circumstances of the mission Indians with the wealthy Californios. Rodeos, rancho society, acreage owned. Explain

Read chapter 2, analyze and explain about: Plenty of food sources, little conflict, lots of room, little disease/sickness Read chapter 8, analyze and explain about: Compare the lives and living circumstances of the mission Indians with the wealthy Californios. Rodeos, rancho society, acreage owned.  Explain what secularization did to the Indians and for the Californios. Read chapter 8 and 9 analyze and explain about: “Revolutions,” rodeos, siestas, no education, no real commerce, no industry, etc. Write of California’s potential in American eyes and how this helped lead to the US coveting it. Read chapter 9, analyze and explain about: Polk-Larkin Plan, Charles Fremont, John Slidell, etc. Read chapter 11, analyze and explain about: Sam Brannan, Levi Strauss, Wells Fargo, John Marshall, John Sutter