Editing Taos, New Mexico (section)

===Spanish colonization===
[[File:Church ruins at Taos Pueblo, NM.jpg|thumb|Old cemetery and ruins of original church, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Fray Pedro de Miranda, the Taos mission priest, was killed in 1640.]]
Taos was established c.1615 as ''Don Fernando de Taos'', following the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish conquest]] of the Indian [[Pueblo]] villages. Initially, relations of the Spanish settlers with [[Taos Pueblo]] were amicable,<ref>2007, Mapa Historico de Taos, Taos Kiwanis Club</ref> but resentment of meddling by missionaries, and demands by ''[[Encomienda|encomenderos]]'' for tribute, led to a revolt in 1640; Taos Indians killed their priest and a number of Spanish settlers and subsequently fled the pueblo, not returning until 1661.<ref name=THS>{{cite web |url= http://www.taos-history.org/time.html |title= Taos Timeline |publisher= Taos County Historical Society |access-date= June 3, 2011 |archive-date= July 16, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716061453/http://www.taos-history.org/time.html |url-status= dead }}</ref>

In 1680, Taos Pueblo joined the widespread [[Pueblo Revolt]]. After the Spanish Reconquest of 1692, Taos Pueblo continued armed resistance to the Spanish until 1696, when Governor [[Diego de Vargas]] defeated the Indians at Taos Canyon.<ref name=THS/>

During the 1770s, Taos was repeatedly raided by [[Comanche]]s who lived on the [[great Plains|plains]] of what is now eastern [[Colorado]]. [[Juan Bautista de Anza]], governor of the [[Province of New Mexico, Mexico|Province of New Mexico]], led a successful [[punitive expedition]] in 1779 against the Comanches.<ref>{{cite web|title=Koshare Indian Museum: Taos, New Mexico|url=http://www.kosharehistory.org/visitors/taos.html|access-date=July 7, 2014|archive-date=June 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614043408/http://www.kosharehistory.org/visitors/taos.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Between 1780 and 1800, Don Fernando de Taos (now simply Taos) was established.<ref name=NPS /> Between 1796 and 1797, the Don Fernando de Taos land grant gave land to 63 Spanish families in the Taos valley.<ref name="Taos CofC History">[http://www.taoschamber.org/Visitor-Info/Taos-History Taos History.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121064630/http://www.taoschamber.org/Visitor-Info/Taos-History |date= January 21, 2015 }} Taos Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved July 28, 2014.</ref> It was built as a fortified plaza with adobe buildings and is now a central plaza surrounded by residential areas.<ref name=NPS>[http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/amsw/sw45.htm Taos Downtown Historic District.] National Park Service. Retrieved July 28, 2014.</ref> Mountain men who trapped beaver nearby made Taos their home in the early 1800s.<ref name="Taos CofC History" />