3000 BCE - 2023
Tarihin California
Za a iya raba tarihin California zuwa lokacin ƴan asalin ƙasar Amirka (kimanin shekaru 10,000 da suka wuce har zuwa 1542), lokacin binciken Turai (1542-1769), lokacin mulkin mallakana Spain (1769-1821), lokacin Jamhuriyar Mexico (1823-1848). , da Ƙasar Amurka (9 ga Satumba, 1850-yanzu).California ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi yawan yankuna na al'adu da yare a Arewacin Amurka kafin Colombian.Bayan tuntuɓar masu binciken Mutanen Espanya, da yawa daga cikin ƴan asalin ƙasar Amirka sun mutu daga cututtuka na ƙasashen waje da yaƙin neman zaɓe na kisan kare dangi.Bayan balaguron Portolá na 1769–1770, mishan na Spain sun fara kafa mishan California guda 21 akan ko kusa da bakin tekun Alta (Upper) California, sun fara da Ofishin Jakadancin San Diego de Alcala kusa da wurin garin San Diego na zamani, California. .A wannan lokacin, sojojin Spain sun gina garu da yawa (presidios) da ƙananan garuruwa uku (pueblos).Biyu daga cikin pueblos za su girma a ƙarshe zuwa biranen Los Angeles da San Jose.Bayan samun Independence na Mexico a 1821, California ta fada ƙarƙashin ikon Daular Mexica ta farko.Tsoron tasirin cocin Katolika na Roman Katolika akan sabuwar al'ummarsu da ta samu 'yancin kai, gwamnatin Mexico ta rufe duk wata manufa ta kuma mayar da kadarorin cocin kasa.Sun bar jama'ar "Californio" na iyalai dubu da yawa, tare da ƴan ƙananan garrison soja.Bayan yakin Mexican-American na 1846-1848, Jamhuriyar Mexico ta tilasta yin watsi da duk wani da'awar California zuwa Amurka.California Gold Rush na 1848-1855 ya jawo dubban daruruwan matasa masu kishi daga ko'ina cikin duniya.Kadan ne kawai suka buge shi, kuma da yawa sun koma gida a cizon yatsa.Yawancin sun yaba da sauran damar tattalin arziki a California, musamman a fannin noma, kuma sun kawo danginsu don shiga cikin su.California ta zama jihar Amurka ta 31 a cikin Yarjejeniya ta 1850 kuma ta taka rawa kadan a yakin basasar Amurka.Bakin haure na kasar Sin na kara fuskantar farmaki daga 'yan kishin kasa;An tilasta musu ficewa daga masana'antu da noma kuma zuwa Chinatown a cikin manyan biranen.Kamar yadda zinare ke fitowa, California ta ƙara zama al'ummar noma mai fa'ida sosai.Zuwan layin dogo a shekara ta 1869 ya danganta arzikinta na tattalin arziki da sauran al'ummar kasa, kuma ya jawo sauye-sauyen mazauna.A ƙarshen karni na 19, Kudancin California, musamman Los Angeles, ya fara girma cikin sauri.