California History Essay Assignment | Homework Help Websites
February 11th, 2019
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.
