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Recently Father Serra was canonized by Pope Francis for his work in California. This is a topic that is well debated by many historians. Serra’s missions to California were supposed to “help” the Native People by converting them to Christianity, although this
Erika Hernandez Mr. Rodriguez American Literature 31 May 2023 1940s California and Utah Expository Essay In the 1940s, major events were occurring in America, including the Holocaust, World War II, atomic bombs, and the beginning of the Cold War. The events of WW2 in the 1940s lead to further actions that deeply impacted the Japanese American community. In 1942, just two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt, as commander-in-chief, used Executive Order 9066 that resulted in the internment of Japanese Americans. The first internment facility to be established was the Manzanar War Relocation Center near Lone Pine, California.
When the Mission was under control of Friar Fray Peyri, the natives were forced into working and doing the strenuous activities that they did not sign up for. Mission San Luis Rey is noted to be the mission to have the most convert or neophytes, but it is not listed as to how many voluntarily converted or were forced to for labor (California Missions Resource Center). As seen in our textbook, many natives were forced to convert by soldiers and other threats. Though not noted through the website, the natives in the southern regions of California were far more hostile towards the missions than the others. In the previous years before the Mission San Luis Rey was even founded as an official mission, the destruction of the San Diego Mission occurred due to the native uprising against the Spanish forces invading their land.
It clear that from the time of Junípero Serra until now, outside forces have controlled the past, the present, and the future of the California Native
Why and how did it occur? Fourth graders in California’s public school system are taught a very cleaned up version of history regarding the California missions. The brutality of the mission system is not mentioned or described at the missions or in classrooms. However, the California Missions were such a brutal system that effectively was responsible for the mass genocide of the Indigenous tribes in California. Violence was a
In 1848, California became part of the United States. A Treaty was set into place at that time to allow the native people to become U.S. citizens. However, because the government failed to live up to the agreed terms of the Guadeloupe Hidalgo Treaty, which was signed as a peace agreement to end the war between the United States and Mexico, the native people suffered horrendously during the next several decades. The confrontation between the Anglo’s and the Indians in California was horrific and brutal to say the least.
This concern stemmed from the Spanish missions throughout Alta California which consisted of a series of 21 religious and military outposts, established to spread Christianity among the local Native Americans. Secularization, or the disestablishment of these missions, intended to mitigate this threat. Secularization was hailed as the solution given that it had worked well in most Spanish colonies, though secularization did not offer the same results when applied in California, as the citizens would soon
January 1st, 1860. It is a time of great change and peril. Great wars have come and gone, and revolutions along with them. New nations have been carved out of the ashes of once-mighty empires. Now, as the world enters a new age of Machines and Steel, many think that war is now an impossible thing of the past.
Indians were forced to dig. Even they didn't have any right to go against white people according to california law that time. They were kidnapped and sold too. Life was becoming harder for them as the city of San Francisco became an important part of U.S economy. There were 50,000 Native Americans in california in 1849.
In 1850, California's first legislature passed the Act for the Government and Protection of Indians. This wrote even more unreasonable laws into place. Indians could not testify against white men and white men were able to take control over the Indian children. It was also illegal to see or give alcohol to any Indians. If an indian was convicted of a crime or stealing anything valuable, he or she would receive a violent punishment and a fine.
Background: The Spanish missions in California are a series of religious and military settlements established by Spanish Catholics 1769 and 1823. The missions were built to spread the Christian faith, educate and civilize the Native Americans. The missions gave Spain a major presence in the western frontier. Spain also needed harbors for ships to dock for the repairs of their ships and to replenish their supplies. The Franciscans brought European livestock, vegetables, fruit, horses, and ranching to California..
However, scholars now say that the problem on the frontier was not due to the racial or the social class, but rather to the limited of resources, weak military structure, among other structural flaws. Other structural flaws such as the Missions that many Native people are taken to be Christianized. The Church who sought to remove Native people from the exploitation and sexual abuse of the Spaniards inflicted corporal punishment on the Native Californians. According to Father President Fermin Francisco de Lasuen, corporal punishment is necessary, at the time, because the Native people are seen as “Untamed savages”. Native Californians who live in missions and presidios, and in surrounding villages found themselves faced with harsh violence inflicted by Spaniards and the Catholic Church.
Throughout the 19th century Native Americans were treated far less than respectful by the United States’ government. This was the time when the United States wanted to expand and grow rapidly as a land, and to achieve this goal, the Native Americans were “pushed” westward. It was a memorable and tricky time in the Natives’ history, and the US government made many treatments with the Native Americans, making big changes on the Indian nation. Native Americans wanted to live peacefully with the white men, but the result of treatments and agreements was not quite peaceful. This precedent of mistreatment of minorities began with Andrew Jackson’s indian removal policies to the tribes of Oklahoma (specifically the Cherokee indians) in 1829 because of the lack of respect given to the indians during the removal laws.
Throughout the history of the United States, there generally have been dozens of particularly social movements, which is fairly significant. From the African American Civil Rights Movement in 1954 to the feminism movement in 1920, protests for all intents and purposes have helped these groups basically earn rights and fight injustice in a really major way. Some injustices that these groups face range from lack of voting rights to police brutality, or so they essentially thought. The indigenous people of North America aren’t actually immune to these injustices, basically contrary to popular belief. Back in the 1968, the American Indian Movement generally was formed to for all intents and purposes give natives security and peace of mind in a
UK in cities such as London and Liverpool. Regency design involved a lot of interior design and decorative arts typically with elegant furniture and vertically striped wallpaper, this can be viewed as a luxurious design style but not to blingy from the exterior. Around the 1900's the Spanish had traveled the world and influenced their designs and architecture many other parts of the world such as south america and parts of the USA such as California. This created the Spanish colonial style which is the main traditional style of building in California, such as famous buildings which include the Hotel California.
