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Juan Cabrillo, European explorer, explores new land in California as well as surrounding islands.
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The Europeans explore and discover new land which will later be known as California.
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Discussion with European explorers on the treatment of indigenous people colonized by the Europeans.
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Queen Elizabeth orders Sir Frances Drake to go see the Spanish Sling at the Great Lakes.
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Another European explorer places his boat on present-day Point Reyes, CA.
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The presidio is now a commonly known park in Northern California.
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School where priests learn to work among and with indigenous people is founded.
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The Spanish colonize California.
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Father Junipero Serra discovers and builds the first mission in California.
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The second mission to be built in California.
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The third mission to be built in California.
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The fourth mission to be built in California.
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The California missions were religious outposts in California.
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The Kumeyaay people were attacked at Mission San Diego de Alcala. This highlights the mistreatment of the native people by the Spanish.
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This mission is established and founded by Junipero Serra.
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One of the missions in Northern California built.
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Natives are allowed, once again, to practice their important ritual dances.
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Jose Francisco Ortega establishes presidio in Santa Barbara.
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Father Junipero Serra finds and builds this new mission in San Buenaventura.
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Natives are tired of the mistreatment of the Spanish and fight back in a revolt
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Spanish Mission founded in Santa Barbara, CA by Fermin Lausen
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One of the many missions in Northern California built.
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 establishes a government for the Northern Territory.
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In 1789, the Northwest Ordinance provides an outline for admitting new states into the Union.
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Spanish missionary who helped build some of the many missions in California passes away.
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At Mission San Gabriel, a measles outbreak occurs which harms and affects the Indian population.
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Mexico gains independence from Spain, making it its own entity.
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Mexico begins to colonize California.
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Mexico creates a code describing how people are granted land in California.
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Chumash uprise against Mexican and Spanish ruling and mistreatment.
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The Chumash did not return to the mission. Period of change in which Natives stand up against to Mexican and Spanish ruling.
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Estanisola educated the Natives in the art of battle. He helped them uprise against Spanish and Mexican rule.
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The secularization process beings in effort to return the land to native people.
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Sonora, a part of Mexico, captures Los Angeles and tries to take over the government.
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Neophytes, a word used to refer to the Indians who were converted by the Spanish at missions, were returned to their villages after being held at various missions.
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Mexican government bans John C. Fremont from California as he was seen as a threat.
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The war between Mexico and the United States that started over land distributions,
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A short rebellion of people in California against Mexican authority. John C. Fremont was a a notable participant in this revolt for independence.
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The Treaty of Cahuega is signed and ends the Mexican American War specifically in Alta California.
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The Treaty of Guadalupe de Hidalgo ends the Mexican American War giving the US ownership of California as well as the Rio Grande.
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The Gold Rush brings in new people to California as well as the building of new railroads within the state.
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The slaughter of the Pomo that highlighted the mistreatment the U.S. government allowed against Native Americans.
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Gold is found in California, sparking hundreds to the state in search of hold and hopes of prosperity.
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California is admitted into the Union as a free state.
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John C. Fremont was the first California Senate.
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This act applies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to California as a state.
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The ruling of People vs. Hall stated that Chinese immigrants and Americans were unable to testify against white people.
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The Central Pacific Railroad, a railroad that would begin in Sacramento and would travel through the western part of the country, began its construction.
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An act that put forth the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad that would connect the western and eastern part of the country.
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The second part of the act that was put in place which provided federal funding to the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.
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The opening of the railroad marked a turning point for California, as it would so bring many opportunities for social, political, and economic success.
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This massacre highlighted the racist views against Chinese Americans and immigrants in California, as hundreds of white people killed and harmed Chinese residents in Chinatown located in Los Angeles.
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Government allows the mining of resources. Resources that were mined for were economic minerals, which resulted on an impact to the environment.
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This act prohibited Chinese women from entering the country. It was among the first federal exclusive acts against a particular race group.
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These riots occurred in San Francisco where some of the white population violently attacked Chinese immigrants who occupied the city.
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An act passed by Congress which banned Chinese people from immigrating into the country. It was an act that highlights the racist views of the country at the time.
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Another massacre between the indigenous people and the U.S government. United States soldiers murdered hundreds of Lakota people.
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The Free Harbor Fight sparked between Los Angeles and Southern Pacific. Southern Pacific had control over the harbor facilities, while Los Angeles wanted free from their control.
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This era marked social and political reform.
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A xenophobic league established to prevent the immigration of Asian people in the U.S.
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Stephen White wins the fight with a filibuster!
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The Gentlemens Act tried to limit the immigration of Japenese people into the U.S.
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Land act established in California that prohibited "Aliens" from owning agricultural land.
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Named after John Raker, the Rake Act permitted the building of O'Shaughnessy Dam.
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Through the Home Teacher Act, teachers went to homes and try to Americanize the wives, by teaching them. how to be an American housewife.
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The 18th amendment was passed prohibiting alcohol.
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A tax that was placed on companies who employed children in particular industries. This tax was ten percent of the profits of the companies.
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This amendment paved the way for women to vote.It stated that no person shall be denied by voting on the basis of sex.
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This act placed a limit on the number of immigrants who can enter the U.S.
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Time period where the U.S., as well as the rest of the world, faced economic hardships.
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During this time, the Office of Naval Intelligence begins collecting lists of potential disloyal Japanese Americans.
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Global war involving over thirty countries including the U.S.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt enacts the Equal Opportunity 8802 Act that banned racial discrimination in war employment.
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The United States and Mexico both sign the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement that helped lead to the unionization of farm workers.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt establishes the War Production Boards which supervised war production.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt enacts Executive Order 9066 which allowed the evacuation of people who are deemed a national threat.
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This commission was established to help figure out the labor between agriculture, industry, and armed forces sectors.
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The repealing of the Chinese Exclusion Act allowed Chinese laborers who sought out immigration to the U.S. to do so.
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These riots highlighted the racist views some had against Mexican Americans.
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A ship load with ammunition explodes causing over 300 people to pass away.
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The act helped finance water distribution centers in California.
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This act creates rights for employees where employers cannot discriminate against workers.
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Businesses cannot discriminate against sex, race, ethnicity, color, religion, etc.
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This era, although dating back to over 50 years ago, involves new acts and events that all shaped what California is today.
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This act creates a three-tiered Master plan for education in CA that is still used today.
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This project helped improve California’s water infrastructure.
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This act puts an end to racial discrimination by landlords and property owners.
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This wildfire that sparked in Butte County located in Northern California was the deadliest fire in California history.