Chumash revolt of 1824

The Chumash revolt of 1824 was an uprising of the Chumash against the Spanish and Mexican presence in their ancestral lands. The rebellion began in three of the California Missions in Alta California: Mission Santa Inés, Mission Santa Barbara, and Mission La Purisima, and spread to the surrounding villages. The Chumash revolt was the largest organized resistance movement to occur during the Spanish and Mexican periods in California. The Chumash planned a coordinated rebellion at all three missions. On February 21, 1824, a young Chumash boy from Mission La Purisima was severely beaten by a Mexican soldier when he was visiting a relative imprisoned inside the Mission Santa Inés guardhouse. Due to this incident, the rebellion began early. Most of the Santa Inés mission complex was burned down. They next attacked Mission La Purisima from inside, forced the garrison to surrender, and allowed the garrison, their families, and the priest to evacuate. The next day, the Chumash of Mission Santa Barbara captured the mission from within without bloodshed, repelled a military attack on the mission, and then retreated from the mission to the hills. The Chumash continued to occupy Mission La Purisima until a Mexican military unit attacked people on March 16 and forced them to surrender. An estimated two thousand Chumash and Yokuts people of all ages and genders took part in the rebellion.