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Article History. flag of California. U.S. state flag consisting of a white field (background) with a grizzly bear above the words “California Republic” and a red stripe; in the upper hoist corner is a single red star. In the Bear Flag Revolt of 1846, which occurred during the Mexican-American War, a group of American settlers in what was ...
In 2001, the North American Vexillological Association surveyed its members on the designs of the 72 U.S. state, U.S. territorial, and Canadian provincial flags and ranked the flag of California 13th out of 50 U.S. states, and the best flag that contains words, specifically the state's name.
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In the mid-19th century, Mexico still controlled vast swaths of the what is now the Southwest United States. In 1835, a revolt began in the Mexican province of Texas. Although the United States was officially neutral, Americans like Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston led a rebellion against Mexican rule, and hundreds of Americans, including members ...
Enter Charles Frémont, a captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers. Newly elected President James K. Polk, whose annexation of Texaswas about to set off the Mexican-American War, sent Frémont on an expedition to survey the area of the Great Basin and the Great Salt Lake. Polk secretly instructed Frémont to invade California if war w...
Frémont re-entered California in late May and met with a group of American settlers in the Sonoma Valley on June 8. Having refused a Mexican order to leave, the settlers were primed to launch the “spontaneous” revolt Frémont hoped to incite. On June 10, settlers and members of Frémont’s expedition attacked a Mexican lieutenant and made off with his...
For the rest of June, the Bears and Frémont’s men engaged in skirmishes with Mexican forces, seized key points around what is now San Francisco, and rallied more white settlers to their cause. At the beginning of July, Commodore John Sloat, commander of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific fleet, arrived at Monterey Bay. Like Frémont, he had been ordered to att...
1846-1910. California’s State Flag was born of a rebellion. The 1846 Sonoma uprising even took its name, “The Bear Flag Revolt,” from its first flag. Within a short time, the struggle for independence was over and California became a part of the United States.
Official State Flag of California Designed by William Todd (nephew of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln), the historic bear flag was raised at Sonoma, California in 1846 by American settlers in revolt against Mexican rule (officially adopted as the state flag of California in 1911).
Nov 4, 2022 · California State Flag, 1911, via State of California Capitol Museum, Sacramento The Gold Rush set forth a chapter in Californian history that would forever transform the region. By 1849, California had drafted and voted for its own state constitution.
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California State Flag. Date adopted: Feb 3, 1911. The Bear Flag, the official flag of California, has a rich historical background dating back to the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt. The current flag, adopted in 1911, features a white background with a wide red stripe at the bottom.
