How were Latinx, Native American, Chinese, and working class people treated in California after the Mexican-American War?
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Read/Watch:
⦁ Richard Rice, William Bullough, et al The Elusive Eden A New History of California, Fifth Edition Chapter 10-13
⦁ The Modoc War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv3NSN-8b3o
Response Prompt:
How were Latinx, Native American, Chinese, and working class people treated in California after the Mexican-American War? Discuss how the treatment of these groups differed at the hands of American authorities compared to the Mexican authorities? In your response discuss the significance of The Foreign Miners’ Tax Law of 1850, Gwin Land Act of 1851, The Settlers’ Grand League, and Mussel Slough controversy.