Article Summary The book This War is for a Whole Life: The Culture of Resistance among Southern California Indians, 1850-1966 refers to the relentless struggle of Indians in South California with regards to their quest for independence. ... One region that consists of the most relentless struggle and resistance to regain the rights of Indians is the Southern California region (Hanks, 2006). ... In this case, prior to the invasion of the European missionaries, the Southern California Indians provide the most diverse community of Indians. ... This involves carving and crafting of boats based on ...

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Serra founded a chain of twenty-one missions that went as far as Sonoma and Christianized three hundred thousand native Californians (Kennedy). ... From California and Florida to Tierra del Fuego, the Spanish empire influenced a large array of cultures and formed the defining ways of their existences. ... The English colonies were split up into three parts: The New England colonies, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies. ... The southern colonies were dependent upon their great plantations. ... The impact and triumphs of the English in the Americas can be exemplified by the New ...

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Delaware is the smallest and the most southern state in the area. ... The Southwest region consist of eight states: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California. ... California is the wealthiest state in the country. ... The two biggest flaws of California are earthquakes and droughts. ... San Francisco, California's third largest city, is known for its hippie movement in the 1960s and the famous gay street – Castro Street. ...

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Britain had already laid claim to the Pacific Northwest territory, and some southern slave owners feared Britain was trying to abolish slavery in America. ... After the war was over in 1848, the United States now had acquired Texas' southern boundary, as well as California, which included the port of San Diego, and much of the land between Texas and California that consisted of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. ...

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What became in time the Hispano homeland, the Upper Rio Grande, is a vast arid region defined by a life-giving river that descends from the steep southern ranges of the Rocky Mountains through the barren plateaus of the north to the Chihuahuan desert of the south. ... In 1848, The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceded the Southwest, from Texas to California, to the United States. ...

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These people came to the U.S from southern and eastern Europe (Italy, Poland, Austria-Hungry, Russia). ... Between the Missouri River and California there lay plains, mountains, and desert ready for development. ...

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