{"id":9175,"date":"2018-06-12T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=9175"},"modified":"2018-07-30T19:04:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T02:04:04","slug":"california-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2018\/06\/12\/california-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"California Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/timelines.latimes.com\/missions-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>from The LA Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>A history of California\u2019s\u00a0missions<\/h1>\n<p class=\"byline\">By <span class=\"author\">CHRISTOPHER\u00a0REYNOLDS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QVXXM25bIGQ\" width=\"480\" height=\"292\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"tlog-item-1\" class=\"tlog-item\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-datetime span3\"><span class=\"tlog-item-datetime-label dateline\">1542<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tlog-item-body span7\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-description\">\n<p>Spanish explorer Juan Rodr\u00edguez Cabrillo sails into San Pedro Bay and claims the California coast for the king of\u00a0Spain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlog-item-link span2 visible-desktop\">1697<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<div id=\"tlog-item-2\" class=\"tlog-item\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-body span7\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-description\">\n<p>Spanish Catholic missionaries from the Jesuit order begin colonizing Baja California, beginning with Loreto. Sixteen more missions will follow in the next 70\u00a0years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlog-item-link span2 visible-desktop\">1750<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div id=\"tlog-item-3\" class=\"tlog-item\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-body span7\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-description\">\n<p>About 300,000 Indians live in Alta California, organized into about 80 autonomous groups, sustaining themselves mostly through hunting, gathering and\u00a0fishing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlog-item-link span2 visible-desktop\">1767<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div id=\"tlog-item-4\" class=\"tlog-item\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-body span7\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-description\">\n<p>Spain expels the Jesuits from Baja California and gives control to another Catholic order, the\u00a0Franciscans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlog-item-link span2 visible-desktop\">JULY 16, 1769<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div id=\"tlog-item-5\" class=\"tlog-item\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-body span7\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-description\">\n<p>Spanish soldiers and Franciscan friars, led by 55-year-old Father Jun\u00edpero Serra, found the first Alta California mission in San Diego. Spain\u2019s king is eager to strengthen his hold on the region before Russian fur-traders can move south from Alaska. Once baptized, Indian converts (known as \u201cneophytes\u201d) are typically forced to remain and are taught farming, weaving, carpentry and\u00a0leather-working.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlog-item-link span2 visible-desktop\">1775<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div id=\"tlog-item-6\" class=\"tlog-item\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-body span7\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-description\">\n<p>As the missionaries advance up the coast, European diseases spread among Indians, killing thousands. A native group attacks the Mission San Diego, killing Father Lu\u00eds\u00a0Jayme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tlog-item-link span2 visible-desktop\">1784<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div id=\"tlog-item-7\" class=\"tlog-item\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-body span7\">\n<div class=\"tlog-item-description\">\n<p>Serra dies at age 70 in Carmel, having established nine missions. Father Ferm\u00edn Lasu\u00e9n takes over the chain. Friars and soldiers expand the network of farms and ranches, using Indian converts as captive\u00a0laborers.<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"http:\/\/timelines.latimes.com\/missions-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to continue reading at LAT<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The LA Times A history of California\u2019s\u00a0missions By CHRISTOPHER\u00a0REYNOLDS 1542 Spanish explorer Juan Rodr\u00edguez Cabrillo sails into San Pedro Bay and claims the California coast for the king of\u00a0Spain. 1697 Spanish Catholic missionaries from the Jesuit order begin colonizing Baja California, beginning with Loreto. 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