This is a special episode of the California Frontier podcast. The shoe is on the other foot this time, and I am the one being interviewed. My host is Jordan Mattox, a California junior high school teacher who his passionate about California history. He has an excellent podcast, appropriately titled “History of California.” In this […]
Origins of Mexican Independence Part 3: Breaking Away
With a foreign occupier in control of Spain and the royal family in exile in France, people in the Spanish territories in the Americas found themselves at a crossroads.
Origins of Mexican Independence: Part 2 of a Series
With a French family on the Spanish throne, two events had an irreversible effect on Spain’s relationship with her colonies.
Origins of Mexican Independence (Part 1)
Settlers on the California Frontier (Part 2): The Californios
What type of culture developed among settlers in Alta California? What did they call themselves? How did they live under Mexico and Spain? And how did they respond to American rule?