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The California Republic (also called the '''Bear Flag Republic'''), like the Republic Of Texas , was created as a byproduct of increasing tensions between the United States and Mexico . The California Republic was proclaimed on June 14 , 1846 when a group of thirty-three Americans captured the town of Sonoma and declared independence from Mexico. Shortly thereafter, U.S. Army Captain John C. Frémont arrived and took control of the group. The republic's first and only president was William B. Ide , whose term lasted twenty-five days. On July 7 , 1846 a Frigate and two Sloops of the U.S. Navy , commanded by John D. Sloat , routed the detachment of the Mexican Coast Guard garrisoning the port of Monterey, California in a minor skirmish (the Battle Of Monterey ), and alerted Frémont and his men that the Mexican-American War had begun. The "Bear Flaggers" joined the war effort and replaced their flag with the Stars And Stripes . Under the 1848 Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo , Mexico formally surrendered its claim over the territory. Though the Republic's Constitution was never repealed, the state of California was admitted to the federal Union two years later. A significant legacy of the California Republic is the State of California 's adoption of the Flag (which has a Grizzly Bear , and the words "California Republic" near the bottom) as the State Flag of California. This was the flag created by Frémont and his men; this led their actions to be dubbed the "Bear Flag Revolt." SEE ALSO
The Bear Flag was first made by William L. Todd a nephew of Mary Todd, wife of Abraham Lincoln. He painted the flag on a piece of brown cotton, a yard and a half or so in length,a red star representing Texas, and what he intended to be a representation of a bear being common in California. The local Indians referred to the picture as a “Coche,” the common name among them for pig or shoat. City of San Francisco Museum http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/fremont.html EXTERNAL LINKS
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