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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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. Some 400 people were killed, the rest were driven out. Over the next few centuries, Acoma continued to suffer from raids and invasions from the Apache, Comanche, and Ute tribes. On occasions, the Acoma would side with the Spanish to fight against nomadic tribes. By the 1880s, railroads brought the pueblos out of isolation. Although they did succeed in retaining their land, they couldn’t prevent missionaries and schools from coming into the area, and Acomans reluctantly gave way to modern life.