California Republic
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unrecognized breakaway state
Key facts
- 1846
- William B. Ide
- Status
- Unrecognized state
- Capital
- N/A
- Government
- Republic
- Independence from mexico declared
- June 14, 1846
- Occupation of sonoma by the u s military
- July 9, 1846
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Country
- United States
- Continent
- North America
- Capital
- Sonoma
- Official language
- Spanish
- Population
- 15000
- Form of government
- presidential system
- Followed by
- United States
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- inception
- 1846-06-14
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1846-07-09
- native label
- California Republic
- language used
- Spanish
- replaces
- Centralist Republic of Mexico
- Commons category
- California Republic
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The California Republic, commonly known as the Bear Flag Republic, was a short-lived unrecognized breakaway state from Mexico, that existed from June 14 to July 9, 1846. It militarily controlled an area north of San Francisco, in and around what is now Sonoma County in California.
In June 1846, thirty-three American immigrants in Alta California who had entered without official permission rebelled against the Mexican department's government. Among their grievances were that they had not been allowed to buy or rent land and had been threatened with expulsion. Mexican officials had been concerned about a coming war with the United States and the growing influx of Americans into California. The rebellion was covertly encouraged by U.S. Army Brevet Captain John C. Frémont, and added to the troubles of the recent outbreak of the Mexican–American War.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “California Republic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.