CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL FACTS

1. Search the following information about California and answer the

questions:

Historical facts:

a. When was California annexed to the United States?

America made California n American state in 1850, two years

after winning it from Mexico in the Mexican-American War

b. Who was the president of Mexico at that time?

Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

c. Who was the president of the United States at that time?

Millard Fillmore

d. Mention the reasons why California was annexed to the USA?

Give your opinion.

A war that began when Texas was annexed to the USA that

bring as a consequence the need of power, so the American’s

conquest California and New Mexico

 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is the peace treaty, largely

dictated by the United States to the interim government of a

militarily occupied Mexico City, that ended the Mexican-

American War (1846 – 48). With the defeat of its army and

the fall of the capital, Mexico City, in September 1847 the

Mexican government surrendered to the United States and

entered into negotiations to end the war.

I think that was the need of power of the American’s, that the

central power of Mexico was really far of California, the debt

that Mexico have with USA all of that were the reasons of

the anexion of California to Americans

e. In California fact files chapters 2 and 3; three important historical

events are mentioned: The Gold Rush, the building of the railway
and San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake. Choose one of these
topics, find out more about it and write a comment.

The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake

that struck San Francisco, California, and the coast of
Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906.
The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the
earthquake is a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.9; however, other
values have been proposed, from 7.7 to as high as 8.25. The
main shock epicenter occurred offshore about 2 miles (3 km)
from the city, near Mussel Rock. It ruptured along the San
Andreas Fault both northward and southward for a total of
296 miles (477 km). Shaking was felt from Oregon to Los
Angeles, and inland as far as central Nevada. The earthquake
and resulting fire are remembered as one of the worst natural
disasters in the history of the United States alongside the
Galveston Hurricane of 1900. The death toll from the
earthquake and resulting fire, estimated to be above 3,000, is
the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's
 history. The economic impact has been compared with the
more recent Hurricane Katrina.

Suggested references:

Escott, J. (2000). California fact files, Oxford Bookworms 2, pp 2-7 (available at

the CEA)

http://www.californiahistory.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_California