Santa Fe de Nuevo México

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Santa Fe de Nuevo México (English: Holy Faith of New Mexico; shortened as Nuevo México or Nuevo Méjico, and translated as New Mexico in English) was a province of the Spanish Empire and New Spain, and later a territory of independent Mexico. Under the 1824 Constitution of Mexico, it became the federally administered Territory of New Mexico. The first capital was San Juan de los Caballeros from 1598 until 1610, and from 1610 onward the capital was La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís. The name of "New Mexico", the capital in Santa Fe, the gubernatorial office at the Palace of the Governors, vecino citizen-soldiers, and rule of law were retained as the New Mexico Territory and later state of New Mexico became part of the United States. The Mexican citizenry, primarily consisting of Hispano and Pueblos, became citizens of the United States as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) but the Navajo, Apache, and Comanche peoples were denied citizenship until the Indian...

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