Missions, Ranchos, and The Mexican War for Independence By Wowmom100 1530 Spanish/European Settlers arrive to "The New World" https://study.com/academy/lesson/new-spain-spanish-explorers-and-spanish-colonies.html 1769 Father Junipero Serra arrives and California's First Mission is built https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-iry-fullyhosted_011&hsimp=yhs-fullyhosted_011&hspart=iry&p=first+mission+is+built+in+CA+fourth+grade+youtube#id=1&vid=d5a251bba0a4a50a86484a90b236ee02&action=click 1770 "King's Highway" -- Christianity and Trade comes to California via Missions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHfJGJCowds 1810 Mexican War for Independence from Spain https://www.slideshare.net/tammyle253/mexican-war-of-independence-4350777