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  2. Territorial evolution of California - Wikipedia

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    Before 1768: An enlargeable territorial map of California tribal groups and languages prior to European contact within the modern day borders. Before 1768: An enlargeable map of the world showing the dividing lines for; Pope Alexander VI's Inter caetera papal bull (1493), the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), and the Treaty of Saragossa (1529).

  3. History of California before 1900 - Wikipedia

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    Next, the Mexican Congress passed An Act for the Secularization of the Missions of California on August 17, 1833. Mission San Juan Capistrano was the very first to feel the effects of this legislation the following year. The military received legal permission to distribute the Indian congregations' land amongst themselves in 1834 with ...

  4. Partition and secession in California - Wikipedia

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    There are 58 counties of California currently.. California, the most populous state in the United States and third largest in area after Alaska and Texas, has been the subject of more than 220 proposals to divide it into multiple states since its admission to the Union in 1850, [1] including at least 27 significant proposals prior to the 21st century.

  5. Constitution of California - Wikipedia

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    California's constitution was drafted in both English and Spanish by American pioneers, European settlers, and Californios (Hispanics of California) and adopted at the 1849 Constitutional Convention of Monterey, following the American Conquest of California and the Mexican–American War and in advance of California's Admission to the Union in ...

  6. Column: Gerrymandering still exists in California. But ...

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    He doesn’t think it was required under the Voting Rights Act because California’s electorate is very diverse and has been electing lots of Latino politicians and other candidates of color ...

  7. Government of California - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] When Brown took office, he was dismayed to discover that under California law, approximately 360 boards, commissions, and agencies all reported directly to the governor, and proposed his "super-agency" plan (then spelled with a hyphen) in February 1961 to impose order on such chaos. [9]

  8. 1445 - Wikipedia

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    April 7 – Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria, German noble (b. 1403) May 15 – Johanna van Polanen, Dutch noblewoman (b. 1392) June 5 – Leonel Power, English composer; July 15 – Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland [4] August 2 – Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer (b. 1377) date unknown – Olug Moxammat of Kazan, Khan of Kazan

  9. California Civil Code - Wikipedia

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    It was soon discovered that many more provisions of the new Civil Code conflicted with existing California statutes and case law. [7] In 1873, Stephen J. Field, Jackson Temple, and John W. Dwinelle were appointed to a Board of Code Examiners to investigate such issues. [7] In 1874, the legislature adopted the board's proposed amendments to the ...