336. Seizure of California
California was the name given to the Mex - ican possessions on the Pacific coast north of Mexico itself . There were now many American settlers there , especialy at Monterey . Hearing of the outbreak of the Mexican War , they Set up a repub - lic of their own . Their flag had a fig - ure of a grizzly bear painted on it , and hence their republic is often spoken of as the Bear Republic . commodore Stock - ton with a small fleet was on the Pacific coast . He and John C . Fr é mont assisted the Bear Republicans until soldiers under Colonel Kearney reached them from the United States by way of Santa F é.
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