Mexican Indian Wars

Mexican Indian Wars

The Conquest of Tenochtitlán, c.1675
Date1519–1933
LocationMexico
Result Mexican Indians defeated
Belligerents
 Crown of Castile
(1519–1716)
 Spain
(1716–1821)
 Mexico
(1821–1933)
Tlaxcalans (Native Allies, 1519–1821)

Various Native Mexicans

Commanders and leaders
Various Various
Strength
Various Various
Casualties and losses
Tens-of-Thousands (Spain)
Hundreds-of-Thousands (Native Allies)
Hundreds-of-Thousands

The Mexican Indian Wars[1] refer to a series of conflicts fought between Spanish, and later Mexican, forces against Amerindians in what is now called Mexico. The period begins with Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1519[2] and continued until the end of the Caste War of Yucatán in 1933.[3]

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