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  2. Spanish missions in California - Wikipedia

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    The Mission has earned a reputation as the "Loveliest of the Franciscan Ruins." [ 1] The Spanish missions in California ( Spanish: Misiones españolas en California) formed a series of 21 religious outposts or missions established between 1769 and 1833 in what is now the U.S. state of California.

  3. History of California - Wikipedia

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    The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...

  4. Spanish language in California - Wikipedia

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    Spanish was first introduced to California in 1542 and has since become deeply entwined with California's cultural landscape and history. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Spanish was the official administrative language in California through the Spanish and Mexican periods until 1848, when Alta California was ceded from Mexico to the United States following ...

  5. Hispanics and Latinos in California - Wikipedia

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    Hispanic and Latino Californians are residents of the state of California who are of full or partial Hispanic or Latino ancestry. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, Hispanics and Latinos of any race were 39.4% of the state's population, [ 2] making it the largest ethnicity in California. Californios (regional Californian Spanish for "Californians") is ...

  6. List of Spanish missions in California - Wikipedia

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    List of Spanish missions in California. The horse and mule trail known as El Camino Real as of 1821 and the locations of the 21 Franciscan missions in Alta California. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Franciscan priests established 21 missions between 1769 and 1833 in Alta California, accompanied by military outposts.

  7. Californios - Wikipedia

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    Californios (singular Californio) are Hispanic Californians, especially those descended from Spanish and Mexican settlers of the 17th through 19th centuries before California was annexed by the United States. California's Spanish-speaking community has resided there since 1683 and is made up of varying Spanish and Mexican origins, including ...

  8. Portolá expedition - Wikipedia

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    The Portolá expedition was a Spanish voyage of exploration in 1769–1770 that was the first recorded European exploration of the interior of the present-day California. It was led by Gaspar de Portolá, governor of Las Californias, the Spanish colonial province that included California, Baja California, and other parts of present-day Mexico ...

  9. History of slavery in California - Wikipedia

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    The history of slavery in California began with the enslavement of Indigenous Californians under Spanish colonial rule. The arrival of the Spanish colonists introduced chattel slavery and involuntary servitude to the area. Over 90,000 Indigenous peoples were forced to stay at the Spanish missions in California between 1770 and 1834, being kept ...