When and why did Anglos filter into California, who, exactly, did they encounter there, and how do we explain their remarkable success?

In “Intimate frontiers” Hurtado argues that by the second half of the nineteenth century California was entering an era of Anglo Hegemony. How did this happen? In other words, when and why did Anglos filter into California, who, exactly, did they encounter there, and how do we explain their remarkable success? And even more specifically, what role did sex and […]

What bias do you see from each side of the encounter of the Spanish and the Native peoples of Mexico in the early 16th Century?

WCIV Essay 1 Instructions Victors and Vanquished ________________________________________ . One of the ‘definitions of history is that the story is written by the winners. The assigned texts provide views from both sides of the encounter of the Spanish and the Native peoples of Mexico in the early 16th Century. Write a 7 page essay that answers these questions: How do […]