Unit 3, Lesson 1: Where were California's settlements?

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1. Ivan Kuskov was a fur trader.
2. Ivan Kuskov led a group of Russian and native Alaskan fur trappers.
3. The Russian and Alaskan fur trappers came to Northern California to hunt sea otters.
4. Fort Ross was a trading post built in Northern California.
5. The sea otters were eliminated from the area due to the trappers.
6. The trappers were unsuccessful to farm around Fort Ross.
7. Mexico wins independence from Spain in 1821.
8. The fur trappers arrived to Northern California 9 years before Mexico wins independence from Spain.
9. The California Missions became Mexican settlements.
10. The California Missions were good locations to live, farm and trade because of their locations.
11. San Diego, Santa Barbara, and San Francisco were three cities that grew from Missions.
12. John Sutter built Sutter's Fort.
13. Sutter's Fort was built in 1841.
14. Junipero Serra established the first mission in California in 1769.
15. A mission and fort was built in San Francisco in 1776.
16. The U.S. got it's independence from England in 1776.