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It stood for solidarity.
They made the bear and star as a revolt against Mexico.
It has a picture of a bear along with a red star in the top left hand corner. see "Related link" below.
The grizzly bear symbolizes "great strength" while the lone star is a reference to the lone star of Texas.Before Ca. adopted the Bear Flag in 1846, the state flag was the California Lone Star Flag, adopted in 1836. It consisted of a single red star centered on a white backdrop. It was inspired by California's first revolt against Mexican rule.
The Bear Flag Republic began in 1849 with the rush of the gold miners into CA. Sept. 9, 1850 CA became a state.
In the early years of CA the California brown bear roamed the state. It was everywhere and there were so many that the Spanish would dig a pit and put a bear/bull in the pit to see who would win. Even as a child I remember camping where the bears roamed the camp grounds. John C. Fremont named CA the "Bear flag Republic" and in 1850 when CA became a state the bear was placed in the flag in honor of the Republic and the animal the roamed the state.
CA is an abbreviation for California the state in the United States
it is a grizzly bear
The California state motto is "Eureka!", which is Greek for "I've found it!".
Within the next year the gold rush happened and CA was a state in 1850.
Within the next year the gold rush happened and CA was a state in 1850.
The flag has parts of the "Bear flag Republic". The bear on it with the red border is a copy of the first flag. The woman on it is from the legend of the Amazon women who were thought to occupy CA. The word "eureka" refers to the gold rush.