New Mexico Federal School Codes (FAFSA)
New Mexico State Overview State of the US Confederation. The region was explored by the Spaniards since the late thirties of the sixteenth century, but the first colonial settlement took place only in 1598. With the Mexican declaration of independence (1821), it constituted a province of the new state, but the war with the states United led to the occupation of Santa Fe (1846) and annexation (1848). In 1850 the territory of NM was established (which included Colorado until 1861…