California History

Nazil 2009-20104th Grade

Mountains

Mt ranges line much of the northern coast.

Redwood trees grow there.

There is mainly snow on top of the mountains.

Desert

A desert is a dry area that gets little rainfall.

Gets less than ten inches of rain a year.

Animals have some odd adaptation to stay alive with there harsh conditions and little rainfall.

Hills in the judean desert

Valley

Valleys are flat and low between mountains.

Many farms are located in a valley.

Santa Clarita is an example of a valley it is completely surrounded by mountains.

Coast

CA has a very long coastline.

Our coats is in the Pacific Ocean.

Many people have been there and to the beach.

Some houses are there, but not many.

Juan Cabirllo

Juan came to CA in 1542

Went north of now New Mexico. On the west coast

Not much is known about Juan Cabrillo's early years as a kid

Francis Drake

Was a vice admiral.

He was a sea captain and vice admiral.

His exploits were legendary.

Was also second-in-command of and English fleet of ships.

Sebastian Vizcaino

Born in Spain.

Was a Spanish

He sailed as a merchant to Portugal

Vizcanio got to be a general in charge of an expedition to locate safe harbors the go to.

Vitus Bering

Went to north of Russia.

Made a route that was called Bering Straight.

Born Aug. 12, 1681.

He joined a fleet of Russian ships in 1703

Father Serra

Serra left to mission work in 1749.

He became a priest

Full name was Miguel Jose' Serra.

At the age of 16 he went to work at a church.

Gaspar De Portola

Had a job as an army officer.

Was an explorer and founder of San Diego and Monterey.

He served as a solider in the Spanish Army.

Ranchos

Ranchos are almost like villages

Many farms are located there

Some examples of them are: San Pedro, Los Nietos, San Rafeal and San Antonio.

Missions

There was many missions in CA

Each missions had a path that made the connected(El Camino Real) .

There is 21 missions total.

Pueblos

A Spanish word for village

They grew food and water for solders in the guard towers that were in front of the pueblos. Had cattle and grew crops and plantations .

John Sutter

John Sutter sent James Marshall to get a mill and found gold then started the gold rush

John Sutter was then poor and died a penniless man

Fort Ross

A Russian trading place

Built by Ivan Kuskov and other Russians who were probably fur traders and some Alaskan hunters and fur traders.

Fort Ross was a main trading place.

Jedediah Smith

Went on an expedition

Born on Jan. 6th, 1799 and died on May 27th, 1831 at the age of 32

Had an exploration in the Rocky Mountains.

James Beckworth

Was a fur trader.

Was African American.

He found a pass in the mountains that was later named Beckworth Pass after James.

John Bidwell

Born Aug. 5, 1819 in what is now New York

Was a pioneer, farmer, and solider.

Bidwell had the rank of major fighting in the army.

John C. Fremont

Was a US senator.

Born on Jan 21st 1813.

Born in Savannah Georgia.

Was a military officer and explorer

49'ers

They were the people that come during the gold rush.

Most of them did not get any gold.

More men then woman came to find gold.

Sam Brannan

Born in Mar 2nd, 1819 in Saco Maine.

CA first millionaire.

Died May 14th, 1889.

Was an American Settler.

As a teen his family moved to Ohio

Levi Strauss

Born Feb 26, 1829 Buttenhiem, Bavaria.

Died on Sept 26, 1902.

Founded a company that manufactures blue jeans.

Biddy Mason

Was a slave on a plantation

The Compromise wanted to have so slaves and CA was a free state

Her owned took her to CA .

Mary Tape

Was a Chinese person who wanted her kids to go to public school. The schools were not going to let them come because they were Chinese. She sued for them to go to school.

Mexican American War

The war was from 1846-1848.

It started on Apr. 25th,1846 and America won the war. Because they ran out of weapons they had an 8 day halt for the war.