The Elusive Eden Chapter Nine
Foreign Penetration of California

1. How did the The French and Indian War 1863 or Seven Years War affect Mexico and California?
2. What was the clandestine hide and tallow trade.
3. Who was Count Nikolai Rezanov?
4. What was the Russian-American Fur Co?
5. Who was Concepción Argüello?
6. What and where was Fort Ross? What was its purpose?
7. What happened to Fort Ross in 1841?
8. Who was John Gilroy?
9. Who was Pablo Vicente de Solá?
10. Who was William P. Hartnel and John Begg & Co.?
11. Who was Luis Antonio Argüello?
12. Who was William Gale and Bryant & Sturgis?
13. Why was there a land grant bonanza?
14. Were naturalized citizens eligible for land grants?
15. Who was Hugo Reid and Doña Victoria?
16. Who was Jedediah Smith?
17. What was a Rendezvous?
18. Who was Father Jóse Sanchez?
19. What happened at Cajon Pass and Tejon Pass?
20. What happened at Ebbets Pass?
21. Who was Father Durán?
22. Who were the Patties?
23. Who was Ewing Young?
24. What was the real importance of the Mountain Men?
25. Who was Joseph Walker?
26. Who were “Dr.” John Marsh and Johann Augustus Sutter?
27. What was “New Helvetia?”
28. What new threat was posed by the pioneers?
29. What was the importance of British-American rivalry?
30. What was the West Emigration Society?
31. What was the Old Spanish Trail?
32. Who wrote the Emigrant’s Guide? What trdgedy was related to this guide?
33. What was Manifest Destiny?
34. What lesson had Mexico possibly learned about American colonization in Texas that was applied to California?
35. What type of passports were necessary in California?
36. How did Mariano Vallejo de-stabilize California in 1842? How did this involve Alvarado and Castro? Who supported Micheltorena? Who supported Pío Pico
37. What was decided at Cahuenga Pass in 1845?
38. How did problems involving horses and Indians threaten Mexican government in California by 1845?
39. Who said, “the pear is near ripe for the falling?”
40. Which countries were clearly interested in California during the twenty years preceding the Bear Flag Revolt?
41. What connection did Charles Wilkes have with American acquisition of California?
42. Who was John Slidell?
43. What was the basic objective of the Mexican War?
44. How did the Mexican War affect American intervention in California?
45. Which of the Californios defeated an American force and where did the battle take place?
46. Who was Robert F. Stockton?
47. Who called the Mexican War, “Mr. Polks's War?”