Foundations of Human Activity

The first people who came to California were Asian. They traveled through the Bering Strait more than 10,000 years ago. However they did not only traveled to California but they established themselves throughout North America.
Some of the main tribes who were established in California were the Hupa, the Maidu, the Modic, and the Mohavie.
At the time of the Spanish colonization, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered what is now the San Diego bay area (1572), then the Spanish people were coming to California expanding throughout the state.
The Spanish people started founding missions among the state, so they could introduce Christianity to the native americans, also the Spanish introduce the military, and some spiritual and commercial ways of living, along with some farming skills.
After the independence from Spain, California became a Mexican territory (1822). California was govern by Mexican rules, but 1841 many American immigrant started to come to California. In 1847, after the war between Mexico and the United States, California was declared officially a United States territory as part of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.