Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Californias, or "Province of the Californias", or Spanish: Las Californias, "Provincia de las Californias" (1768-1804), was the northwestern-most area of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (comprising Spain's colonial possessions in the Western Hemisphere and Pacific Spanish East Indies). The province included the Baja California Peninsula, north up the West Coast of North America to the northern San Francisco Bay Area (present-day U.S. state of California), and other regions also claimed for the Spanish crown earlier that never reached a colonial presence, in more northern coastal areas and eastern interior areas. The single province of The Californias (Las Californias) was divided in 1804, into Alta California province (Alta, "upper") and Baja California province (Baja, "lower"). Following Mexico's defeat in the Mexican-American War, Alta California territory was ceded on 2 February 1848 to the United States, and the terms Las Californias and Alta California were no longer formally used. The areas in North America acquired by the U.S. were regarded as "territories", with the modern state of California acquiring statehood two years later."@en }
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- The_Californias abstract "The Californias, or "Province of the Californias", or Spanish: Las Californias, "Provincia de las Californias" (1768-1804), was the northwestern-most area of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (comprising Spain's colonial possessions in the Western Hemisphere and Pacific Spanish East Indies). The province included the Baja California Peninsula, north up the West Coast of North America to the northern San Francisco Bay Area (present-day U.S. state of California), and other regions also claimed for the Spanish crown earlier that never reached a colonial presence, in more northern coastal areas and eastern interior areas. The single province of The Californias (Las Californias) was divided in 1804, into Alta California province (Alta, "upper") and Baja California province (Baja, "lower"). Following Mexico's defeat in the Mexican-American War, Alta California territory was ceded on 2 February 1848 to the United States, and the terms Las Californias and Alta California were no longer formally used. The areas in North America acquired by the U.S. were regarded as "territories", with the modern state of California acquiring statehood two years later.".