The Contributions Of Spain Made By The Kingdom Of New Spain

1769 In the year of 1769, there was a series of significant events done by the Kingdom of Spain on their territory formerly known as “New Spain”. The events transpired the land of “New Spain” into what is now known as San Diego, California. Around that time the area of San Diego was not fully established from the prior history it was known as Alta, California to which the Spaniard were in full control of that land. However the land was uncultivated and was not seen as a territory that had a lot of people inhabiting it. The only people who lived on the land were officials from Spain and the Kumeyaah Native Americans who have been living on that land for over thousands of years. As a result the Spaniard felt they needed to get rid of these
Spain had already has past expeditions the unknown territory of Californian, however they did not stay in order to figure it out. The Sacred Expedition was created for the Spanish Officials to stay on the land and cultivate into something that would represent Spain which is why the Presidio and the Mission was created. Presidio Hill was created for the protections of other foreign invaders as well as the Natives and the Mission was created to teach the Kumeyaah Natives about Christianity and refined culture of and lifestyle of the
Unfortunately for the San Carlos ship that contained all the important agriculture and church supplies gets hit with a case of scurvy as most of the crewmembers are sick and some died as a little camp is set up to help with the recovery. About a month later the land group led by Captain Fernando Rivera arrive at the coast of the San Diego Bay and found the people from the ship are dead and ill. This led to the establishment of a new camp on Presidio Hill which is nearby a relatively big Indian Valley. Around mid-June, the last land group of the expedition led by Father Junipero Serra and Captain Gaspar de Portola finally arrived after facing some difficulties with their journey to New Spain. After a month of settling in with the other expedition groups, on July 16, 1769 Mission San Diego de Alcala is formally established on Presidio