Junípero Serra - Spanish priest and colonizer who founded many of the California missions from 1769 - 1784, Juan Bautista de Anza - Spanish soldier who led settlers (colonizers) to Alta California in 1774 on an overland route from northern Mexico, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo - Spanish explorer and colonizer who reached San Diego Bay in 1542, King Carlos III - Spanish king who ordered the colonization and settlement of Alta California in the 1760s, Hernán Cortés - Spanish conquistador and colonizer who conquered and colonized the Aztecs and claimed Baja California (Mexico) for Spain, Francis Drake - First English explorer to reach the Pacific coast of the Americas and to reach present-day California, Nicolás José - a California Native American who led a rebellion at Mission San Gabriel, Toypurina - Tongva woman who led Native Americans in a revolt at Mission San Gabriel, Gaspar de Portolá - Spanish army captain and government official who led a land expedition to Alta California in 1769 to establish settlments, Sebastián Vizcaíno - Spanish explorer and colonizer who sailed to Monterey Bay in the early 1600s and recommended colonizing and establishing Spanish settlements there, Estanislao - a Yokut native from Mission San Jose, who led Miwok, Yokut, and Ohlone natives in a rebellion against the missionaries who mistreated them with harsh punishment and whipping,

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