Spanish colonial period in California

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era of Spanish colonization historical period

The Spanish colonial period in California was the era from the late 18th to early 19th centuries when Spain established missions, presidios, and pueblos that reshaped the region’s Indigenous societies and laid the foundations for modern California.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish colonial period in California canonical	8
Spanish colonization of California	5
Spanish colonization of Alta California	3
Spanish California	2
Spanish colonial California	2
Spanish colonial era in California	2
Spanish colonial period in Alta California	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era of Spanish colonization ⓘ historical period ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialEntity	Alta California NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
economy	cattle ranching and hide-and-tallow trade ⓘ mission-based agriculture and ranching ⓘ
endCause	Mexican War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ independence of Mexico from Spain in 1821 ⓘ
endTime	1821 ⓘ
followedBy	Mexican period in California ⓘ
governmentForm	military and missionary administration under Spanish crown ⓘ
hasCause	Spanish imperial expansion in the Pacific ⓘ competition with the Russian Empire on the Pacific coast ⓘ desire to secure the northern frontier of New Spain ⓘ
hasPart	California mission system NERFINISHED ⓘ presidios in California ⓘ pueblos in California ⓘ
legalSystem	Spanish colonial law ⓘ
officialLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	History of California NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Indigenous Californian societies ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent	Portolá expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ establishment of Presidio of Monterey ⓘ establishment of Presidio of San Diego ⓘ establishment of Presidio of San Francisco ⓘ establishment of Presidio of Santa Barbara ⓘ founding of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo ⓘ founding of Mission San Diego de Alcalá NERFINISHED ⓘ founding of Mission San Fernando Rey de España ⓘ founding of Mission San Francisco Solano ⓘ founding of Mission San Francisco de Asís ⓘ founding of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel ⓘ founding of Mission San José ⓘ founding of Mission San Juan Bautista ⓘ founding of Mission San Juan Capistrano ⓘ founding of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa ⓘ founding of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia ⓘ founding of Mission San Rafael Arcángel ⓘ founding of Mission Santa Barbara ⓘ founding of Pueblo de Los Ángeles ⓘ founding of Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe ⓘ founding of Villa de Branciforte ⓘ
significantImpact	disruption of Indigenous social and political structures ⓘ dramatic decline of Indigenous Californian populations ⓘ foundation of many modern Californian cities ⓘ introduction of European diseases to California ⓘ introduction of European livestock and agriculture to California ⓘ spread of Christianity among Indigenous Californians ⓘ
significantPerson	Felipe de Neve NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaspar de Portolá NERFINISHED ⓘ José de Gálvez NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan Bautista de Anza NERFINISHED ⓘ Junípero Serra NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1769 ⓘ

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

José Joaquín Moraga → historicalPeriod → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

Bay Miwok → historicalPeriod → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial California

Mission Dolores → significantEvent → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonization of Alta California

San Gabriel Mission → notablePeriod → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial era in California

Portolá expedition → partOf → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonization of Alta California

Spanish Colonial architecture → usedInTerritory → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish California

Mariposa Creek → historicalEra → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

Mission Santa Cruz → associatedWith → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonization of Alta California

Juan Crespí → era → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

Angel Fernández de la Somera → placeOfActivity → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish California

Angel Fernández de la Somera → historicalPeriod → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

Mission Indians → historicalPeriod → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

Gabrielino-Fernandeño language → historicalEra → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

Eulalia Callis → associatedWith → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish colonial California

Fages → participatedIn → Spanish colonial period in California ⓘ

subject surface form: Pedro Fages