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Cortes goes to California for first time but believes that it is the California with all the teasures and women . Makes a settlement in Calfornia .
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Father Serra is a spanish priest who wanted to help the natives.So he came to the us to convert the natives to christianity.
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Fort Ross was a Russian settlement that sold fur and other goods . Ivan Kuskov was the founder of Fort Ross .
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California become independent from Spain's power . Territory is turned over to Mexico .
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Manifest Destiny reaches califonia. US later takes the land Mexico owns.
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James Marshall discovers gold in Sutters river. This sparked the Gold Rush.
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California joins the Union as a non slave state . All slaves in Cal were free.
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Pony Express opens in 1860 for California . Delievers mail between California and Missiouri .
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Oil was discovered in Kern County found after drilling 70 ft . Contained close to 2 billion barrels .
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Construction for the Golden Gate Brifge strated in January 4 , 1933 , then opened in May 27 , 1937 took 4 years to built this bridge . The architects for this bridge were Joseph Strauss , Irving Marrow , and Charles Alton Ellis .
