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The California Statehood Act, officially An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union and also known as the California Admission Act, is the federal legislation that admitted California to the United States as the thirty-first state.
The history of California can be divided into the Native American period (about 10,000 years ago until 1542), the European exploration period (1542–1769), the Spanish colonial period (1769–1821), the Mexican period (1821–1848), and United States statehood (September 9, 1850–present).
Though it had only been a part of the United States for less than two years, California becomes the 31st state in the union (without ever even having been a territory) on September 9, 1850.
Sept. 9 marks the day in 1850 that California became a state. It used be a major holiday in California, with parades and festivals. Nothing is stopping you from celebrating, of course.
California - Exploration, Gold Rush, Statehood: When Spanish navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo became the first European to sight the region that is present-day California in 1542, there were about 130,000 Native Americans inhabiting the area.
In 1849 alone, more than 100,000 people moved to California from the United States and worldwide, including Europe, Australia, New Zealand and China. Some came looking for gold, while others...
California became the thirty-first state of the United States on September 9th, 1850. View of the procession in celebration of the admission of California, Oct. 19th, 1850. Library of Congress.
The Republic of California was short lived because in the same year the Mexican-American war broke out (1846-1848), which eventually culminated in the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga on January 13, 1847, which put California under the control of the US.
The area of California was never organized as a territory, but was administered from 1848 to statehood by a federal military authority. California was admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850, as the 31st state.
An Act for the Admission of the State of California into the Union was the formal title given to the Congressional legislation passed by Congress, and signed by President Millard Fillmore on September 9, 1850, which admitted California as the thirty-first state to the Union. Read on to learn more about this day in California history.