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CH. 2. SPANISH CALIFORNIA. “CALIFORNIA”. Spanish lit. Estevanico. Coronado. De Soto. 16 TH CENT. West . CABRILLO. 1542 San Miguel First Lit. interest . DRAKE. English, 1579 Negative Too cold Natives Religious rituals “ghosts” Exchange . Vizcaíno. 1602 Renamed. 160 yrs.+
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CH. 2 SPANISH CALIFORNIA
“CALIFORNIA” • Spanish lit.
16TH CENT • West
CABRILLO • 1542 • San Miguel • First • Lit. interest
DRAKE • English, 1579 • Negative • Too cold • Natives • Religious rituals • “ghosts” • Exchange
Vizcaíno • 1602 • Renamed
160 yrs.+ • Spain: no more • Isolation • Low status
SPANISH AMERICA • Economics- produce wealth • Convert natives • Centralized control: no-democracy • Difficult settle northern areas
SPAIN • Politics+religion • Diff. perspectives
José de Gálvez • King’s deputy (1765) • Russian threat • Colonize Alta CA • Unstable ? • Assisted U.S.?
FRANCISCANS • Fr. JuníperoSerra • Discipline, sacrifice • Convert natives, acculturate them into settlers. • ?: missions
“SACRED EXPEDITION” • First settlement • San Diego: July 16, 1769 • 21 missions
PRESIDIO • Defense
PUEBLO • Agricultural town • ?: food presidios • 3
Felipe de Neve, 1781 • El pueblo de nuestra senora la reina de los angeles de rio de porciuncula • “our lady of the queen of angels” • “Los Angeles” • “Angeles” = city of angels?
Alta CA: desolate • Early settlers: convicts • ?: Settlers urban, not rural • ignorance of area • CA Indians
RACIAL HIERARCY • “rationals” • “irrationals”
MISSIONS • Natives: happy, mission life preferred • Questionable
LIFE • Education • Punishment • Women • Assault
RESISTANCE • Many resisted • Passive • violence
MISSION? • Mission period: 75% decline • ??? • Agriculture • Indio labor
PEOPLE • Majority: mixed • Half families L.A.: part African
SOCIETY • Patriarchal • Scarce: Spanish women • Mixing • Rape, assault
ALTA CA • Little devel. • 3000 non-Natives (1821) • Private rancho??
POLITICS • Governor • Military • Towns • Local, self-gvt.
ISOLATION • CA: fringe • Ex-soldiers, criminals
Explore interior? • Mission Soledad (30 miles in) • Little inland
FOREIGNERS • French • English • Observations?
RUSSIANS • Nikolai Rezanov • S.F., 1806 • Concepcion Arguello, 15
REBELLION • 1810-1821
CAUSE? • Peninsulars vs. criolles • Indigenous oppression • Spanish legitimacy?
Philosophy? Enlightenment • Other rebellions • Taxation
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla • Criollo • Rebellious Priest • Children • “outcry against tyranny”
Uprising: Sept 16, 1810 • Hidalgo: “Grito de Dolores” • Revolt commences!
CA • Oblivious rebellion • Backwater outpost
CA: 1810-1821 • Little comforts • - supplies from N. Spain • Presidios/pueblos vs. Missions
SIGNIFICANCE? • Spanish culture into 19th • ….and today • Cities, architecture • Language