Spanish conquest of Guatemala

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conquest historical event military campaign

The Spanish conquest of Guatemala was the 16th-century campaign in which Spanish forces and their indigenous allies subjugated the Maya and other native peoples in the region that is now Guatemala, bringing it under colonial rule.

Aliases (2)

Spanish conquest of Central America ×1
conquest of Guatemala ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conquest → historical event → military campaign →
appliesToJurisdiction	Captaincy General of Guatemala →
belligerent	Maya polities → Spanish Empire → other indigenous groups in Guatemala →
commander	Francisco de Montejo the Elder → Gonzalo de Alvarado → Jorge de Alvarado → Pedro de Alvarado → indigenous allied leaders →
country	Spain →
describedBySource	Spanish colonial chronicles → indigenous Maya accounts →
effect	demographic collapse of indigenous populations → integration of Guatemalan territory into the Viceroyalty of New Spain → introduction of the encomienda system in Guatemala → reorganization of indigenous communities into reducciones →
endTime	late 17th century →
followedBy	consolidation of the Captaincy General of Guatemala →
hasCause	expansion of Spanish colonial rule → religious motives of Christianization → search for wealth and resources →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → Spanish →
location	Central America → Guatemala NERFINISHED →
mainAdversary	Itza Maya → Kaqchikel Maya → Kʼicheʼ Maya → Mam Maya → Maya peoples → Poqomam Maya → other indigenous peoples of Guatemala →
partOf	Spanish colonization of the Americas → Spanish conquest of Central America →
result	Spanish victory → creation of the Captaincy General of Guatemala → establishment of colonial rule in Guatemala → incorporation of Guatemala into the Spanish Empire → spread of Christianity in Guatemala → subjugation of many Maya polities →
significantEvent	Battle of Quetzaltenango → campaigns against the Itza in Petén → conquest of Iximche → fall of Qʼumarkaj →
startTime	1523 → 1524 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire →	followedBy
Pedro de Alvarado ("conquest of Guatemala") →	notableWork
Pedro de Alvarado →	participantIn
Spanish conquest of Guatemala ("Spanish conquest of Central America") →	partOf