Spanish conquest of Costa Rica

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colonial conquest historical event military campaign

The Spanish conquest of Costa Rica was the 16th-century military and colonial campaign by Spain that subjugated indigenous societies in the region and incorporated their territories into the Spanish Empire.

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Label	Occurrences
Spanish conquest of Costa Rica canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial conquest ⓘ historical event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
conflictWith	Bribri people NERFINISHED ⓘ Cabécar people NERFINISHED ⓘ Chorotega people NERFINISHED ⓘ Huetar people NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngäbe people NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy	Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Costa Rica ⓘ
describedBySource	colonial chronicles of Central America ⓘ modern historiography of Costa Rica ⓘ
endTime	late 16th century ⓘ
followedBy	Spanish colonization of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ establishment of colonial settlements in Costa Rica ⓘ
hasCause	desire to evangelize indigenous populations ⓘ expansionist policy of the Spanish Crown ⓘ search for new territories and resources ⓘ
hasEffect	decline of indigenous populations in Costa Rica ⓘ establishment of Spanish colonial rule in Costa Rica ⓘ incorporation of Costa Rican territory into the Spanish Empire ⓘ integration of Costa Rica into the colonial economy of the Spanish Empire ⓘ introduction of Spanish language to Costa Rica ⓘ spread of Christianity in Costa Rica ⓘ subjugation of indigenous societies in Costa Rica ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Central America NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ indigenous peoples of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	History of Costa Rica NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionInvolved	Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Spanish control over most of present-day Costa Rica ⓘ creation of colonial indigenous reductions ⓘ imposition of Spanish legal and administrative systems in Costa Rica ⓘ integration of Costa Rica into the Captaincy General of Guatemala ⓘ
significantFor	cultural transformation of indigenous groups in Costa Rica ⓘ formation of colonial Costa Rican society ⓘ long-term demographic changes in Costa Rica ⓘ
startTime	early 16th century ⓘ
timePeriod	Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
usedMethod	alliances with some indigenous groups ⓘ forced labor systems ⓘ military campaigns ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ

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Diquís culture → endCause → Spanish conquest of Costa Rica ⓘ