California Literature

I googled the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo ) and found some interesting information. It was said that the treaty was made to form peace, friendship, limits and settlements between the United States and Mexico. It was signed on February 2, 1848. It was said that treaty (Article XI) was important to Mexico because it prevented raids by Indians into Mexico with the help of the US; however, in 1853, concluding the Gadsden Purchase - the Treaty of Mesilla had Article XI annulled. The Gadsden Purchase ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_Purchase ) was an agreement between the US and Mexico that was finalized in 1854 that said the US would agree to pay Mexico for a square mile portion of Mexico. The US will then have land necessary for the southern transcontinental railroad. The transcontinental railroad ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcontinental_railroad ) crossed the continental land mass. 

In this weeks reading, I found myself extremely interested in John Rollin Ridge. I decided to start the search with his name. My first search led me to his history ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rollin_Ridge ). I found that his Cherokee name is: Cheesquatalawny, or Yellow Bird. He was a part of the Cherokee Nation. This led me to look into the Cherokee Nation. I clicked on the internal link ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_Nation_(1794–1907) ) which explained that the Cherokee Nation ran from 1794-1907. It was a legal autonomous, tribal government in North America. It also spoke about the Cherokee-American wars. So my last internal link ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee–American_wars ) explained that the Cherokee-American wars, also known as Chickamauga Wars, were a series of back-to-forth raids, ambushes and campaigns in the Old Southwest from 1776-1795 and that most events took place in the Upper South. 

In this week’s reading, I learned about the story of Joaquin Murrieta (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Murrieta). I decided to look up his history. I searched his name on Wikipedia and found that he was also called Robin Hood and that he was a famous outlaw in California during the California Gold Rush. I then decided to look into the California Gold Rush, I clicked on the internal link (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush). It began on January 24, 1848 and it is actually when gold was found by James W. Marshall in Coloma, California. It is said that Gold Rush had an effect on the Native Californians and resulted in the declining percentage of the natives due to diseases, genocides, and starvation. I wanted to dig in a bit deeper on the Native Californians so I clicked on the internal link (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_California). I found that the Native Californians were also known as the Indigenous people of California. They were hunter-g...

Initial:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Republic Internal link:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Dewell Third Link:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Guadalupe_Vallejo The first article tells the history of the California Republic and how the Bear Flag Party came about. This article tells the history of Benjamin Dewell, an early American settler and rancher. He was a member of the “Bear Flag Party” and participated in the Bear Flag Revolt. In the article it is said that Dewell was born in 1821 and he fought in the Bear Flag Revolt. The third article tells the history of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. He was a California general, statesman, and public figure. Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was a rancher and military commander who was granted land by the Spanish. He was taken prison by ragtag band of Americans. Vallejo lost the trust of his people after he failed to execute his promises.