Ezekiel Merritt led the Bear Party from the Sacramento Valley to Sonoma where they arrived at dawn on June 14, 1846. They declared to General Vallejo that they had no leader, and indeed they elected first John Grigsby as their leader in Sonoma. Upon Grigsby's declaration that he wished to return to the Sacramento Valley once again, William Ide was chosen as the civil commander and Henry Ford as the military commander. When John C. Fremont and his men joined the Bear Party in Sonoma, he was declared the head of the commander of the Bear Party on July 3.
The two parties involved in the Bear Flag Revolt were the government of Mexico and a group of settlers in California. The settlers wanted to be independent from Mexico. The effort was short-lived and, eventually, California ended up joining the union of the United States.
The 1846 rebellion by Americans against Mexican rule in California.
the bear flag revolt took place in California while John C. Fremont was moving 60 solders into the Mexican province.
a war that started ultimately the American Revolution
John C. Fremont
William B. Ide
Freemont
William Ide
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California was the Bear Flag Republic from June 14 to July 9, 1846. Twenty four men raise the Bear Flag at Sonoma, talking control of California from the Mexicans.
The Bears took control of Sonoma and created a new flag. The flag had a star, a grizzly bear, and the words " California Republic."
california
a white flag
bear flag revolt
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No, the Bear Flag Revolution began because the Mexican American War was already a fact,
its a bear...this is why the flag has a bear on it and it is the bear flag state
The original bear flag is in the State of California. There is also something called the Bear Flag Monument, and this is a way for people to remember the reason behind the Bear Flag.
California has a bear on its flag
No ,there was no flag before the Bear Flag of California, which was made in 1548. -V.Vigneshwar
what was the outcome for the bear flag revolt
The bear flag republic was established in 1846.
The American flag does not have a bear. It is stars and stripes, no animals.
The Bear Flag
When Juan Alvarado and Isaac Graham led the revolution against Mexico in 1836, rebels captured Monterey and declared California to be "a free and sovereign state." This inspired the design for the state flag depicting the Bear Flag Revolt.