Bear Flag Revolt

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The Bear Flag Revolt was an 1846 uprising by American settlers in California that briefly declared an independent California Republic before U.S. forces took control during the Mexican–American War.

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Generate an image of the Bear Flag Revolt (The Bear Flag Revolt was an 1846 uprising by American settlers in California that briefly declared an independent California Republic before U.S. forces took control during the Mexican–American War.)

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Bear Flag Revolt canonical 21
Bear Flag Uprising 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
revolt ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
conflictOf Mexican–American War ⓘ
countryInvolved Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
endDate 1846-07-09 ⓘ
endedBy arrival of U.S. naval forces in San Francisco Bay ⓘ
proclamation of U.S. authority over California ⓘ
followedBy formal U.S. military occupation of California ⓘ
raising of the U.S. flag at Sonoma ⓘ
hasCategory 1846 in California ⓘ
Mexican–American War events ⓘ
Rebellions in North America ⓘ
hasCause U.S. expansionist policy (Manifest Destiny) ⓘ
fear of British or other foreign control of California ⓘ
uncertainty over land titles under Mexican rule ⓘ
hasConsequence facilitation of U.S. annexation of California ⓘ
weakening of Mexican control in California ⓘ
hasGenre military conflict ⓘ
hasLocation Alta California ⓘ
California ⓘ
Sonoma, California ⓘ
hasSymbol Bear Flag ⓘ
historicalRegion Northern California ⓘ
influenced design of the Flag of California ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
leader Ezekiel Merritt ⓘ
John C. Frémont ⓘ
William B. Ide ⓘ
namedAfter Bear Flag ⓘ
opposingForce American settlers in California ⓘ
Mexican authorities in Alta California ⓘ
participant Bear Flaggers ⓘ
linked to: Minutemen

California Republic ⓘ
partOf history of California ⓘ
history of the American West ⓘ
precededBy tensions between American settlers and Mexican government in California ⓘ
result establishment of the California Republic ⓘ
replacement by U.S. military rule ⓘ
shortName Bear Flag Uprising ⓘ
linked to: Bear Flag Revolt
significantEvent arrest of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo ⓘ
capture of Sonoma ⓘ
startDate 1846-06-14 ⓘ
territorialContext Mexican territory of Alta California ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mexican Alta California → significantEvent → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
California Campaign → hasPart → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
City of Sonoma → hasHistoricEvent → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
Bear Flag Revolt → shortName → Bear Flag Uprising ⓘ
linked to: Bear Flag Revolt
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo → participantIn → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
Sonoma Barracks → eventLocation → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
Sonoma Barracks → associatedWith → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
Sonoma Barracks → hasExhibitsOn → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
Flag of California → historicalEvent → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
Sonoma, California → historicalEvent → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
Sonoma, California → roleIn → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
Capture of Monterey (1846) → relatedEvent → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
Bear Flag Monument → commemorates → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
Bear Flag → significantEvent → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
California Republic → establishedDuring → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
William B. Ide → participantIn → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ
William B. Ide → militaryConflict → Bear Flag Revolt ⓘ