Alta California ('Upper California'), also known as Nueva California ('New California') among other names, was a province of New Spain formally established...
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Alta (Spanish for "Upper") is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States, about 30...
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of California. Soon after, California was admitted as a state. Governor of California List of governors of California since 1850 The Californias Alta California...
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Alta Sierra (Spanish for "Upper Range") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Nevada County, California, United States. The population was 6,911 at the...
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the expansion and settlement of New Spain through the formation of Alta California, expanding the empire into the most northern and western parts of Spanish...
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Empire, administration was split into Baja California (Lower California) and Alta California (Upper California) following the Mexican War of Independence...
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the region known as California, or Las Californias, grew. Eventually it included lands north of the peninsula, Alta California, part of which became...
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up Alta California in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alta California was a province of New Spain. Alta California may also refer to: The Daily Alta California...
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The Conquest of California, also known as the Conquest of Alta California or the California Campaign, was an important military campaign of the Mexican–American...
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The Alta California or Daily Alta California (often miswritten Alta Californian or Daily Alta Californian) was a 19th-century San Francisco newspaper...
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Look up Alta or alta in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alta or ALTA may refer to: Alt-A, short for Alternative A-paper, is a type of U.S. mortgage American...
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provinces of Alta California and Baja California as territories. With the establishment of a republican government in 1823, Alta California, like many northern...
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coast of Alta (Upper) California, beginning with the Mission San Diego de Alcala near the location of the modern day city of San Diego, California. During...
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governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of...
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nearby Rockaway Quarry. In 1804 Las Californias province was split into Alta California province (upper) and Baja California province (lower), both still within...
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around what is now Sonoma County in California. In June 1846, thirty-three American immigrants in Alta California who had entered without official permission...
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Spaniards gave the name Las Californias to the peninsula and lands to the north, including both Baja California and Alta California, the region that became...
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contain highlighting. In 1836, a coup led by Juan Alvarado declared Alta California's independence from Mexico. Declaring himself governor, Alvarado recruited...
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San Francisco (redirect from San Francisco County, California)
conquest continued on in the rest of California. Following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, Alta California was ceded from Mexico to the United...
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San Diego (redirect from San Deigo, California)
claimed the area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded...
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Diego, California where Alta California started. After the establishment of Missions in Alta California after 1769, the Spanish treated Baja California and...
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AV Alta Football Club, commonly referred to as AV Alta FC or Alta, is a planned American professional soccer team based in Lancaster, California. First...
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These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals...
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time Alta California and the Baja California peninsula were administered together as Province of the Californias (Spanish: Provincia de las Californias)....
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Alta Loma (Spanish for "Tall Hill") is one of three unincorporated areas that became part of the city of Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States in...
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Blessed Sacrament. In 1839, Juan Bautista Alvarado, Mexican governor of Alta California, granted the responsibility of colonizing the Sacramento Valley to...
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Palóu Line. In 1804, the Spanish crown divided California into Alta ('Upper') and Baja ('Lower') California at the line separating the Franciscan missions...
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Bay on the U.S. state of California's Central Coast. Founded on June 3, 1770, it functioned as the capital of Alta California under both Spain (1804–1821)...
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upcoming expedition to Alta California — and discharged the rest from military service. Continuing to manage Baja California affairs into 1769, Gálvez...
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Mexican Cession (category 1848 in California)
Alaska Purchase. Most of the area had been the Mexican territory of Alta California, while a southeastern strip on the Rio Grande had been part of Santa...
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