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History.com: Po'pay: The Little Known Pueblo Hero Who Led the First American Revolution

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Nearly 100 years before the American Revolution, another war of independence took place on American soil -- against Spanish colonizers. Coordinated by Tewa leader Po'Pay, the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 saved Indigenous cultures from destruction under a feudal system that enslaved inhabitants of the region and forced them to convert to Christianity.

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