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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. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Act for the Government and Protection of Indians - Wikipedia

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    Section 7 was amended so that if any person indenture a Native American except as provided in this act, he or they shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined and prosecuted. [15] Later, in 1872, section 6 was repealed. [15] In 1872, the California Constitution was amended, granting Native Americans the right to testify in courts of law. [9]

  6. History of California's state highway system - Wikipedia

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    Recommended state highway system, 1896. The first state road was authorized on March 26, 1895, by the California State Legislature when it enacted a law which created the post of "Lake Tahoe Wagon Road Commissioner" to maintain the Lake Tahoe Wagon Road (the 1852 Johnson's Cut-off of the California Trail), now US 50 from Smith Flat — 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Placerville — to the Nevada ...

  7. 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

  8. California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 - Wikipedia

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    The California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (CALRA) [note 1] is a landmark [2] statute in United States labor law that was enacted by the state of California in 1975, [3] establishing the right to collective bargaining for farmworkers in that state, a first in U.S. history.

  9. Golden Checkerboard - Wikipedia

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    Golden Checkerboard (1965) is a book by Ed Ainsworth about the mid-20th century economic conditions of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of Palm Springs, California and the history of the 99-year lease law, which enabled them to commercially develop tribal-owned lands.