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The 1562 map of the Americas, created by Spanish cartographer Diego Gutiérrez, which applied the name California for the first time.. California was the name given to a mythical island populated only by beautiful Amazon warriors, as depicted in Greek myths, using gold tools and weapons in the popular early 16th-century romance novel Las Sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián) by ...
An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union was the formal title given to the Congressional legislation passed by the 31st Congress, and signed by President Millard Fillmore on September 9, 1850, which admitted California as the 31st state to the Union.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
Provisional government of California, 1849–1850; State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850; Constitution of California (see California Constitutional Boundaries), October 13, 1849; Compromise of 1850; State of California since 1850 California Statehood Act, September 9, 1850 [3] Act for the Government and Protection of Indians, April 22, 1850
An Act for the Admission of the State of California; State of California becomes 31st state admitted to the United States of America on September 9, 1850 Rail transport in California since 1856; Pony Express, 1860–1861; American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 California in the American Civil War; First Transcontinental Telegraph ...
The state Department of Parks and Recreation approved a plan Tuesday, June 11, 2024, that will amend the content of learning materials, tours and other guides at Sutter’s Fort State Historic ...
The LA wildfires across the state of California this week have taken the lives of 5 individuals and thousands displaced from their homes. These before and after pictures show the wildlife's ...
The short-lived declaration of an independent California Republic in 1846 was followed 25 days later by the onset of the Mexican–American War.After the resulting conquest of Alta California by United States military forces and American volunteers, California was administered by the U.S. military from 1846 to 1850.