California Part 1California Part 1

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Queen Calafia’s IslandQueen Calafia’s IslandPart 1: The StoryPart 1: The Story

California was originally the California was originally the name of a mystical island in name of a mystical island in a storya story

In the story, it was inhabited In the story, it was inhabited by black Amazons called by black Amazons called CaliforniansCalifornians

Their queen was called Their queen was called CalafiaCalafia

Their island was covered in Their island was covered in riches and they went on riches and they went on many adventuresmany adventures

Queen Calafia’s IslandQueen Calafia’s IslandPart 2: The LandscapePart 2: The Landscape

When Hernán Cortés When Hernán Cortés discovered California, he discovered California, he thought it was an island and thought it was an island and gave it its namegave it its name

California resulted from the California resulted from the grinding of the North American grinding of the North American and Pacific platesand Pacific plates

This caused it to be an almost This caused it to be an almost abstract region in its abstract region in its arrangements of mountains, arrangements of mountains, valleys, canyons, coastlines, valleys, canyons, coastlines, plains and desertsplains and deserts

Queen Calafia’s IslandQueen Calafia’s IslandPart 3: The First CaliforniansPart 3: The First Californians

California had a teeming California had a teeming amount of plant and animal amount of plant and animal life life

This made it easy for the This made it easy for the natives to live off the landnatives to live off the land

There were many different There were many different tribes and there were tribes and there were around 135 separate around 135 separate languages they spokelanguages they spoke

They thought of the bear as They thought of the bear as the most powerful of all the the most powerful of all the animalsanimals

Striking It RichStriking It RichPart 1: The Treaty of GuadalupePart 1: The Treaty of Guadalupe

The Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo was signed in 1848The Treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo was signed in 1848 It gave the US all Mexican territories north of the Río It gave the US all Mexican territories north of the Río

Grand in return for $15 million in cash and a $3.25 Grand in return for $15 million in cash and a $3.25 payment of claimspayment of claims

Because of a disagreement between the North and Because of a disagreement between the North and South, the federal government South, the federal government

watched over Californiawatched over California They used an alcalde system of They used an alcalde system of

governancegovernance

Striking It RichStriking It RichPart 2: James Wilson MarshallPart 2: James Wilson Marshall

James Wilson Marshall James Wilson Marshall lived from 1810 to 1885lived from 1810 to 1885

He was hired by Sutter He was hired by Sutter to build a water based to build a water based sawmillsawmill

He was astonished He was astonished when he found gold when he found gold nuggets in a gravel bednuggets in a gravel bed

This led to the gold rushThis led to the gold rush

Striking It RichStriking It RichPart 3: The Gold RushPart 3: The Gold Rush

Within 3 years, California’s population had soared to Within 3 years, California’s population had soared to 255,000255,000

It was a huge migration of mainly younger menIt was a huge migration of mainly younger men They were mostly from China and AustraliaThey were mostly from China and Australia The total amount of gold found was worth $594 million The total amount of gold found was worth $594 million

dollars, which in 2001 was worth $10 billiondollars, which in 2001 was worth $10 billion

War and PeaceWar and PeacePart 1: Yellow Peril MovementPart 1: Yellow Peril Movement

It started after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in It started after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 19411941

The California legislature segregated Japanese The California legislature segregated Japanese children in public schools and put a ban on Japanese children in public schools and put a ban on Japanese owning landowning land

This led to the white California movement, as well as This led to the white California movement, as well as 110,000 Japanese being put into camps like 110,000 Japanese being put into camps like concentration camps in Californiaconcentration camps in California

War and PeaceWar and PeacePart 2: Leutenant General John L. DeWittPart 2: Leutenant General John L. DeWitt

Head of the Western Defense Head of the Western Defense CommandCommand

He thought that all Japanese He thought that all Japanese were threats to the USwere threats to the US

In March, 1942, DeWitt issued In March, 1942, DeWitt issued Proclamation #1, designating the Proclamation #1, designating the western half of California, Oregon western half of California, Oregon and Washington, and the and Washington, and the southern half of Arizona as southern half of Arizona as military zonesmilitary zones

All Japanese were to be removed All Japanese were to be removed from these zonesfrom these zones

War and PeaceWar and PeacePart 3: DisneylandPart 3: Disneyland

Disneyland opened in July 1955Disneyland opened in July 1955 It showed that urban environments could be It showed that urban environments could be

deliberately createddeliberately created Walt Disney wanted Disneyland to be the happiest Walt Disney wanted Disneyland to be the happiest

place on earthplace on earth It helped areas of Orange County growIt helped areas of Orange County grow Institutions like Disneyland were utopian statementsInstitutions like Disneyland were utopian statements