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Background. Birth of the State of California. California was a Territory of Mexico 1821-1848. US Declared War on Mexico. July 7, 1846 in Monterey Commodore John Sloat Proclaims US Control of All California. Read Sloat’s Proclamation. Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna.

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  1. Background Birth of the State of California

  2. California was a Territory of Mexico1821-1848

  3. US Declared War on Mexico

  4. July 7, 1846 in MontereyCommodore John Sloat Proclaims US Control of All California Read Sloat’s Proclamation

  5. Mexican PresidentAntonio López de Santa Anna

  6. US-Mexico War 1846-48

  7. US-Mexican War 1846-48 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (February 2, 1848)

  8. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ARTICLE VIII Mexicans now established in territories previously belonging to Mexico, and which remain for the future within the limits of the United States, as defined by the present treaty, shall be free to continue where they now reside, or to remove at any time to the Mexican Republic, retaining the property which they possess in the said territories, or disposing thereof, and removing the proceeds wherever they please, without their being subjected, on this account, to any contribution, tax, or charge whatever. Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of the United States. But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty; and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year, without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans, shall be considered to have elected to become citizens of the United States. In the said territories, property of every kind, now belonging to Mexicans not established there, shall be inviolably respected. The present owners, the heirs of these, and all Mexicans who may hereafter acquire said property by contract, shall enjoy with respect to it guarantees equally ample as if the same belonged to citizens of the United States.

  9. ARTICLE IX The Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States, according to the principles of the Constitution; and in the mean time, shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty and property, and secured in the free exercise of their religion without restriction.

  10. Land Cession from Mexico to US

  11. “The Border”

  12. Border in New Mexico

  13. San Diego Tijuana

  14. Tijuana San Diego

  15. Nogales, Arizona Nogales, Sonora

  16. “The Fence”

  17. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo February 2, 1848 Gold Discovered in California January 24, 1848

  18. California Gold Rush1848-1855 (January 24, 1848)

  19. EstimatedPopulation of California

  20. 1,872 People 4,739 People

  21. Estimated% Hispanics in Monterey County

  22. Monterey, 1850

  23. California Constitutional ConventionColton Hall

  24. California Constitutional ConventionColton Hall 2nd Floor

  25. California Constitution 1849 CA Constitution 1872 CA Constitution More than 350 Pages More than 500 Amendments in 130 Years

  26. Who Wrote the California Constitution? Roster of Delegates to the California Constitutional Convention in 1849

  27. Debates at theCalifornia Constitutional Convention In the File Cabinet on our course web site, there is a link to this report.

  28. Which Civil RightsShall People Have in California? Read the debate on Rights at the California Constitutional Convention

  29. Civil Rights California Constitution 1849

  30. Who will be allowed toVote in California? Read the debate on Voting Rights at the California Constitutional Convention

  31. Voting Rights California Constitution 1849

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