Indigenous Rebellions Against the Spanish Empire
25 entries in the Indigenous Rebellions Against the Spanish Empire compendium.
Acaxee RebellionAcaxee insurrection against Spanish rule, 1601–1603.ApacuanaQuiriquires leader who led a 1577 uprising against Spanish colonization.Arauco WarA long-running conflict between Spaniards and Mapuche in Chile.Calchaquí WarsA series of Diaguita uprisings against Spanish rule in the Argentine Northwest.Caquenga's RevoltAn animist priestess led a revolt against Catholic missionaries.Chumash revolt of 1824Largest organized resistance in Spanish and Mexican California.Destruction of the Seven CitiesMapuche uprising that destroyed seven Spanish cities in southern Chile.EnriquilloTaíno cacique who led a thirteen-year rebellion on Hispaniola.Princess EréndiraPurépecha princess and symbol of indigenous resistance.GaitanaCacica who led indigenous resistance in the Upper Magdalena Valley.Huilliche uprising of 1712Huilliche revolt against abusive encomenderos in Chiloé, 1712.Huilliche uprising of 1792Huilliche rebellion against Spanish penetration into southern Chile.Mapuche uprising of 1655Coordinated Mapuche attacks sparked a decade of war in Chile.Mapuche uprising of 1766Last major Spanish–Mapuche conflict in Araucanía, beginning December 25, 1766.Indio MarianoIndigenous rebel against Spain in 1801 in Nueva Galicia.Mixtón WarCaxcan uprising against Spanish rule in northwestern Mexico.Pima Revolt (1751)Pima uprising in 1751 against Spanish colonial rule in Arizona.Pueblo RevoltFirst successful anti-colonial revolution in the Americas.Bartolina SisaAymaran leader who co-led the siege of La Paz.Spanish–Taíno War of San Juan–BorikénFirst major indigenous uprising in Puerto Rico after Spanish arrival.Tepehuán RevoltTepehuán rebellion against Spanish rule in New Spain, 1616–1620.Tipu rebellionMaya revolt that ended Spanish control in Bacalar for decades.Totonicapán Uprising of 1820K'iche' revolt against tribute demands in colonial Guatemala.ToypurinaKizh medicine woman who led a rebellion against Mission San Gabriel.Túpac KatariAymara leader who besieged La Paz in 1781.
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