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The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...
Present-day Baja California of Mexico was misrepresented in early maps as an island.This example c. 1650. Restored. The first European explorers, flying the flags of Spain and of England, sailed along the coast of California from the early 16th century to the mid-18th century, but no European settlements were established.
1626. English settlers arrive. [1]1629. Town of Salem incorporated. [2]Salem Common during the winter Brick sidewalk Salem, Massachusetts. 1636. First muster on Salem Common. This was the first time that a regiment of militia drilled for the common defense of a multi-community area, [3] thus laying the foundation for what became the Army National Guard.
IWW Free Speech Fight occurred in San Diego, California. [26] 1912 (United States) New York City Hotel Strike occurred. [26] Lawrence Textile Strike, 1912 Flyer distributed in Lawrence, September 1912. The Lawrence Textile Strike was a strike of immigrant workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 led by the Industrial Workers of the World.
University of California, Berkeley. Hudson, Angela Pulley (2007). Reading between the lines : Creeks, slaves, and settlers on the borders of the U.S. South, 1790s–1820s (PhD). Yale University. Pfister, Jude M. (2007). Constitutional development in the United States Supreme Court during the 1790s (PhD). Drew University. Galluzzo, Anthony ...
The cattle and horses that provided the hides, tallow and horns essentially grew wild on the open rangeland of the ranchos. The hides, tallow and horns provided the necessary trade articles for a mutually beneficial trade. The first United States, English, and Russian trading ships arrived in California before 1800.
Embattled Dreams: California in War and Peace, 1940–1950. (2003) Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950–1963. (2011) Before Gold: California under Spain and Mexico series from University of Oklahoma Press. Beebe, R. M., & Senkewicz, R. M. (2020). Junípero Serra: California, Indians, and the Transformation of a Missionary ...
The Conquest of California, also known as the Conquest of Alta California or the California Campaign, was a military campaign during the Mexican–American War carried out by the United States in Alta California (modern-day California), then part of Mexico, lasting from 1846 to 1847, and ending with signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga by military leaders from both the Californios and Americans.