Unit 2 Lesson 5: What was life like in Spanish and Mexican California?

Book: Our California, History-Social Science for California
Author: William E. White, Ph.D.
U-$0.33-B-0.006065-BE-55
Unit: 2, Early People in California
Lesson: 5, What was life like in Spanish and Mexican California?
Page: 49-52

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1. The missions were set up mostly for religious purposes.
2. The men farmed and cared for the animals on a mission.
3. The women cooked, sewed, gardened, and made candles and soap on a mission.
4. The Spanish set up presidios to protect the areas they occupy.
5. Presidios became the centers of trade.
6. Soldiers and settlers lived in the presidios.
7. Pueblo was the name of the villages set up next to the presidios.
8. In 1821 Mexico won its independence from Spain.
9. Mexicans living in California or moving to California received land grants form the Mexican government.
10. The pueblos were mostly used for growing crops.
11. Ranchos were used to raise large numbers of livestock.
12. Ranchos replaced the missions as the center of the area's economy.
13. Raising cattle was an important way for California settlers to make a living.