Title: Acoma Pueblo: The Oldest Continuously Inhabited Settlement in The United States | Amusing Planet
Headings: Acoma Pueblo: The Oldest Continuously Inhabited Settlement in The United States
Acoma Pueblo: The Oldest Continuously Inhabited Settlement in The United States
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Content: The Spanish, who had firm control over the area by then, began to impose taxes on crops, cotton, and labor on the Acoma and other villages. They also brought Catholic missionaries into the area. Between 1629 and 1640, the villagers were forced to build a church in Acoma. All of the building materials, including some 20,000 tons of earth and stone, and 30-foot beams were hauled up the steep slopes of the mesa. Acoma Pueblo is located on top of that soaring mesa. Photo credit: Jacqueline Poggi/Flickr
These abuses of power by both religious and political authorities eventually led to the Pueblo Revolt. On August 10, 1680, some 17,000 thousand Puebloans, including 6,000 warriors rose up in vengeance against the 3,000 or so colonists. The tribes struck mission churches, killing 22 of 33 friars, and demolished and burned many of them. All the Spanish settlements in New Mexico were wiped out.