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History 383 – Dr. Gayle  Olson-Raymer
Mexican Occupation and American Conquest
Goals for today’s discussion:
Goal #2: To examine the economy of Mexican California
Goal #3: To examine the effects of Mexican rule on the California Indian population
Goal #4: To trace the various movements of foreigners into Mexican California - especially those of the Americans
End of 9/8 discussion
Goal #5: To learn about the origins of the Bear Flag Republic.
Goal #6: To examine the chronology of the origins of the Mexican-American War
And what were the consequences on the Mexican land owners in California?

Content: These immigrant men largely dominated a struggling trading industry while the Californios dominated ranching. The Californians themselves had little problem with the American newcomers, largely because they settled, became an integral part of society, and often intermarried with the Spanish gente de razon. So, while the numbers of immigrants to Alta California increased somewhat during this period, its increase was due to twol factors: nominal political changes from the Mexican government as well as increased Americas and Europeans interest in the new Mexican frontier. And it will be the immigration of these foreigners that eventually will bring about the Mexican loss of California. Secularizing the Missions. Efforts to secularize the missions - or pass the missions from control of the church to control of the converts - began under the Spanish, but were never adequately carried out. Remember that in 1749, the Spanish government passed a royal order designed to turn the mission properties over to the Indians and replace the missionaries with securlar parish clergy. Then, in 1813, the Spanish government ordered secularization of all missions that had been in existence for ten years. However, the Mexican Revolution prevented the enforcement of the order.