Bear Flag Revolt
Bear Flag Revolt (1846) Uprising by US settlers in California. During the
Mexican War a group of US emigrants in Mexico's territory of California proclaimed the Republic of California at Sonoma in June, and raised the “bear flag”. The republic lasted until US troops arrived in July and replaced the bear flag with the Stars and Stripes.
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Lambert Bridge Winery names Bear Flag Marketing.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Wines & Vines; 12/1/2000; 12 words
; Bear Flag, headed by Peter Rubens, handles the Dry Creek Valley brand nationally.
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Bear Flag Marketing debuts in Novato, Calif.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Wines & Vines; 9/1/2000; 35 words
; Peter Rubens is the contact at 1300 Grant Ave., Ste. 204, Novato, Calif. 94945. The phone is (415) 899-8466 and the e-mail is pete@bearflag marketing.com. The company is focusing on ultra-premium and luxury California wines.
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California: a profile: this profile is part of an occasional examining the issues and atmosphere guiding politics and policy in the various states.(FW FOCUS: GOVERNMENT RELATIONS)
Magazine article from: Franchising World; 1/1/2008; ; 659 words
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Facts Often referred to as The California Republic, a reference to the Bear Flag Revolt of 1846. Nickname: The Golden State Capital: Sacramento State Motto: Eureka! (I have found it!) 31st state to enter the union...
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Marin trails to history. (Marin County's state parks, California)
Magazine article from: Sunset; 1/1/1991; 576 words
; ...Drake's expedition may have paused nearby (a silver sixpence dating from 1567 was found here); a skirmish in the Bear Flag Revolt took place at the Olompali adobe; later, it became a thriving ranch of almost 9,000 acres. The ranch manager's Victorian...
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From West to East: California and the making of the American Mind.
Magazine article from: National Review; 4/20/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...a place especially conducive to the dreaming and dissecting of utopias. California -- or the California Republic, as its bear flag proclaims it -- likewise sits at ocean's edge, and has imbibed through the centuries cosmopolitan influences that help make...
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HOME PORT Where we live.(the fishing industry: Moss Landing, California)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
Magazine article from: National Fisherman; 8/1/2001; ; 288 words
; ...gillnetter Red Baron -- salmon troller WHERE FISHERMEN GO FOR COFFEE ... The Lighthouse ... FOR BEER The Whole Enchilada The Bear Flag HISTORY Sea captains Charles Moss and Cato Vierra built the first wharf here in 1865, to promote the shipment of vegetables...
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THE ORIGINS OF THE FREMONT EXPEDITIONS: JOHN J. ABERT AND THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...California. There, on his third mission of 1845-46, Fremont led a revolt against the Mexican authorities and established the Bear Flag republic that preceded California's incorporation into the Union. Although Fremont was later condemned during political infighting...
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Educating teachers in California (or drowning in alphabet soup).
Magazine article from: Radical Teacher; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...standard 4.3 requires fourth graders to 'explain economic, social and political life in California from the establishment of the Bear Flag Republic through the Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush, and the granting of statehood. (2) In its drive to demand an overwhelming...
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Bear necessity. (Western Wanderings).(famous bear hunt in California)
Magazine article from: Sunset; 2/1/2003; ; 612 words
; ...that seems, to put it mildly unlikely Still, standing on Mt. Pinos, you can't help but feel that something was lost when the Bear Flag Republic lost its bears. Did we go too far? Was California a prize too easily won? Maybe only Monarch knows, and he's not talking...
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Political quilts; and other expressions of women's suffrage ... on display near San Jose. (De Anza College; California History Center; Euphrat Gallery)
Magazine article from: Sunset; 3/1/1987; 357 words
; ...Highway 85. Photo: Woman's bicyclefrom 1895 is flanked by interpretive panels recounting history of suffrage movement Photo: Bear Flag bear takes new posturein quilt commemorating recent dispute between Santa Rosa and Sonoma over ownership of courthouse chairs
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Bear Flag Revolt
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
BEAR FLAG REVOLT BEAR FLAG REVOLT. In the last four years of Mexican rule in California...up the surrender. The rebels raised their banner, the Bear Flag, and proclaimed the Bear Flag Republic, an independent California. On 7 July, a U.S...
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Thomas Oliver Larkin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...American merchant and diplomat, actively promoted the Bear Flag Revolt in California and helped wrest that province from...of independence, and in July they declared the Bear Flag Republic. This revolt soon became part of larger war between the United...
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Frémont, John Charles
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...1842), Frémont crossed the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1843–44. A second expedition (1845) led to the Bear Flag Revolt by American settlers, and Frémont became civil governor. He resigned his commission in 1848, and made a fortune...
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Juan Bautista Alvarado
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...politician. After a small but successful revolt in 1836, he declared California an independent...of the leaders of a new and successful revolt in 1844-45, but the new government was unable to withstand the Bear Flag Revolt and the Mexican War .
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Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...soldier when he was fifteen. In the 1830s he supported revolts against authoritarian Mexican governors, and after...repaid by being imprisoned for two months during the Bear Flag Revolt in 1846. Afterwards he served in the new state's legislature...
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