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History of California
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Time Lines
Mexican California
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1821 Plan of Iguala proclaimed
Mexican Independence
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1821 - 1823 St. Louis-Santa Fe trade ruote developed
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1822 Auguston Iturbe proclaimed Emperor of Mexico
and deposed a few months later
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1823 Guadalupe Victoria named Mexico's first President
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1824 Jedediah Smith rediscovers South Pass across the Rockies
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1824 New Mexican Constitution proclaimed and
Vicente Guerrero named President of Mexico
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1826 Peter Ogden explored Idaho
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1828 Peter Ogden explored Utah & Nevada
Discovered Humboldt River
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1828 Guerro abolished slavery in Mexico
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1829 Peter Ogden second exploration of Nevada
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1832-1835 Benjamin Bonneville explored area west of South Pass
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1832-1835 Nathaniel Wyeth traveled from
East Coast to Oregon via Oregon Trail
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1833 Secularization of California Missions ordered
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1833 Bonneville and Walker Explored Utah, Nevada, & California
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1835 Texas proclaimed Independence
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1835 Richard H. Dana visited California and
later wrote Two Years Before the Mast
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1837 Anastasio Bustamante named President of Mexico
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1838 last fur-trade rendezvous held on Green River
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1841 U.S, Navy Commander John Wilkes
charted coastal and inland navigable waters
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1841 Barttleson-Bidwell Party fist emmigrants
to cross Sierras (Sonora Pass) into San Joaquin Valley
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1841 Rowland-Workman Party entered
Southern California from Santa Fe
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1844 China opened FiveTreaty Ports
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1844 Sutter recruited foreign volunteers
to defend Governor Micheltorena
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