Chapter 4 Lesson 2 Rise Of Rancho Economy Flashcards
How did the Mexican government attract people to California?
My giving them land grants
What are land grants?
Pieces of land given for people who come to ca
How did a person get a land grant?
They drew a diseno
What is a diseno?
A hand drawn map
When the Spanish ruled California who got land grants?
Wealthy people
Who could get a land grant from Mexican government?
1white men
2 married women
3 women Indians
4 men Indians
Why did California’s population increase under Mexican rule?
Land grants
What are ranchos?
Cattle ranches
Describe what ranchos looked like?
Owners house
Fields of crops
Pastures for cattle and horeses
Explain how the cattle lived on ranchos?
Wandered freely
Describe the role of ranchos in California?
Became the center of California life and important part of economy
How was living on a rancho like living in a small town?
Hundreds of people lived on ranchos
Who lived on ranchos?
The rancher his or her family and rancho workers and Indian worker and Indians
Who was pio pico?
A rancher
And last governor of Mexican California
Who was Mariano Vallejo?
A rancher wealthy
What was rancho Petaluma?
A rancho
Large rancho
What were haciendas?
A main home
Describe vallejo’s rancho’s
A hacienda built around an open courtyard
Large
175,000 acres
Were all ranch owners wealthy? How did they live?
No
Some people lived in small houses with dirt floors
Who still lived in pueblos?
Blacksmiths and saddle makers
How did Mexican laws allowing trading help California?
It helped the economy
Who was Richard Henry Dana?
A sailor from Boston coming to trade
What is barter?
Trading
What is tallow?
Animal fat
Used tallow to make candles
What was bartered in California harbors?
Hides of cattle tallow
How did people trade if there were not good harbors?
They sent small boats out to barter
How did Dana describe the trading?
Down this height we pitched the hides… The wind took them bout plunging and rising in the air like a kite
How did people’s opinions of California change?
Because They could trade with everyone
Thought of California as a place of opportunity
Why did many of the ranchos cover large areas of land?
Because ca is so big
How did trade under Mexican rule help the people of California?
Because they could trade with Boston and everyone,
What was the California economy based on during the time of Mexican rule?
Trading
How was fort Ross important to the californios?
It was a fort of the Russians and John sutter bought the bulidung
What did californios gain by trading with United States and other countries? What did they give up?
They gained stuff they couldn’t get in ca
Why do you think ranchos were set up to produce almost everything they needed?
People lived together for protection and everyone they needed
