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The Spanish Legacy in California and the Mexican War for Independence

By Damian Bacich

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 […]

Filed Under: Mexican War for Independence, Podcast Episodes, Spanish Exploration and Colonization

Origins of Mexican Independence Part 3: Breaking Away

By Damian Bacich

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.

Filed Under: Mexican War for Independence Tagged With: Agustín Iturbide, Californios, Hipólito Bouchard, Juana Machado, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Plan of Iguala, Virgin of Guadalupe

Origins of Mexican Independence: Part 2 of a Series

By Damian Bacich

With a French family on the Spanish throne, two events had an irreversible effect on Spain’s relationship with her colonies. 

Filed Under: 4th Grade, Mexican War for Independence, Spain Tagged With: Goya, Jesuits, Latin America, Mexican Independence

Origins of Mexican Independence (Part 1)

By Damian Bacich

Origins of Mexican Independence

Filed Under: Mexican War for Independence, Resources, Spain Tagged With: Carlos II, Compadrazgo, Enlightenment, King Carlos III, Siete Partidas, Virreinatos

Settlers on the California Frontier (Part 2): The Californios

By Damian Bacich

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?

Filed Under: Californios, Daily Lives, European Settlements, Mexican Rule, Mexican War for Independence, Spanish Exploration and Colonization Tagged With: Californios, Daily Lives (Standard 5), U.S.-Mexico War

I’m Dr. Damian Bacich, and I started the California Frontier Project. Learn more about me and the project here.

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