Category:Pre-statehood history of California


 * Pre-statehood history of California — from pre-history to September 1850, within the present day state borders of California.
 * The borders encompass the historic homelands of the Indigenous peoples of California, in numerous tribal territories present for over 10,000 years.
 * The region was claimed for Spain in 1542, later becoming a Spanish colony (1768—1821), a territory of independent Mexico (1821—1848), and a provisional territory of the U.S. (1848-1850).
 * California became a U.S. state on September 9, 1850.