Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers
E100997
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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anza expedition to Alta California | 1 |
| Juan Bautista de Anza expedition | 1 |
| Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T855685 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers Context triple: [Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, foundedBy, Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers]
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Junípero Serra
Junípero Serra was an 18th-century Franciscan friar who led the Catholic missionary effort in Alta California, establishing a chain of missions that profoundly shaped the region’s colonial and Indigenous history.
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Spanish missions in California
The Spanish missions in California were a chain of 21 religious and military outposts established by Spanish Catholics along the Pacific coast in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to colonize the region and convert Indigenous peoples to Christianity.
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Pánfilo de Narváez
Pánfilo de Narváez was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his ill-fated expeditions in the Americas, including attempts to challenge Hernán Cortés and to colonize Florida.
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Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his role in the conquest of the Americas and for leading the first European expedition deep into what is now the southeastern United States.
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E.
Mission Santa Clara de Asís
Mission Santa Clara de Asís is a historic 18th-century Spanish Franciscan mission located in present-day Santa Clara, California, now closely associated with Santa Clara University.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers Target entity description: 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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A.
Junípero Serra
Junípero Serra was an 18th-century Franciscan friar who led the Catholic missionary effort in Alta California, establishing a chain of missions that profoundly shaped the region’s colonial and Indigenous history.
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B.
Spanish missions in California
The Spanish missions in California were a chain of 21 religious and military outposts established by Spanish Catholics along the Pacific coast in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to colonize the region and convert Indigenous peoples to Christianity.
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C.
Pánfilo de Narváez
Pánfilo de Narváez was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his ill-fated expeditions in the Americas, including attempts to challenge Hernán Cortés and to colonize Florida.
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D.
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish conquistador and explorer best known for his role in the conquest of the Americas and for leading the first European expedition deep into what is now the southeastern United States.
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E.
Mission Santa Clara de Asís
Mission Santa Clara de Asís is a historic 18th-century Spanish Franciscan mission located in present-day Santa Clara, California, now closely associated with Santa Clara University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| 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)
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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
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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
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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
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surface form:
Juan Bautista de Anza expedition
|
| politicalAllegiance |
Crown of Spain
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surface form:
Spanish Crown
|
| purpose |
establish civilian settlements in Alta California
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strengthen Spanish colonial presence in Alta California ⓘ |
| regionNowIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
state of California ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| routeCrossed |
California deserts
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surface form:
California desert
Colorado River ⓘ Gila River region ⓘ Sonoran Desert ⓘ |
| startDate | 1775 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1770s ⓘ |
| traveledWith |
Franciscan missionaries
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soldiers of the Juan Bautista de Anza expedition ⓘ |
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Subject: Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
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