California Case

California welcomed the hide and tallow traders, however the mountain men created some anxiety among the officials. Anywhere the hide and tallow traders settled they were welcomed with open arms, they were seen as friendly group of people, compared to the mountain men. Mexican California had difficulty controlling affairs of California. The rapid development of the rancho economy and the hide and tallow trade as a mission system was dismantled, as well as the stability. Indians had taken over, and the government did not have the money to pay them off. The indians then took to foraging, they drove off large number of horses and rancho herds. The indian raids got so serious that the San Diego district was abandoned. The population of California declined by 50 percent, made it a desert. Officials who were appointed to serve in California found it difficult to persuade their families into a what was now a wasteland. Education was badly neglected, school was limited to music, and art. Although there was as much as fifty elementary schools, none lasted for a reasonable amount of time. California welcomed the hide and tallow traders, however the mountain men created some anxiety among the officials. Anywhere the hide and tallow traders settled they were welcomed with open arms, they were seen as friendly group of people, compared to the mountain men. Mexican California had difficulty controlling affairs of California. The rapid development of the rancho economy and the hide and tallow trade as a mission system was dismantled, as well as the stability. Indians had taken over, and the government did not have the money to pay them off. The indians then took to foraging, they drove off large number of horses and rancho herds. The indian raids got so serious that the San Diego district was abandoned. The population of California declined by 50 percent, made it a desert. Officials who were appointed to serve in California found it difficult to persuade their families into a what was now a wasteland. Education was badly neglected, school was limited to music, and art. Although there was as much as fifty elementary schools, none lasted for a reasonable amount of time.

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