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CaliforniaDuring the Elizabethan period of England, the famous pirate Sir Francis Drake occupied all the lands of New Spain and northern New Mexico, becoming a British colony.
Although the British colonies were already "from sea to sea" as early as the 17th century, the British did not have much interest in the land on the west coast of North America.
By the end of the 18th century, Spanish missionaries had gradually begun to establish settlements in the vast lands of northern Spanish California.
When Mexico gained independence from Spain, these missionary settlements also became the property of Mexico, but were soon abandoned.
The Spanish Empire's territory in northwestern North America was named the "Province of California".
After the Mexican-American War of 1847, the territory was divided between the United States and Mexico.
The portion of territory that Mexico received would later become Baja California, while the United States acquired Alta California was officially added to the state on September 9, 1850, as present-day California.
In 1848, the Hispanic population of Alta California was approximately 4,000.
But when the news of the discovery of California spread, countless Americans and Europeans flocked to California during the Gold Rush, and the Republic of California was proclaimed.
When U.S. Navy Admiral John DSloat) entered California from San Francisco Bay, and the young republic was declared a territory of the United States.
In 1850, California officially became the 31st state of the Union.
During the American Civil War, there was a disagreement within California about whether to join the Northern Army or the Southern Army, and although California eventually supported the Northern Army, many Californians still participated in the Southern Volunteer Army.
The opening of the first railroad through the United States in the 1870s connected people on the Pacific coast with the rest of the United States.
Californians are also discovering that the climate in California is ideal for growing crops, especially oranges.
To this day, California's agricultural production is still abundant.
Between 1900 and 1965, California's population changed from less than 1 million people to the most populous state in the United States.
Demographics have changed dramatically since 1965, and California today is one of the most diverse populations in the world.
Californians are politically liberal.
California is the scientific and cultural center of the United States, the center of world film and television, and the agricultural state of the United States.
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