USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After New Mexico was ceded to the United States (1848), Santa Fe became the capital in 1851 of the Territory of New Mexico and, in 1912, of the state. In 1862 the city was occupied for two weeks by Confederate forces under General H.H. Sibley.

Detailed explanation-2: -Under Oñate’s leadership, Spanish colonists established the first European capital of New Mexico at San Juan de los Caballeros, at the former site of a pueblo called Caypa. The following year, the colonists founded the new capital at San Gabriel de Yunque-Ouinge.

Detailed explanation-3: -1692-1821 – Santa Fe grew as a prosperous city. 1821-1846 – Santa Fe became the capital of the province of New Mexico, owned by Mexico, which gained independence from Spain.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first capital actually was San Gabriel del Yunge, on the west bank of the Rio Grande opposite the Tewa pueblo the Spaniards called San Juan. In a story titled “Conquistadors Capital, ” Time magazine (August 1962) wrote up the excavation of San Gabriel by University of New Mexico archaeologists.

Detailed explanation-5: -Formal Spanish settlements were developed leading the colonial governor Pedro de Peralta to rename the area La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís (’the Royal Town of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi’). The Spanish phrase Santa Fe is translated as ‘holy faith’ in English.