Alta California (Spanish colony)

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Spanish colonial province former territory historical region

Alta California (Spanish colony) was a Spanish-controlled province established in the late 18th century along the Pacific coast of North America, encompassing much of present-day California and serving as a frontier region of the Spanish Empire.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Alta California 65
Las Californias 11
Spanish California 9

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial province ⓘ
former territory ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Baja California ⓘ
surface form: Baja California (Spanish colony)

Oregon Country ⓘ
surface form: Oregon Country (to the north)

Pacific Ocean ⓘ
indigenous territories (to the east) ⓘ
capital Monterey ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
demography sparsely populated ⓘ
economicActivity cattle ranching ⓘ
hide and tallow trade ⓘ
endCause Mexican War of Independence ⓘ
endDate 1822 ⓘ
establishedAs frontier province ⓘ
establishedBy Spanish Empire ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
followedBy Mexican Alta California ⓘ
surface form: Alta California (Mexican territory)
foundedSettlement Los Angeles ⓘ
Monterey ⓘ
San Diego ⓘ
San Francisco ⓘ
Santa Barbara ⓘ
governmentType Spanish colonial administration ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
keyInstitution Franciscan missions ⓘ
surface form: Franciscan missions in California

Spanish presidios ⓘ
civilian pueblos ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Arizona (partial) ⓘ
Baja California ⓘ
surface form: Baja California (historical overlap)

California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Nevada ⓘ
surface form: Nevada (partial)

Oregon ⓘ
surface form: Oregon (partial)

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Utah (partial) ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
surface form: Wyoming (partial)
locatedOn Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
notableLeader Felipe de Neve ⓘ
Gaspar de Portolá ⓘ
José Joaquín de Arrillaga ⓘ
Junípero Serra ⓘ
Pablo Vicente de Solá ⓘ
partOf Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
populationGroup Californios ⓘ
surface form: Californio settlers

Franciscan missionaries ⓘ
Spanish soldiers ⓘ
indigenous peoples of California ⓘ
precededBy Mexican Alta California ⓘ
surface form: Las Californias
purpose defend Spanish claims on the Pacific coast ⓘ
establish missions, presidios, and pueblos ⓘ
spread Christianity among indigenous peoples ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent establishment of the California mission system ⓘ
secularization debates late in colonial period ⓘ
startDate 1769 ⓘ
startEvent Portolá expedition ⓘ
founding of Mission San Diego de Alcalá ⓘ

Referenced by (98)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mexican Alta California → precededBy → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe → locatedIn → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe → partOf → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Las Californias
Captain Juan Ramon → settingPeriod → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish California
Captain Juan Ramon → fictionalLocation → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Mission Santa Barbara → locatedIn → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California (historical)
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo → locatedIn → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California (historical)
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia → locatedIn → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California (historical)
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia → historicalEra → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish colonial period in California
Junípero Serra → missionaryWorkRegion → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Mission San Diego de Alcalá → locatedIn → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa → locatedIn → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Mission Santa Clara de Asís → culturalContext → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish colonial California
Mission Santa Clara de Asís → isPartOfHistoryOf → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Mission San José → locatedInFormerEntity → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Mission San Juan Bautista → locatedIn → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California (historical)
Mission San Miguel Arcángel → locatedInFormerTerritory → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Mission San Rafael Arcángel → locatedIn → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Mission San Francisco Solano → locatedIn → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
New Helvetia (his agricultural colony) → locatedIn → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
subject surface form: New Helvetia
this entity surface form: Alta California
Lolita Pulido → setInTimePeriod → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish colonial California
Californios → location → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
The Mark of Zorro → settingLocation → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
subject surface form: The Mark of Zorro (1940 film)
this entity surface form: Spanish California
Alta California (newspaper) → originalName → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
subject surface form: Alta California
this entity surface form: Alta California
Alta California (newspaper) → alsoKnownAs → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
subject surface form: Alta California
this entity surface form: The Alta California
Oregon Country → northOf → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish California
George C. Yount → regionOfActivity → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
California Campaign → location → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Bernardo Yorba → residence → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Rancho Tía Juana → partOf → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California (historical region)
Reglamento para el gobierno de la provincia de Californias → appliesToTerritory → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Las Californias
Reglamento para el gobierno de la provincia de Californias → appliesToTerritory → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Reglamento de 1779–1781 for secular pueblo establishment → appliesToTerritory → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Reglamento de 1779–1781 for secular pueblo establishment → appliesToTerritory → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Las Californias
Governor of Las Californias → appliesToJurisdiction → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Las Californias
Governor of Las Californias → appliesToJurisdiction → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Pedro Fages → areaOfActivity → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Fernando Rivera y Moncada → workLocation → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Las Californias
Fernando Rivera y Moncada → workLocation → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Fernando Rivera y Moncada → residence → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Las Californias
Loreto, Baja California → partOfHistoricalRegion → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
subject surface form: Loreto, Baja California Sur
this entity surface form: Las Californias
Loreto, Baja California → formerCapitalOf → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
subject surface form: Loreto, Baja California Sur
this entity surface form: Las Californias
Don Diego Vega → countryOfCitizenship → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish California
Don Diego Vega → basedIn → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Zorro → fictionalSetting → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish California
Juan Bautista de Anza expedition settlers → destinationRegion → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
Tamyen → historicalEra → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish colonial California
José Joaquín Moraga → regionOfActivity → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alta California
José Joaquín Moraga → regionOfActivity → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish California
Governor Luis Antonio Argüello → territoryGoverned → Alta California (Spanish colony) ⓘ
subject surface form: Luis Antonio Argüello
this entity surface form: Alta California