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1
Power and authority in Mexican California gravitated into the hands of
A)Franciscan missionaries.
B)Alta Californios.
C)ranchero families.
D)territorial governors.
2
The Mexican government's greatest challenge with its California province was
A)controlling the Indians.
B)secularizing mission lands.
C)outfitting the military.
D)developing new cities in the north.
3
When the Indians were released from the missions, many of them
A)stayed with the padres.
B)became cattle workers on the private ranchos.
C)found poorly paying jobs in towns.
D)all of these.
4
After a rapid succession of provincial governors of California from 1821-1835, in 1836 California was declared a "free and sovereign state" under
A)Mariano Vallejo.
B)José Figueroa.
C)Juan B. Alvarado.
D)Pío Pico.
5
The passing of mission lands into private hands can best be described as
A)chaotic and corrupt.
B)slow and careful.
C)conducted legally.
D)all of these.
6
A diseño was a
A)gambler.
B)protestor.
C)saddle.
D)map.
7
As a society, the Californio elite were
A)accomplished horseriders.
B)predominantly illiterate.
C)inclined to rely too heavily on Indian labor.
D)all of these.







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