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European Exploration (1530-1697)European Exploration (1530-1697)
• Francisco De Ulloa led the first voyage which first marked the area of the name “California.”
• The first European to explore California was Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, and claimed what he thought was the Island Of California for Spain.
Spanish Colonization (1697-1821)Spanish Colonization (1697-1821)
• In 1697, the first permanent mission in Baja California Sur.
• During the last quarter of the 18th century, the first Spanish settlements were established in Alta California.
• California was split into two in 1804 into Baja California and Alta California.
• Alta California consisted of lands that form the modern US States of California, Utah, Nevada, Northern Arizona, Western Colorado and South Western Wyoming.
• Alta California gained independence from Spain in 1821 at the end of the Mexican War of Independence.
United States Era (1846 - )United States Era (1846 - )
• The United States declared war on Mexico May 13th, 1846, but it took almost two months for word to get to California.
• On February 2, 1848, the Treat of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, marking the end of the Mexican-American war. In the treaty, the US agreed to pay Mexico 18,250,000, and Mexico formally ceded California to the US.
• On September 9th, 1850, California was given official statehood by Congress.
Flags over CaliforniaFlags over CaliforniaSpanish Empire 1542
St. George Cross of England 1579
New Spain 1821
Russian-American Company 1812-1821
Argentina 1818
Mexican Empire 1821
Mexican Republic 1823
California Republic 1846
United States of America 1846