Tzeltal Rebellion of 1712

In 1712, a number of Tzeltal Maya communities in the Soconusco region of Chiapas rose in rebellion, in what is known as the Tzeltal Rebellion or Tzendal Rebellion. It was a multiethnic revolt, with 32 towns of Tzeltal (14), Tzotzil (15), and Chol (3) Indigenous peoples participating in it. The Indigenous renounced the authority of the Catholic hierarchy and established a priesthood of Indigenous men. There was widespread military mobilization of Indigenous men, who called themselves “soldiers of the Virgin.”

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rebellion, Tzeltal people, Kingdom of Spain, New Spain, 
Maya, Maya, 

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