The document discusses the history and development of California from the 16th century to the early 20th century. It describes how California was originally thought to be an island inhabited by Queen Calafia and mentions Spanish explorers discovering it was a peninsula in 1533. It then discusses the indigenous populations, infrastructure development like dams and aqueducts in the late 19th century, population and economic growth around the turn of the 20th century, the emergence of major cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, and early labor movements in California agriculture and industries seeking better working conditions.

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2. “California itself, according to Montalvo, was an ‘island on the rght hand of the Indies…Very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise.’- abounding in in gold and precious stones.”

3. Queen Calafia sailed to Constantinpole to join captains of the world in seige against the Turks. Queen Calafia’s Island

4. 1533 party of Spanish explorers sailing against west from Mexico an command of Hernan Cortes landed on what they believed to be the recently discovered Pacific.

5. California was a peninsula, not and island, and faces the Pacific Ocean latitude 42 degrees N and latitude 32 degrees NQueen Calafia’s Island

6. Native Americans of California belonged to 22 linguistic families and within those families were 135 separate languages.

7. “After 25 generations, the first Californians would soon be encountering social forces , diseases, and genocidal violence that would them to the brink of extinction.”Queen Calafia’s Island

8. The public works infrastructure of California was established in the next 40 years.

9. Dams, aqueducts, reservoirs, power plants, industrial sites, etc. served the growing population.

10. 1878 legislature passed the Drainage Act and allowed $100,000 for irrigation, drainage, and navigation studies. Great Expectations