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19 Cards in this Set
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settler
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a person who lives in a new community
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pioneer
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a person who helps settle in a new land
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explorer
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a person who goes to find out about a place
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Indian
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lived in California, worked on the missions, many did not survive
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ranchero
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a man who owns the ranch
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Junipero Serra
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he built the first mission in San Diego in 1769
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Jedediah Strong Smith
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he helped open the way for pioneers
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John C. Fremont
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drew maps of the Oregon trail in an area north of California
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
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first explorer to land in Alta California, claimed Catalina island for Spain
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Francis Drake
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claimed a harbor near San Francisco for England
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James Marshall
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found gold near Sacramento
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Millard Filmore
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President that signed the bill to make California the 31st state
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Who built the missions, presidios, and pueblos?
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Spanish built missions and presidios.
Pueblos were built by people from Spain, Mexico, and Africa. |
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How are missions, presidios, and pueblos different?
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Missions have churches.
Presidios have soldiers and protect the missions. Pueblos are villages not started by priests or soldiers. |
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Why did Spanish and Russian explorers come to California?
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Spanish - they wanted to claim land and find the Strait of Anian.
Russian - want to find fur to trade. |
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When and where was the first mission built?
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1769 in San Diego
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What important change took place in the 1820's?
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Mexico became free from Spanish control
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How did the Spanish change the lives of the Indians?
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made them learn their language and culture, forced them to work, forced them to learn a new religion. Many Indians got sick and died.
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Which countries had control of California between the 1700's and 1800's?
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Russia, Spain
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