José María Echeandía
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José María de Echeandía (died 1871) was twice Mexican governor of Alta California
from 1825 to 1831 and again from 1832 to 1833.
Echeandía supported the Mexican government's secularization the Alta California missions
and redistribution of the holdings as land grant ranchos
.
Alta California
Alta California was a province and territory in the Viceroyalty of New Spain and later a territory and department in independent Mexico. The territory was created in 1769 out of the northern part of the former province of Las Californias, and consisted of the modern American states of California,...
from 1825 to 1831 and again from 1832 to 1833.
Echeandía supported the Mexican government's secularization the Alta California missions
Spanish missions in California
The Spanish missions in California comprise a series of religious and military outposts established by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order between 1769 and 1823 to spread the Christian faith among the local Native Americans. The missions represented the first major effort by Europeans to...
and redistribution of the holdings as land grant ranchos
Ranchos of California
The Spanish, and later the Méxican government encouraged settlement of territory now known as California by the establishment of large land grants called ranchos, from which the English ranch is derived. Devoted to raising cattle and sheep, the owners of the ranchos attempted to pattern themselves...
.