The Elusive Eden Chapter Eight
Mexican California

1. What happened between 1810-21 in Mexico?
2. What is Cinco de Mayo?
3. What is September 28, 1821?
4. Who was Augustín Iturbide?
5. What was the Empire of Mexico?
6. What was the Republic of Mexico?
7. How was California governed during the Mexican Revolution?
8. What was the Diputación?
9. What was the Ayuntamiento?
10. How was California governed after the Mexican Revolution?
11. Who was Pablo Vicente de Solá?
12. Who was John Begg?
13. Who was Luis Antonio Argüello?
14. What was Bryant & Sturgis?
15. What was “Land Grant Bonanza?”
16. Who was José Maria Echeandía?
17. What happened to San Diego in the 1820s?
18. What problems did the Mexican military have in California in the 1820s?
19. What happened in Monterey in 1829?
20. What were cholos?
21. How were relations with the native population in the 1820s?
22. What did the Chumas do in 1824?
23. Who was Jedediah Smith and what was his significance?
24. What were the problems with Secularization in the 1820s?
25. Who was Manuel Victoria?
26. What was the First Battle of Cahuenga Pass?
27. Who was Agustín Zamorano?
28. Who was José Figueroa?
29. What was Ft. Ross?
30. What was the significance of Petaluma and Santa Rosa?
31. Who was General Antonio López de Santa Anna?
32. Who was Gómez Farías?
33. What was the Secularization Act of 1833?
34. Who was Jóse María Híjar?
35. Who was Jóse María Padrés?
36. What was Híjar- Padrés Expedition?
37. What was Secularization like under Figueroa?
38. How free were “emancipated” Indians?
39. What benefits did “emancipated” Indians receive?
40. Who was Nicolas Gutiérrez?
41. What issue involved Alvarado, Vallejo and Micheltorena?
42. What issue involved Sutter and Micheltorena?
43. In 1846 what jobs did Pío Pico , José Castro and Mariano Vallejo have?