Saltpeter War (Mexico)

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Salitre War
Date 1480-1510 Location Mesoamerica (present-day Mexico) Result Expulsion of Purépecha from Colima and Jalisco
Belligerents
Tarascan state	Colima Sayula Zapotlán Tapalpa Autlán
Commanders and leaders
Tangaxuan II

The Salitre War (Spanish: Guerra del Salitre; also Saltpeter War) was a 1480-1510 military conflict between the Tarascan state of Purépecha people and peoples settled in Colima, Sayula, Zapotlán, Tapalpa, and Autlán. It started with the invasion by Tarascan cazonci (monarch) Tangaxuan II with the purpose to seize the mining of saltpeter (hence the name) and ended with the expulsion of Purépecha from the areas of Colima and Jalisco.^[1]

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