Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado

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Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado was a 19th-century Californio political leader who served as governor of Mexican Alta California and played a key role in the region’s land grant and secularization policies.

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instanceOf Californio politician
governor
human
afterOccupation citizen of the United States
birthDate 1809-02-14
birthPlace Monterey, Alta California NERFINISHED
Monterey, California NERFINISHED
Spanish Alta California NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship First Mexican Republic NERFINISHED
Mexico
Second Mexican Republic NERFINISHED
deathDate 1882-07-13
deathPlace Contra Costa County, California NERFINISHED
San Pablo, California NERFINISHED
employer Mexican government NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Californio NERFINISHED
familyName Alvarado NERFINISHED
givenName Juan Bautista NERFINISHED
knownFor leading a revolt against centralist Mexican authority in Alta California
role in land grant policies in California
role in secularization policies of the California missions
serving as governor of Mexican Alta California
languageSpoken English
Spanish
movement Californio autonomy movement
name Juan Bautista Alvarado NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Spanish
notableGrant Rancho El Alisal NERFINISHED
Rancho San Pablo NERFINISHED
notableWork administration of Mexican land grants in Alta California
secularization of California missions
occupation military officer
politician
ranchero
officeEndTime 1842
officeStartTime 1836
participantIn Californio revolt of 1836 NERFINISHED
politics of Mexican Alta California
placeOfBurial St. Paul’s Catholic Cemetery, San Pablo, California NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment federalist
positionHeld Governor of Alta California NERFINISHED
predecessor Nicolás Gutiérrez NERFINISHED
regionGoverned Alta California NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Monterey, Alta California NERFINISHED
Sonoma, Alta California NERFINISHED
spouse Martina Castro NERFINISHED
successor Manuel Micheltorena NERFINISHED

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New Helvetia grantedBy Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado