Mexican Indian Wars

Mexican Indian Wars
	; The Conquest of Tenochtitlán, c.1675
Date	1519 - 1933
Location	Mexico
Result	Mexican victory: Appointment of Mestizo and Indian statesmen for government positions.
Belligerents
Crown of Castile; (1519 - 1716); Spain; (1716 - 1821); Mexico; (1821 - 1933); Tarascans (1519-1821); Tlaxcalans (1519-1821); Maya (1517-1847)	Native Americans
Commanders and leaders
Benito Juarez; Hernan Cortes
Strength
+1,000,000	+1,000,000
Casualties and losses
tens-of-thousands (Spain); hundreds-of-thousands (Indian Auxiliaries)	hundreds-of-thousands (Mexica/Chichimeca/Apachean)

The Mexican Indian Wars^[2] refer to the conflicts fought between Spanish, or Mexican, forces against Mexican Indians. The period begins with Hernán Cortés' conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1519^[3] and continued until the end of the Caste War in 1933.^[4]

References [edit]