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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: 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. Half of all the mission land was to be divided up as communal pasture, a town plot, and individual plots for each Indian family. The rest became available in the form of land grants which were provisional, based upon an official survey and several rules: the grantee could not subdivide or rent out the land; the land had to be used and cultivated; a residential house had to be built within a year;