For twenty years after the Gold Rush, Americans in California felt extremely remote from the rest of the United States. The early Forty-Niners of the California Gold Rush wishing to come to California were faced with limited options. Some options included sailing around South America from the Atlantic which could take up to eight months or travel by land but that came with many dangers as well. The railroads helped establish countless towns and settlements, it paved the way to abundant mineral deposits and fertile tracts of pastures and farmland, and created new markets for eastern goods. For many, the dream of a transcontinental railroad symbolized all sorts of hopes for better things.
These were such cities as California capital Sacramento, San Francisco and Oakland. The gold rush would lead to California eventually becoming a state more immigrants came to America and settled in different places not just on
Located just of the 76, or Tony Zeppetella, highway in southern California is the home of the 18th Spanish mission, Mission San Luis Rey de Fancia. This is one of the most southern missions in California, aside from Mission San Diego de Alcala. This mission was founded by Padre Fermin Francisco de Lasuen in 1789, and it was named after St. Louis XI, the King of France. This mission had undergone several of the stages seen in the average Californian historical landmarks and buildings. As discussed in class, California’s architecture and culture was influenced by several different groups during its developing centuries, these are the groups and cultures that influenced the mission as noted by the official Old San Luis Rey Mission website: Luiseño
- The Alamo in San Antonio. - California was of no serious foreign threat. - 1769 Spanish missionaries led by Father Junipero Serra founded at San Diego the first of a chain of twenty-one missions that came up the coast as far as Sonoma, north of San Francisco Bay. - “mission Indians” did adopt Christianity, but they also lost contact with their native cultures and often lost their lives as well.
Sacramento is one of the oldest cities in the western region of the United States and Sacramento is filled with rich history. The city and the capital of the great state of California dates back to 1839 when a man named John Sutter created a small rugged town that he would use for farming and business opportunities. John Sutter’s intentions and thoughts were to be given a Mexican land grant, however, as his small town grew, more opportunities started to rise. Due to the large amount of gold in California, Sutter’s town was officially established in 1849 and it was named Sacramento. When the city was first established, it consisted of small shanty shacks and poorly constructed wooden buildings.
It wasn’t until the year 1930 when the name changed to Olvera street and opened as a Mexican market place. Between those years, it was not a market place, and people lived on the street in their houses. Mrs. Christine Sterling is the women who wanted to preserve the adobes and history that had been created from the people who lived in these towns (“Calle Olvera”). Mrs. Sterling “Saw the the Avila Adobe with a condemnation notice from the city health officials stating the building was slated for demolition” (“Founding of Olvera Street”). She then made the decision she wanted to transform the space, “Along with the participation of the local Mexican community in the area, she invited local Artisans and Mexican small business owners to create the “Mexican Marketplace” Olvera Street, in order to secure the protection of this historical site and the culture of California” (Rondeau).
Ramiro Espino 11/2/17 Soc 110 Mission-Presidio System Back in the years 1606- 1796 Spain had no interest in trying to come to California. There were busy working on building an empire in North American States such as, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Nevada. While building their empire in these states they were able to create a system that consisted of 3 things. The system consisted of creating several presidios, pueblos and mission across Northern America.
Over 300,000 people migrated to California during the California Gold Rush. One way that these migrants contributed to Westward Expansion was that they boosted the economy in California. Many small cities in California that had previously consisted of a few hundred citizens soon had tens of thousands of residents. Another way that the 49ers contributed to Westward Expansion was their impact on the Native Americans. As the mining industry in California grew, the Native’s sources for food were killed and contaminated by chemicals and silt.
How did California, The Golden State, become a part of the United States of America? The answer lies in the Mexican-American War. This controversial war was fought in 1846 under the presidency of James K. Polk, a strong believer in Manifest Destiny. It took place after the annexation of Texas and was a result of a dispute over land between the Nueces River and Rio Grande. The Mexican-American War was unjustified for three reasons, for one; Polk intentionally instigates the war with Mexico, secondly; the U.S. only wanted Mexican land to expand their own, and finally; in order to obtain this land, America violates Mexican laws.
California was born in the middle of many issues of conflict. Crisis over slavery, political legitimacy, and conflict over land, labor, race and ethnicity ( Competing Vision 132 ).During the mid 1800’s California saw many transformations, some positive some negative. There was a slow reservations development for Indians, but a better established land ownership. With certain political figures, who rallied to remove laws, which discriminated against African Americans and rather high religious tolerance, California was taking a distinct shape.
In California however, the United States entered Los Angeles on January 8. 1847, coming fully prepared with six hundred and seven soldiers and marines who defeated three hundred Mexican fighters. Shortly after on January 12, the last Mexican fighters in California surrendered to American forces, which marked the end of violent resistance in California, allowing the Treaty of Cahuenga to be signed on January 13,
It was discovered on January 24th 1848 by James Marshall in California. A quarter million people migrated to California for the chance to get rich and other personal reasons. Foreigners from all around the world came to America to either search for gold or the new opportunities open. As time progressed corporations were formed that could buy new technology and workers to search for gold and several boom towns had formed in California. As more and more people moved west the United States faced another issue.
Americans were able to make thousands of dollars off of gold and immagrants and foreigners from all over the world came to California. Citizens became richer and all different cultures learned to
The United states was longing to annex,or take land into a country, California. One reason the Mexican War was justified
The narrator recalls his first date with a girl when he was just twelve years old: He is carrying two oranges in his jacket when he picks her up and walks with her to the local drugstore. These oranges become symbolic of the innocent, young love he has for her “The first time I walked, With a girl, I was twelve, Cold, and weighted down, With two oranges in my jacket”. ( Lines 1-4, Soto). The orange symbolizes purity and the sweetness of their love. He initially carries the oranges to share with the girl as a gesture of his generosity and love for her.
