When did Spanish stopped being one of the official languages in the Alta California?
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California, like all of the United States, has never had any official language.\n\nMost people assume that the US recognises English as it's official language, but in actuality, there has never been ANY language or languages that have been officially recognised as such.
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Never as far as I know.  It wasn't considered to be a language but a form of slang.  Everywhere it was proposed to be taught shot it down.
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Some EDUCATIONAL Reading For Citizens\n\nhttp://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd185.htm\n\nI have friends who live in the Phoenix area that speak fluent Spanish. Over the weekend before the big marches on April 10, 2006, Spanish speaking radio was sending this message: "Hide what's in your heart today. We know in your heart your allegiance is to Mexico, but today use your head. Americans were upset about Mexican flags and our show of solidarity for reconquista. Now we must wear white shirts and wave the American flags being handed out. It will be difficult because we know in your heart your love is for Mexico, but hide it today."
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NO HABLA ESPANOL.... MUCHO SORRY... LOL
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That's what I'd like to know. It pisses me off when people just automatically assume that Americans speak spanish. Hello, we are in America, not Mexico!
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Indian, Spanish and Mestizo.
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Answer: Naga\n \n"Nueva Caceres remained the capital of Ambos Camarines provinces and later of the Camarines Sur province until the formal creation of the independent component city of Naga under the Philippine Republic."\n"In 1919, it lost its Spanish name, when, by law, it became officially known as Naga".\nhttp://www.naga.gov.ph/cityprofile/history.html
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You're in luck -- there are many Spanish speaking agencies in California, and many government agencies that are fully bi-lingual. Take your birth certificate to the Court House and ask them who can do it for you. Usually, a copy (especially a translated copy) has to be notarized to signify that it is a true copy, so it would be much easier if you could get the same person to do the translating and the notarizing. \nBest of luck with your marriage.
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Here's a great link that explains townships and the different types:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Township_(United_States)\n\nAlthough townships no longer exist in California, as of a Census taken in 1852, there were still approximately 19 townships.  Here's a link that explains in detail:  http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/statcens.html
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Sorry, guys.  English is NOT the official language of the United States as a country.  The US does not HAVE an official language.  Of the 50 states, only 28 have declared English as an official language.  Of those 28, Louisiana and Hawaii have declared other languages, French and Hawaiian respectively, as co-official languages along with English.  Furthermore, on many Native American reservations, the various tribal languages are either official or co-official with English.\n\nEDIT: My own state, Utah, declared English the official state language, after a state-wide vote, in 2000. \nAlso: Currently, the United States federal government specifies no official language, but there are official languages in these states:\n\nEnglish alone: \nAlabama (1990) \nArkansas (1987) \nCalifornia (1986) \nColorado (1988) \nFlorida (1988) \nGeorgia (1996) \nIllinois (1969) \nIndiana (1984) \nIowa (2002) \nKentucky (1984) \nMassachusetts (1975) \nMississippi (1987) \nMissouri (1998) \nMontana (1995) \nNebraska (1920) \nNew Hampshire (1995) \nNorth Carolina (1987) \nNorth Dakota (1987) \nSouth Carolina (1987) \nSouth Dakota (1995) \nTennessee (1984) \nUtah (2000) \nVirginia (1996) \nWest Virginia (2005) \nWyoming (1996) \nEnglish and Hawaiian: \nHawaii (1978) \nEnglish and French: \nLouisiana \nEnglish and Spanish: \nNew Mexico \n"English Plus" resolutions: \nNew Mexico (1989) \nOregon (1989) \nRhode Island (1992) \nWashington (1989) \nNone: \nIn addition to the states not otherwise mentioned: \nAlaska's 1998 Official English amendment was overturned by the Alaska State Supreme Court in 2002. \nArizona's 1988 Official English amendment was overturned by the Arizona State Supreme Court in April, 1998. \nAlso, English and Spanish are official in Puerto Rico. English and Chamorro are the official languages of Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands
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It was under spanish domination (not mexican) for 3 centuries, until 1898. Therefore the spanish names and surnames.
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I'm from California too, Orange County. I'm half Mexican. I don't feel comfortable with some white people because of comments I hear and their stereotypes about Mexicans. I look white so they talk to me in ways I know they wouldn't if they knew half my family is Mexican. Now at my work most people know so they don't say these things anymore. Now OC has so many more stereotypes with the tv show. The people here don't all look like the ones in that show. (Where are the Mexicans anyway? None are allowed in Newport after 7 pm. Only gardeners are allowed in the day time).  Another stereotype is that every Latino here is from Mexico and that El Salvador is IN Mexico. My students think it's the same place and so do the adults!!! My students also think that Santa Ana is dirty (if you watch Arrested Development, that's the city where the housekeeper's family lives). There are million dollar residences in Santa Ana though. I could go on and on :-P
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At that time Hispanics were considered white.  The only separate divisions were black or Japanese (served in Europe only).\n\nDon't bother looking any more because you won't find an answer.  The lack of an Answer IS your answer....
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About 1530, Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán (President of New Spain) was told by an Indian slave of the Seven Cities of Cibola that had streets paved with gold and silver. About the same time, Hernán Cortés was attracted by stories of Ciguatan, a wonderful country far to the northwest, populated by Amazonish women and abounding with gold, pearls, and gems. The Spaniards conjectured that these places may be one and the same.\n\nAn expedition in 1533 discovered a bay, most likely that of La Paz, before experiencing difficulties and returning. Cortés accompanied expeditions in 1534 and 1535 without finding the sought-after city.\n\nOn May 3, 1535, Cortés claimed "Santa Cruz Island" (now known as the peninsula of Baja California), and laid out and founded the city that was to become LaPaz later that spring.\n\nSee in\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_history
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"The state names of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Montana and Florida are Spanish"\n\nTranslations:\n\nCalifornia = "The name is thought to have derived from the mythical paradise of Calafia portrayed in Amadís de Gaula, a 16th century Spanish romance by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, which in the book was a difficult to reach land with gold in plenty, free-loving amazons living in caves, and strange beasts.\n\nSome suggest that the word California may come from the early Spanish explorers who entered California via the hot southern regions and referred to California as being "hot as an oven" (cali > hot, fornia > oven). It may be derived from caliente fornalia, Spanish for hot furnace, or it may come from calida fornax, Latin for hot climate."\n\nArizona = "Spanish words "árida zona" ("arid zone")."\n\nNew Mexico = "New Mexico (Spanish: Nuevo México or, in full, Santa Fe de Nuevo México; alternatively, Nuevo Méjico) was a province of New Spain that existed from the late 16th century up through the early 19th century. It was centered on the upper valley of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte), in an area that included most of the present-day U.S. state of New Mexico, with borders extending in the present-day states of Texas, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah. Its capital was Santa Fe."\n\nColorado = "The state was named after the Spanish word "Colorado," which means "reddish colored" that presumably refers to the red sandstone formations in the area or reddish brown color of the Colorado River."\n\nNevada = "shortened from Sierra Nevada (Spanish for "snowy range")."\n\nMontana = "derived from the Spanish word montaña ("mountain")."\n\nFlorida = "Juan Ponce de León, a Spanish conquistador, named this new land in honor of his "discovery" of the land on April 2, 1513, during Pascua Florida, which is a Spanish term for the Easter season. From that date forward, the land became known as "La Florida." (Juan Ponce de León may not have been the first European to reach Florida. At least one of the Indians that he encountered in Florida in 1513 could speak Spanish.)"
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english and somewhat spanish
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English and a little Spanish