Mission San Francisco Solano

Colonial women in the mid-1600s were very limited in religious activities. They were expected to remain compliant and not allowed to speak out in church. (pg. 96). As time progressed, women were afford more rights in this regard. They eventually outnumbered men in the church. They used this platform to promote their beliefs and “influence morals (pg. 96).”

Women were expected to do so much but at the same time so little. They had no power to do what they desire because men had all the power to control them. Society had an expectation of how women were supposed to act. For instance, Mary’s father cared for his sons education he wanted them to know how to read, write, and to do sums, as for his daughters he only cared that they knew how to read and sew. That is the basic that women were allowed to learn it was not important for them to know more since all they were going to work for is taking care of children. Here is an example, “…Gender roles within those families the reinforcement of gender ideals such as “helpmeet” and “notable housewife” by religious and civil authorities, and the simple

There are many Chinatown in this world, and the Chinatown of San Francisco has much historical significance; The Chinatown of San Francisco is the largest Chinatown in the United States, the largest community of Chinese Americans outside of China. Today I want to write about the of San Francisco base on my personal experience because there are many historic things I can illustrate. Before I started traveling this field trip, I did some researches carefully in San Francisco city guide, so I eager to travel as soon as possible. Finally I attended a free tour with San Francisco city guide, also they assigned a tour guide, Marann.

After marriage, the husband was considered lord and master of the family. But not all the women were meek and submissive. By the 1700's, the woman’s status had rapidly improved in colonial America. A wife and child made as much as a man did. Although women did not have equality with men, their status greatly improved from their status in Europe. A woman’s station in life was determined by the position of their husbands or fathers. The women of the poorest families, compiled to work in the fields, stood at the bottom of the social ladder. One of the surest signs of the accomplishments a family had made, was the exemption of their women from the fields. Before 1740, girls were trained in household crafts and the practical arts of family management. But afterwards they began to study subjects that required reading and studying such subjects as grammer and arithmetic. The women of the upper classes occupied themselves mainly with planning the work of the home and with supervising the domestic servants. Along with these tasks the women also baked, nursed, and sewed. But there were many social restrictions placed on the women of that time. One such restriction was that a wife, in absence of her husband, was not allowed to lodge men even if they were close relatives. For

Narineh Arkilian Dr. Galvan 12/08/16 Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana I visited the San Fernando mission on Nov 29, 2016 .The visit to the mission was one of the best experiences that I encountered. It was an exposure to a lot of details and helped me understand and reconnect with the past historical events and moments that we were studying throughout the semester. The San Fernando mission was the 17th mission founded by father juniper Serra. It was built to fill the gap between the mission San Buenaventura and the mission San Gabriel. We talked a lot about the Indians in the class and you mentioned that they are the silent victims of the history. I went to the mission in search to find answers to some of my questions and to confirm

Have you learned about missions? One about the missions was that Junipero Serra founded only 9 of the 21 missions founded in California. One of the missions founded by Junipero Serra was Mission Santa Clara De Asis(Wikipedia “Junipero Serra) which is the mission I’m going to inform you about. One of the resources that I used for this paper was “The Missions: California’s Heritage,Mission Santa Clara De Asis” by Mary Null Boulé, published by Merryant Publishers, 1988. Next, I will inform you about the history of this mission and also it’s designs.

The Spanish in contact with California occurred in the mid 1530s when Cortez’s men ventured to Baja California. They began to sail north to Alta California and established 21 missions. The expedition to Alta California was the last greatest expansion of Spain’s empire in North America. The missions were a series of religious and military settlements established by the padre. The Spanish constructed the missions to gain control and power over the land in California. San Francisco Solano Mission was the last mission established in Sonoma, the Valley of the Moon, resulted an important historical event in California and the existence of the California flag. The Spanish arrival to California created a major impact to the lives of the native Indians, and there were many significant events occurred among the Spaniards, the native Indians, and the Americans before California became a part of America.

Today, Angel Island is a California State Park where many tourists visit daily for tours, fun, and many activities. Via a quick ferry ride, one can witness this 1.2 square mile historical landmark that provides one of best sights in the Bay Area. Interestingly, some of the writings by the immigrants that were once there still remains on Angel Island. Its rich history is well documented on the island and can be appreciated by its

Mission San Buenaventura is named after a Saint named Saint Buenaventura. My mission also has a nickname it’s nickname is Mission by the ocean. It is named that because it’s near the ocean. It is located in the meadow of the Chumash Indians. The reason why it is located there because it was supposed to convert the Chumash Indians. It was built on the month of march31, 1784 on the memorable Easter morning. The family’s of the soldiers helped Fr. Serra build Mission San Buenaventura.

I’ve attended Catholic school for a majority of my education, from first through twelfth grade and throughout my journey within the catholic school education system I feel as though I have the obligation and right to inform you of the lack of information provided to fourth grade students on the history of the California missions.

The name of my mission is La Purisima Concepcion. Father Presidente found La Purisima Concepcion on December 8th 1787. La Purisima was the 11th mission in the mission chain. This mission is located within the Santa Barbara county in a town called Lompoc. This is the rebuilt mission. The other one, a few miles away, was destroyed by earthquakes. Yes, the mission was moved to Lompoc after the original was destroyed.

Mission San Francisco Solano is in 114 E. Spain Street, Sonoma, California. It is also known as Mission Sonoma or Sonoma

Spanish settlers built the Mission San Antonio de Valero, named for St. Anthony of Padua, on the banks of the San Antonio River around 1718. They also established the nearby military garrison of San Antonio de Béxar, which soon became the center of a settlement known as San Fernando de Béxar (later renamed San Antonio). The Mission San Antonio de Valero housed missionaries and their Native American converts for some 70 years until 1793, when Spanish authorities secularized the five missions located in San Antonio and distributed their lands among local residents.Beginning in the early 1800s, Spanish military troops were stationed in the abandoned chapel of the former mission. Because it stood in a grove of cottonwood trees, the soldiers called

What was expected of the female children was vastly different than what was expected of the adults. Unlike most cultures where the boys attend school and the girls learn housework, it is believed that neither attended school. Instead, boy’s learned men’s work and girls did work alongside the females in their life. They learned to cook, garden, and take care of domestic animals and make clothing. By the time the females are ready to marry at the expected ages,

In “Cultural Encounters along a Gender Frontier,” Jane T. Merritt delves into the interesting relationships between the Moravian missionaries who settled near the Delaware and Lehigh rivers of Pennsylvania and the Native Americans to whom they preached.