Bear Flag Revolt
The Bear Flag Revolt was started by these people.
Who were Americans living in California?
Someone who came to California in search of gold was called this.
What is a forty-niner?
Californians wrote this document that did not allow slavery in their state.
What is the constitution?
There were many routes to California, but this was how most people got there.
What is by wagon?
In 1812, this people group built a settlement north of San Francisco Bay called Colony Ross.
Who were the Russians?
The flag featuring a bear, stripe, and star became the model for this state's flag.
What is California?
This event was the beginning of the Gold Rush in California.
What is the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill?
This part of the California constitution came from Mexican law.
What is married women being allowed to own property?
This is the term that means "an early settler"
What is a pioneer?
The Russians in California were primarily interested in this resource.
What were animal furs?
The people who started the Bear Flag Revolt wanted this.
What is their own government?
John Sutter could not longer get men to work at his fort once this began.
What is the Gold Rush?
California wanted this type of government in which citizens elect their leaders.
What is republic?
These three men were some of the first people to reach California.
Who were Jedediah Smith, Joseph Walker, and John Bidwell?
The Mexicans felt ______ about all the Americans coming to California.
What is worried that they would try to take their land?
The Bear flag revolt lasted this long.
What is just a few weeks?
There were generally this many routes that people took to get to California during the Gold Rush.
What is three routes?
Under this treaty California became a part of the United States.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This man originally came from Europe in 1839 but established his own colony in California.
Who was John Sutter?
This conflict was fought over the land of California and Texas
What is the Mexican American war?
The Bear flag revolt began in this Northern California town.
What is Sonoma?
It took a while for California to become a state because leaders in the United States were arguing about this.
What is slavery?
Many members of the Donner party died on their way to California because of this reason.
What is they got stuck in the Sierra Nevadas during winter?