizos in Southwest