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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: As the timeline below indicates, it was not until the Mexicans came to power in California that secularization took place in ernest. 1824 - The National Colonization Law passed by the newly established Mexican government set rules that allowed Mexicans to acquire land grants on mission properties in Mexican territory. Foreigners could also purchase land grants, but no more than 71.5 square miles. 1825 - The first Mexican governor of California arrived with instructions to proceed cautiously and gradually to secularize the missions. 1826 - The governor's partial  emancipation decree allowed a limited number of Indians to find work  with Hispanic settlers, thereby breaking away from their lives on missions. 1828 - The Mexican Regulations sought to break the monopoly of the missions by making land grants available to Mexican settlers willing to migrate to California. 1833 - Under the Secularization Act, the Mexican government repossessed most of the lands that had been provided to the missions by the Spanish crown. Plans were made to convert 10 missions into towns in 1834, followed by six in 1835, and the remaining 5 in 1836. 1834 - Secularization began. The padres could only keep the church, their quarters and their gardens.