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Juan Cabrillo was the first European to explore California.
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Sir Francis Drake sailed along the coast and claimed Calfornia for England.
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Sebastion Viscanzio urged Spain to colonize California.
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Juniperro Serra started the first Francicisan mission in Calfornia, in what is now the city called San Diego.
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California is settled by Spain.
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California became a state in 1850.
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Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, banning all Chinese immigration.
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The California state became the first to elect two women to
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An electricity crisis caused many blackouts in California.
