Mexican secularization act of 1833

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The Mexican secularization act of 1833 was a law that dismantled the mission system in Mexican California by transferring control of mission lands and assets from the Catholic Church to civil authorities and private hands.

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Generate an image of the Mexican secularization act of 1833 (The Mexican secularization act of 1833 was a law that dismantled the mission system in Mexican California by transferring control of mission lands and assets from the Catholic Church to civil authorities and private hands.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican federal law ⓘ
law ⓘ
appliesTo California missions ⓘ
mission Indians ⓘ
appliesToInstitution Spanish-era missions in Alta California ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Alta California ⓘ
Mexican California ⓘ
chronology implemented in the 1830s ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
effect decline of Franciscan control over Native populations in California ⓘ
distribution of former mission lands as ranchos ⓘ
end of mission system as primary institution in Alta California ⓘ
transfer of mission buildings and lands to civil administration ⓘ
effectOnPopulation dispossession of many Native Californians from mission lands ⓘ
increase in landholdings of Californio elites ⓘ
historicalPeriod Mexican period in California history ⓘ
legalAction confiscation of mission lands ⓘ
expropriation of church property ⓘ
transfer of mission administration to civil authorities ⓘ
longTermEffect foundation for later American-era land disputes in California ⓘ
reduction of institutional Catholic Church landholdings in California ⓘ
transition from mission economy to rancho economy in California ⓘ
mainSubject Catholic Church property ⓘ
mission lands ⓘ
secularization of missions ⓘ
partOf Mexican liberal reforms of the 1830s ⓘ
politicalContext anticlerical policies of Mexican liberal governments ⓘ
post-independence reorganization of church–state relations in Mexico ⓘ
purpose dismantle the mission system in Mexican California ⓘ
redistribute mission lands into private hands ⓘ
transfer mission lands and assets from the Catholic Church to civil authorities ⓘ
religiousContext Franciscan missions in California ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Spanish missions in California → significantEvent → Mexican secularization act of 1833 ⓘ
Mission San Buenaventura → secularizedUnder → Mexican secularization laws ⓘ
linked to: Mexican secularization act of 1833
Mission Indians → affectedBy → Mexican secularization of missions ⓘ
linked to: Mexican secularization act of 1833
Fernandeño Tataviam → affectedBy → Mexican secularization of missions ⓘ
linked to: Mexican secularization act of 1833