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Timucuan rebellion 1656

Synopsis
Obs: The research for this entry is still in progress. The synopsis is still missing, and several of the additional fields listed below are marked as 'tbc' (to be completed). The specific start and end dates of the event also need to be completed or confirmed.
Additional info

Starting date: . Ending: . Duration: 8 months. Name in sources: tbc. Location: La Chua ranch and across the Timucua territory Country (current): US-Florida. Monarchy: Spanish. Main participants: Indigenous. Number of participants: tbc. Main reasons & motivations: Anti-colonial. Leadership: Lucas Menendez, principal chief of the Timucua,. Relevance: medium.

Further reading
BLANTON, Justin B. (2013) "The Role of Cattle Ranching in the 1656 Timucuan Rebellion: A Struggle for Land, Labor, and Chiefly Power," Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 92: No. 4, Article 3. PEARSON Jr, Fred Lamar (1983). “Timucuan Rebellion of 1656: The Rebolledo Investigation and the Civil-Religious Controversy”. The Florida Historical Quarterly, 61(3): 260-280. WORTH, John E. (1992). The Timucuan missions of Spanish Florida and the rebellion of 1656. Gainsville: University of Florida (PhD Dissertation).

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Cite this entry

The Editors (2025). "Timucuan rebellion 1656," in Rebellions in the Early Modern Iberian World. http://atlas.cidehusdigital.uevora.pt/revolt/timucuan-rebellion-1656/ (accessed on 19 September 2025).