California History Essay

2-4 pages

Prompts

1.   Compare and contrast how the Spanish and Mexican governments’ different approaches to land use 

influenced pre-American California society.  

2.   Analyze how social class affected an individual’s level of agency during the Mexican Era. Consider the 

factors that defined an individual’s social status. 

3.   Analyze how the development of mestizo identity affected the history and culture of California from the 

arrival of the Spanish through the Mexican period.