11 Facts About Californios

The first Californios were the children of the early Spanish military expeditions into northern reaches of the Californias.

Writer Jose Antonio Burciaga considers Californios to be any Hispanic living in California, even if they have lived there temporarily.

Californios occupied a home on the plaza at Sonoma, where he entertained all who came with hospitality; few travelers of note came to California without visiting him.

Some of these rancho owners and their hired hands would make up the bulk of the few hundred Californios fighting in the brief Mexican–American War conflicts in California.

Californios's advised him that a generous peace would be to his political advantage.

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Californios went on to become a California State Assemblyman and later a California State Senator.

In early 1849, approximately 6, 000 Mexicans, many of whom were Californios who remained after the United States had annexed the territory, were prospecting for gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

Any protests by Californios were quickly put down by hastily formed Euro-American militias, so any legal protection provided by the new California legislature was ineffective when the threat of violence and lynchings loomed.

Independent minded Californios were influenced by increasing numbers of immigrant foreigners who entered the district.

Californios included the descendants of agricultural settlers and retired escort soldiers deployed from what is modern-day Mexico.

The occasional Spanish ships that did show up were usually requested by Californios and had Royal permission to go to California—bureaucracy in action.