Californios was the pejorative nickname that established settlers applied to the eastern Americans and Europeans who immigrated to the West Coast in the late 1840s and 1850s. A. TrueB. False

False.

Explanation:

That name was given to Spanish-speaking original colonists living in California before its incorporation into US territories, or their descendants. It wasn't used to refer to immigrants from the East Coast or to European immigrants in that state either in the 19th century or later.