The nominally free republic of California, which…

December 1849 CE

The nominally free republic of California, which is not quite a republic, not quite a military district, and not quite a federal territory, requests on December 3, 1849 to be admitted to the Union with a constitution prohibiting slavery, which had been ratified in a general election on November 13.

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Benicia Solano California United States View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → California Territory View →

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Party System, Second (United States) View → Jacksonian Democracy (United States) View → “Manifest Destiny” and American Expansion; 1840-1851 View →

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