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President of the Bear Flag Republic

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William Ide

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Gov of Mexican California at the time of the US invasion

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Pio Pico

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Accomplishments and activities of the Bear Flag Republic

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Need

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Leaders of the battle of San Pascual

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American- Kearny

Mexican- Andres Pico

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Outcome of the battle of San Pascual

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Humiliating defeat for Kearny

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California’s motto

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Eureka

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First California city captured by the us

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Monterey

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San Francisco’s renaming

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Was Yerba Buena
Named San Francisco when rumors said Mariano Vallejo was going to name a city after his wife. Other city takes name Benecia, after Vallejo’s daughter

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Overall commander of us forces in ca

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Stockton

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Dispute over leadership after conquest

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Kearny was the military governor, but Stockton was in charge overall. Stockton turns power over to Fremont rather than Kearny. Kearny is rightful governor. Fremont is court marshalled

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California’s contribution to the civil war

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185m in gold
Ca 500
1000s of troops
Pushed confederacy out of Arizona and New Mexico

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James Wilson Marshall

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Discovers gold after diverting a river to run a water wheel at Sutter’s sawmill

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Simplest method of prospecting gold

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Panning

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Sam Brannan

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PR
Ran through streets with jar of gold
Publicized gold discovery
Bought up supplies before announcement and became rich

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49ers sex ratio

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20 men to 1 woman

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49er nationality

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Most foreigners were chinese

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Routes to CA

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Overland
-- most Americans took this route
Sea, around the horn
-- most people in the world took this route
Sea, via isthmus of Central America 
-- fastest but most expensive
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Mussel Slough tragedy

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Farmers and settlers vs southern pacific rail
Involved corporate greed and monopoly
Land issues

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State constitutional convention

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Held in Monterey
Note:
Dispute over boundaries
Wanted to bypass territorial phase and become a state immediately

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Bear flag republic location

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Sonoma

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Grange Movement

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Unite farmers and settlers against corporations
Farmer clubs
Angry over high priced land and costs to transport goods

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Fillibustering

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Going abroad to “free” unprotected land

Product of manifest destiny

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End of bear flag republic

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Sloat takes Monterey without a fight, raises American flag over the city
Goal of bear flaggers was to make ca part of the us

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1855 number of whaling ships

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500 visited ca

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Argonauts

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Nickname for people who came to ca to mine gold

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City recaptured by californios

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Los Angeles

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Modoc war leaders

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Modoc: captain jack
American: Brig General Canby

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Cahuenga capitulation

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Andres Pico surrenders to John Fremont

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Burlingame treaty

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Involved immigration of Chinese

Eased restrictions on immigration

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Big four second railroad

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Southern pacific

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Thomas Starr King

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Spoke in favor of union
Worked to raise money for the sanitary commission which eventually led to the founding of the American Red Cross
Organized pacific branch of sanitary commission

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Central pacific railroad

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Started from Sacramento and went to Utah
Majority of labor force was Chinese
Leland Stanford was the first president

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Helen Hunt Jackson

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Activist for Native American rights

Wrote Ramona

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First lighthouse in ca

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Alcatraz

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15 passenger bill

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Only allowed 15 Asian immigrants on any ship entering the us

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California 500

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500 military volunteers from CA that fought under the Bear
Flag
Sent to battlefields in VA
Participated in Gettysburg campaign

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Gov of Ca during civil war

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Leland Stanford

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California’s admission controversy

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Would give free states majority in both house and senate

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California’s capitals

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First: San Jose
Current: Sacremento

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News of Lincoln’s election reached Ca via

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Glitter pony express

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Pro-confederacy region of Ca

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Southern

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~Senator

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Riverboat that carried passengers from SF bay inland

Lightweight and fast, raced other riverboats

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First Civilian Governor of CA

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Peter Burnett

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First prison

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San quinton

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Joaquin Murrieta

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Super bandit, Mexican Robin Hood

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Foreign navy that visits sf bay during civil war

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Russia

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Year gold is discovered

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1848

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Year CA becomes a state

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1850

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Year transcontinental rail completed

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1869

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Year Santa Fe rail reaches La

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1887

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