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Father Junipero Serra was appointed as leader
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Gaspar de Portola led colony to San Diego Bay
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Father Junipero Serra founded Mission San Diego de Alcala, first mission in Alta California
*also the first misssion that Father Junipero Serra builds -
Father Junipero Serra builds the last of his 9 missions, Mission San Buenaventura
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Russian fur traders started working in Alaska
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Fort Ross is completed
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Mexico gains its independence from Spain
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California's leaders accept Mexican rule
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The last of the 21 missions, Mission San Francisco Solano is founded in Sonoma
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Native Americans living in Mission San Francisco Solano decided to dismantle it
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Mission San Diego de Alcala was on sale
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Governor Figueroa orders to end Church rule of missions
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Mexican Congress passed act for secularization of missions in California