California History Timeline

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  • 1175

    Rising STD's

    Rising STDs from Soldiers, 33% infected with Syphilis
  • 1551

    Debate at Valladolid

    The Debate at Valladolid marked a significant moment in European history as it was the first recorded instance of a discussion about the rights and fair treatment of indigenous people by European colonizers.

  • Junipero Serra

    Junipero Serra founded the Mission

  • Yuma Revolt

  • Jose Franciso Ortega

  • Mission Santa Barba

  • Measles Epidemic

  • Invasion of Spain

  • Spanish Constiution

  • Mexican Independence

    Mexico gained independence from Spain, and California became a territory of Mexico

  • Chumash Revolt

  • Estanislao Revolt

  • Trapping Party

    Detained in San Diego

  • Indian Slave Trade

  • Men of Taos Trapping Party

  • Mission Secularization

  • John Sutter

  • Donner Party

    to 1847
  • Period: to

    Massacres

    estimates of total Indian casualties vary from 16,000-100,000

  • Treaty of Cahuenga

  • Coloma Sawmill

  • Period: to

    Fremount

    -Fremont becomes U.S Senator from California and Fremont formulates a removal plan

  • Protection of Indians Act

  • Protection of Indians Act

  • Land Act

  • Pacific Railroad Acts

  • Transcontinental Railroad

  • Period: to

    Moduc War

  • Cable Cars

  • Period: to

    Long Depression

  • Massacre at Wounded Knee

  • U.S Government Bans Ghost Dance

  • Great Earthquake, San Francisco

  • Raker Act

  • Woman Suffrage

  • Home Teacher Act

  • Child Labor Ban

  • 18th Amendment Ratified

  • Second Alien Land Act

  • FDR’s E.O 8802 bans racial discrimination

  • Mexican Farm Labor Agreement

  • War Manpower Commission

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

  • U.S Indian Lands Commission

  • Modern Indian Activism