and today there are more Native Americans 6. living(live) in California than in any other state.

In the 18th century California 7. was ruled(rule) by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century, 8. when they fought against the native people and took their land.

Two centuries later, the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the United States. Of 9. the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men, 10. whose ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.