USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

WESTWARD EXPANSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What year did the Bear Flag Republic become the state of California?
A
1849
B
1776
C
1850
D
1900
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Two days later, the Bear Flag Revolt officially ended as California was absorbed into the union. The Californios formally ceded Alta California in 1847 with the Treaty of Cahuenga. California officially became the 31st state on September 9, 1850.

Detailed explanation-2: -California became the 31st state on September 9, 1850 and the Bear Flag became the official state flag in 1911. This version of the Bear Flag was created in 1846 when a group of American men living in Mexican-controlled Alta California rebelled against their government.

Detailed explanation-3: -After the rebels won a few minor skirmishes with Mexican forces, Fremont officially took command of the “Bear Flaggers” and occupied the unguarded presidio of San Francisco on July 1.

Detailed explanation-4: -The California Republic (Spanish: La República de California), or Bear Flag Republic, was an unrecognized breakaway state from Mexico, that for 25 days in 1846 militarily controlled an area north of San Francisco, in and around what is now Sonoma County in California.

Detailed explanation-5: -During the Bear Flag Revolt, from June to July 1846, a small group of American settlers in California rebelled against the Mexican government and proclaimed California an independent republic.

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