Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers

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Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers were Spanish colonial pioneers who journeyed overland from New Spain to Alta California in the 1770s, establishing some of the region’s earliest civilian communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial settlers
colonial migrants
overland emigrants
pioneers
associatedWith Anza Trail
Mission San Francisco de Asís
Presidio of San Francisco
Spanish colonization of the Americas
surface form: Spanish colonization of California
countryOfOrigin Viceroyalty of New Spain
destinationCity Monterey
San Francisco
destinationRegion Alta California (Spanish colony)
surface form: Alta California
endDate 1776
ethnicBackground Spanish
founded civilian community at the Presidio of San Francisco
early ranching settlements in the San Francisco Bay Area
historicalContext Bourbon Reforms
surface form: Bourbon Reforms in the Spanish Empire
impact contributed to the founding population of San Francisco
formed the nucleus of early Californio families in the San Francisco Bay Area
helped establish Spanish landholding patterns in northern Alta California
included artisans
children
families
farmers
women
journeyType overland expedition
language Spanish
ledBy Juan Bautista de Anza
memorializedBy Anza Trail
surface form: Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
opposedBy harsh environmental conditions along the route
originCity Tubac
originRegion Sinaloa
Sonora
partOf Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Juan Bautista de Anza expedition
politicalAllegiance Crown of Spain
surface form: Spanish Crown
purpose establish civilian settlements in Alta California
strengthen Spanish colonial presence in Alta California
regionNowIn United States of America
surface form: United States

state of California
religion Roman Catholicism
routeCrossed California deserts
surface form: California desert

Colorado River
Gila River region
Sonoran Desert
startDate 1775
timePeriod 1770s
traveledWith Franciscan missionaries
soldiers of the Juan Bautista de Anza expedition

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Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe foundedBy Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers
Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers partOf Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Juan Bautista de Anza expedition
José Joaquín Moraga expeditionMemberOf Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers
this entity surface form: Anza expedition to Alta California