[Tigers] OT: The California Republic

[Marc James Small]

At 05:34 PM 10/2/2009, Steve Laifman wrote:
 >Marc,
 >
 >I was answering your message privately, when a "LIST" post came
 >through.  So, now I'll have to answer to everyone.
 >
 >California Republic became a part of the United States as a "Territory"
 >in 1847, and was not a "State" until "The Compromise of 1850" welcomed
 >California as a "non-slave" state.
 >
 >/"_Declaring_ a Republic"/ (1848) is not the same as "establishing a
 >State (of the United States).
 >
 >a "/Military Occupation/" does not establish ownership, territories, nor
 >states.  Note German and Russian "occupations".

No one said it did.  But California declared its
independence from Mexico in 1846 -- not from
Spain in the 1850's -- and, after 25 days, was
occupied by the US, who then established a
military government which ran the area until it
was declared a Territory after the Treaty of
Guadalope Hidalgo ended the Mexican War.

Not a big point, at all.  But I did have that
history drummed into me when I attended High
School in Marin County back in the Longago.

Marc


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