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President of the Bear Flag Republic
William Ide
Gov of Mexican California at the time of the US invasion
Pio Pico
Accomplishments and activities of the Bear Flag Republic
Need
Leaders of the battle of San Pascual
American- Kearny
Mexican- Andres Pico
Outcome of the battle of San Pascual
Humiliating defeat for Kearny
California’s motto
Eureka
First California city captured by the us
Monterey
San Francisco’s renaming
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
Overall commander of us forces in ca
Stockton
Dispute over leadership after conquest
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
California’s contribution to the civil war
185m in gold
Ca 500
1000s of troops
Pushed confederacy out of Arizona and New Mexico
James Wilson Marshall
Discovers gold after diverting a river to run a water wheel at Sutter’s sawmill
Simplest method of prospecting gold
Panning
Sam Brannan
PR
Ran through streets with jar of gold
Publicized gold discovery
Bought up supplies before announcement and became rich
49ers sex ratio
20 men to 1 woman
49er nationality
Most foreigners were chinese
Routes to CA
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
Mussel Slough tragedy
Farmers and settlers vs southern pacific rail
Involved corporate greed and monopoly
Land issues
State constitutional convention
Held in Monterey
Note:
Dispute over boundaries
Wanted to bypass territorial phase and become a state immediately
Bear flag republic location
Sonoma
Grange Movement
Unite farmers and settlers against corporations
Farmer clubs
Angry over high priced land and costs to transport goods
Fillibustering
Going abroad to “free” unprotected land
Product of manifest destiny
End of bear flag republic
Sloat takes Monterey without a fight, raises American flag over the city
Goal of bear flaggers was to make ca part of the us
1855 number of whaling ships
500 visited ca
Argonauts
Nickname for people who came to ca to mine gold
City recaptured by californios
Los Angeles
Modoc war leaders
Modoc: captain jack
American: Brig General Canby
Cahuenga capitulation
Andres Pico surrenders to John Fremont
Burlingame treaty
Involved immigration of Chinese
Eased restrictions on immigration
Big four second railroad
Southern pacific
Thomas Starr King
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
Central pacific railroad
Started from Sacramento and went to Utah
Majority of labor force was Chinese
Leland Stanford was the first president
Helen Hunt Jackson
Activist for Native American rights
Wrote Ramona
First lighthouse in ca
Alcatraz
15 passenger bill
Only allowed 15 Asian immigrants on any ship entering the us
California 500
500 military volunteers from CA that fought under the Bear
Flag
Sent to battlefields in VA
Participated in Gettysburg campaign
Gov of Ca during civil war
Leland Stanford
California’s admission controversy
Would give free states majority in both house and senate
California’s capitals
First: San Jose
Current: Sacremento
News of Lincoln’s election reached Ca via
Glitter pony express
Pro-confederacy region of Ca
Southern
~Senator
Riverboat that carried passengers from SF bay inland
Lightweight and fast, raced other riverboats
First Civilian Governor of CA
Peter Burnett
First prison
San quinton
Joaquin Murrieta
Super bandit, Mexican Robin Hood
Foreign navy that visits sf bay during civil war
Russia
Year gold is discovered
1848
Year CA becomes a state
1850
Year transcontinental rail completed
1869
Year Santa Fe rail reaches La
1887
