Así fue como México colonizó el suroeste de Estados Unidos — antes de que existiera (1598)

In 1598, long before the United States existed, a Spanish expedition set out from central Mexico to found cities, build fortresses, and establish the first major permanent European settlement in what is now the American Southwest. That undertaking would forever change the history of North America. In this video, you will discover how Mexico, then part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, colonized the territories that today belong to New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. You will learn about Juan de Oñate's expedition, the founding of the first towns, the construction of roads, churches, and presidios (fortified settlements), as well as the enormous challenges the colonists faced in a virtually unknown land. How did they manage to travel thousands of miles across deserts and mountains? Why were these lands administered from Mexico City for more than two centuries? What relationship did the Indigenous peoples have with the first colonists? And how did such a vast territory eventually become, centuries later, part of the United States? Join us on this journey to the 16th century to discover one of the most surprising and little-known chapters in Mexican history: the colonization of southwestern North America, long before the United States even existed. #HistoryOfMexico #NewSpain #JuanDeOñate #Viceroyalty #History #UnitedStates #Colonization #SpanishEmpire #MexicanHistory #AncientMexico #HistoricalDocumentary #HistoricalCuriosities #NewMexico #Texas #California #Arizona #WorldHistory #NorthAmerica #16thCentury #HiddenHistory