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During 1760's.
Captain Gaspar de Portla and Fther Junipero Serra start building missions. -
1820.
California had 21 missions, with 20,000 Native American members.
Also, Jedediah Smith (a mountain man) traveled to San Gabriel (a mission) by Los Angeles. -
1821
California was admitted into Mexico. -
1833
The government banned these missions. -
1840's.
Families started the long journey west to live in California.
John C. Fremont (a army officer) made many trips to California as well. -
1845
700 Americans were living in California. -
1846
Taylor's army captured Matamoros. -
1846
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/toddflag.html Some Americans conquered Sonoma (a city) and declared independent.The Rublic of California, was the name for the new country. -
1846
A U.S. Navy unit conquered Monterey and San Francisco ports. Commodore John Sloat was in charge. -
1846
Taylor's army captured Monterrey. -
1847
The U.S. had taken over California. -
1848
In the Mexican Cession, Mexico gave California and New Mexico to the U.S for $15 million. -
1848
James Marshall was carrying on business like normal, when something caught his eye. It was a piece of gold. More pieces followed, and keeping this discovery quiet failed. This was the start of the Gold Rush. -
1848
Califorinia's population increased buy 200,000 people from 148-1852 making the population of California in 1848, 220,000. -
1849- Forty-Niners
People that came to California looking for gold in 1849 were called forty-niners. -
1849
The American River had already supplied Americans with over $6 million dollars worth of gold, by the end of 1848. -
1850
California asked congress if they could become a state of the U.S. They didn't get to right away because of the one free state, one slave state deal in congress, and instead had to wait six more months. -
1851
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/25157352?uid=3739600&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21103520269491 The Land Law of 1851 made sure the Californios' land rights were reasonable. Many people lost their land, but many were able to convince the group of people making the decisions to let them keep their land.
