BEAR FLAG WAR
\bˈe͡ə flˈaɡ wˈɔː], \bˈeə flˈaɡ wˈɔː], \b_ˈeə f_l_ˈa_ɡ w_ˈɔː]\
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an insurrection against the Mexican government in California, raised in June, 1846, by a small body of settlers from the United States. The insurrection is supposed to have been fomented by Captain John C. Fremont, then in California with a small force of United States troops. A dozen American's seized some government horses, and then, reinforced by others, seized Sonoma, and raised a flag bearing a figure of a bear. A republic was proclaimed. A force of the Californian government was defeated. Captain Fremont joined the revolutionary forces with his troops. In July, the Mexican War having begun, Sloat raised the American flag at Monterey, and the Bear Flag War became merged in the American operations for the conquest of California.
By John Franklin Jameson
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