California missions

over the territory. As a matter of fact, the Pueblo assisted with keeping Spain’s California military supplied as well as fed. At first, there was only a small quantity of families, however, in the 1800 the population grew to 315. Governor Neve gained

during 1781-1821. Spain wanted California to be considered their land and they had every intention of doing that. The Spanish started to build things such as missons which are permanent settlements and also presidios(forts). By building these structures the Spanish started to call California theirs. The first two missions built were in San Diego and Monterrey. It all started with Father Junipero Serra he was on a "sainted mission" and his goal was to convert the California native Americans into christians

Mexico won the right to California from the Spanish in the Mexican War of Independence in 1821. The war is what ended Spanish control of what was known as New Spain. 1. Mexico began giving land grants for ranches which increased the population of San Diego. San Diego city was established

tribe members and "implored penitents toward a shift in subjectivity through introspection, self-examination, guilt, and sorrow for sin"(McCormack). This helped the Confessario to personalize the penitent, altering Native behavior and thought from its larger social and cultural perspective. Accordingly, the confessional aids focused scrupulous interest on the transgressions of the sixth and ninth commandments (sins of impurity, including adultery, fornication, homosexuality, masturbation, and lust)

Are you California dreaming? If you are considering moving to California, the Golden State, then you have outstanding 58 choices. While county has its pros and cons, you should certainly consider San Diego County. Located in the deep southwest portion of the state, the country sits on the US-Mexico border. With an estimated population of 3.1 million (2008), San Diego County has become one of the biggest up-and-coming counties in the state. A CALIFORNIA ORIGINAL The State Legislature established

San Diego with government official soldiers to contain the Native Americans that resided there. Building the missions were the “central to Spain’s plan, religio-economic institutions operated by orders of Spanish Priests to pacify Indians, convert them to Catholicism, teach them European skills and culture, and transform them into a laboring population.” (The Elusive Eden, 86) With the missions having land around their building, they planned to establish the Native Americans under the Spanish Law by

California, nicknamed the Golden State, has attracted many an immigrant through the years. From the migrations of peoples thousands of years ago that led to the establishment of the many Native American tribes that populated the land, to the Spanish and Americans in later centuries, one wonders what attracted all to the farthest frontier, the unsettled west coast. That is until you delve deeper into what the land had to offer as an economic source. The year 1769 saw Gaspar de Portola and Father

California is home to seven of the fifty largest cities in the U.S. by population and rank. Of these seven, I will discuss one of my favorite cities in the world San Francisco, California. San Francisco is the thirteenth largest city in the U.S. but only coming in as the fourth largest in California after Los Angeles, San Diego and San Jose. As of July 2014 the population estimate was a little over 850,000 for San Francisco. (Infoplease) San Francisco is a city rich in history, lust and disaster

A 1650 map, created by Joan Vinckeboon, titled “ Map of California Shown as an Island," echoes the inaccurate belief of cartographers, whose early maps depicted California as an island, separate from mainland North America. The Dutch cartographer and engraver Vinckeboon was born into a Flemish family of artists and started out drawing for his father. About 1640, he started creating maps, and later was employed by the Dutch West India Company, where he spent roughly three decades creating maps that

Being outdoors is a unique experience and Mission Trails Regional Park in San Diego, California provides an excellent opportunity to participate in the beauty and wonder that nature has to provide. About eighteen miles from the coastal shores of Southern California, the park is far enough inland to achieve a warmer dry climate but still close enough to be kissed by the cool ocean breezes that traverse over the low lying hills before being completely depleted of its droplets of sea water. It is this