Spanish-Mexican-American Timeline

• Early Spanish Explorers
  • Cabrillo (1542)
  • Vizcaíno (1602)
    
    
• Mission Settlement (1769 - 1821)
  • Father Junipero Serra
  • San Diego to Sonoma
    
    
• Mexican Era (1821 - 1848)
  • Mexico disbands mission lands
  • Land Grant & Californios prevail
  • Americans are coming: Explorers, Settlers & Pioneers
  • Bear Flag Revolt (July 1846)
    
    
• Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848)
  • Texas to California
    
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
    
    
• Calif. statehood below (1850)
  • Gold Rush