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Originally Posted by Iron Wood
Do you know anything about that portion of history? Quick history lesson: Revolt was initially proclaimed in Sonoma on June 14, 1846, before news of the outbreak of the Mexican–American War had reached the area. Although participants declared independence from Mexico, they failed to form a functional provisional government. Thus, the "republic" never exercised any real authority, and it was never recognized by any nation. In fact, most of Alta California knew nothing about it. The revolt lasted 26 days, at the end of which the U.S. Army arrived to occupy the area. Once the leaders of the revolt knew the United States was claiming the area, they disbanded their "republic" and supported the U.S. federal effort to annex Alta California.
Now, what was assumed much? If you don't understand the time frame, don't make things up.  |
Me thinks it is you that knows little about the History of California, let me give a quick lesson which by the way took less than five minutes to pull up, which by the way proves your last statement in bold is pure fantasy:
"After the United States declared war on Mexico on May 13, 1846, it took almost two months (mid-July 1846) for definite word of war to get to California. Upon hearing rumors of war, U.S. consul
Thomas O. Larkin, stationed in
Monterey, tried to keep peace between the Americans and the small Mexican military garrison commanded by José Castro. American army captain
John C. Frémont, with about 60 well-armed men, had entered California in December 1845 and was making a slow march to Oregon when they received word that war between Mexico and the U.S. was imminent.
On June 15, 1846, some 30 non-Mexican settlers, mostly Americans, staged a revolt, seized the small Mexican garrison in
Sonoma, and captured Mexican general
Mariano Vallejo. They raised the "
Bear Flag" of the
California Republic over Sonoma. The so-called California Republic lasted one week until the U.S. Army, led by Frémont, took over on June 23. The California state flag today is based on this original Bear Flag, and continues to contain the words "California Republic."
Commodore
John Drake Sloat, on hearing of imminent war and the revolt in Sonoma, ordered his naval forces to occupy Yerba Buena (present San Francisco) on July 7 and raise the American flag. On July 15, Sloat transferred his command to Commodore
Robert F. Stockton, a much more aggressive leader. Commodore Stockton put Frémont's forces under his command. Frémont's "
California Battalion" swelled to about 160 men with the addition of volunteers recruited from American settlements, and on July 19 he entered
Monterey in a joint operation with some of Stockton's sailors and marines. The official word had been received — the
Mexican–American War was on. The American forces easily took over the north of California; within days, they controlled Monterey, San Francisco, Sonoma, and Sutter's Fort.
In Southern California, Mexican General
José Castro and Governor
PĂo Pico fled from Los Angeles. When Stockton's forces entered Los Angeles unresisted on August 13, 1846, the nearly bloodless conquest of California seemed complete. Stockton, however, left too small a force (36 men) in Los Angeles, and the
Californios, acting on their own and without help from Mexico, led by
JosĂ© MarĂa Flores, forced the small American garrison to retire in late September.
Two hundred reinforcements were sent by Stockton, led by US Navy Capt
William Mervine, but were repulsed in the
Battle of Dominguez Rancho, October 7–9, 1846, near
San Pedro, where 14
US Marines were killed. Meanwhile,
General Kearny with a much reduced squadron of 100
dragoons finally reached California after a grueling march across
New Mexico,
Arizona, and the
Sonoran Desert. On December 6, 1846, they fought the
Battle of San Pasqual near
San Diego, where 18 of Kearny's troop were killed—the largest number of American casualties lost in battle in California.
Stockton rescued Kearny's surrounded forces and, with their combined force, they moved northward from San Diego. Entering the present-day
Orange County area on January 8, they linked up with Frémont's northern force. With the combined American forces totaling 660 troops, they fought the Californios in the
Battle of Rio San Gabriel. The next day, January 9, 1847, they fought the
Battle of La Mesa. Three days later, on January 12, 1847, the last significant body of Californios surrendered to American forces. That marked the end of the war in California. On January 13, 1847, the
Treaty of Cahuenga was signed.
On January 28, 1847, Army lieutenant
William Tecumseh Sherman and his army unit arrived in Monterey, as American forces continued to stream into California. On March 15, 1847, Col.
Jonathan D. Stevenson's Seventh Regiment of New York Volunteers of about 900 men began to arrive. All of these troops were still in California when gold was discovered in January 1848.
The
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, marked the end of the Mexican–American War. In that treaty, the United States agreed to pay Mexico $18,250,000; Mexico formally ceded California (and other northern territories) to the United States; and the first international boundary was drawn between the U.S. and Mexico by treaty. The previous boundary had been negotiated in 1819 between Spain and the United States in the
Adams–OnĂs Treaty, which established the present border between California and Oregon. San Diego Bay is one of the few natural harbors in California south of San Francisco, and to claim this strategic asset the southern border was slanted to include the entire bay in California.
History of California before 1900 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There, consider yourself better informed. As I said, California become part of the US at the point of a gun.
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