The Country of Gold and Bears: CA TL

The Republic of California owes its independence for two main reasons. The first was the total lack of political competence by the governors of Alta California or by those in Mexico regarding the situation that occurred in Alta California. The region was affected by numerous disputes between the local Mexicans and the immigrants, most of whom were either English or American. There was even trouble for the Mexican Military who would constantly have problems concerning pay, leaving many to be without pay for months or become disbanded from the army which happened on numerous occasions from 1836 to 1844. This created tensions with the government by that of the native Mexicans as well as the Immigrants needed the Military to look after them from their view of the threat caused by the Native Americans. The Second was the discovery of Gold in the Sierra Nevada region of California by Jake M. Browne in 1836 which would bring in a total of 350,000 immigrants into California by 1845 for the reason of the Gold alone. Although this would seem like a good occurrence for the Mexican Government which a source of Gold being discovered it however created problems mainly with the large influx of people into the region, mostly from the United States. The tensions that arose between Mexico and the United States during the Texan War of Independence and the sudden amount of Americans now travelling into the area forced the Governor of Alta California, Juan Bautista Alvarado, to put forward restrictions on the amount of Americans that were allowed into California as well as to stop allowing and retracting legal permits for immigrant settlers. Alvarado feared that the new stance on immigration would stir trouble with certain members of the settler community such as with Isaac Graham in which he had them arrested by the few remaining loyal members of his military. In total 200 people were arrests, almost entirely made up of the English speaking immigrants which caused outrage amongst the immigrant community.

People started to rise against the government mainly for it anti-immigration policies and tyrannical moves against the immigrant population. A meeting between the members of the Immigrant community which became to be known as the Committee of Californian Affairs, it was headed by George Marshal. It also included other figures such as Isaac Graham once he was released from prison due to the pressure put on Mexico by that of the United Kingdom and United states. They decided to push for the Mexican government to recognise the rights of the Immigrants coming into the nations and allow them to settle it was once the government of Mexico continued to refuse the demands they took up arms. May 2nd 1841 Alta California descended into rebellion once again, with much of the eastern half of California under the rebels control from the start due to the high number English speaking immigrants who heavily opposed the policies put forward by Alvarado. They had already been resisting being evicted by the Government before the rebellion had start. Alvarado fled the settlement of Monterey to the rebels on the 6th of May as they approached the town. He headed for Los Angles were he raised a makeshift militia mostly made up of Convicts to ride against the Rebels as much of the Military in Alta California was either disbanded or not wanting to partake in any more activity until they got paid. By late May the entire Bay area of Alta California was under the rebels control and with the ineffectiveness of Alvarado’s counter attack on the rebels leading him to be captured created a turning point in for Californian Independence. The rebels captured many of the disused military barracks around the bay area such as the Sonoma Barracks where they captured General Vallejo on June 2nd 1841. The Californian Affairs Community set up their headquarters in Monterey and attempted to gain support from the other nations and got responses both from the United Kingdom and the United States who both mentioned they would support Californian Independence but would not fully declare on Mexico on their behalf. Alvarado was replaced by Pio Pico who remained in Los Angles for the remainder of Rebellion and ultimately did very little to stop it.


Pico was personally willing for their grant of independence but seriously doubtful that the Mexican Government would allow them to have it. Pico wanted peace in the region. He was a businessman he knew that the situation was bad for business and he wasn’t too worried whether he would be conducting it in Mexico or California but he through his lot in with the Rebel regardless. His personal memoirs would give some clue into why he chose this, stating that he could see the determination in the actions of the rebels, akin to the American’s in their war of Independence leading to his famous quote of “Who am I to stop them”. The Mexican government was in dire trouble at the time. Issue with America and Texas as well as the rebellion in the California region. There were worries within the government in Mexico City too; rumours of a suspected coup began to drift around causing more panic within the government. Along with further rebellions across Alta California as news reached the settlers of the Capture of Monterey and Alvarado. This finally led to the Mexican Government accepting Independence of California on July 21st 1841 as they did not have the manpower nor the resources to retake what they had lost.

California independence was relatively strange as it came about relatively bloodless. It could be seen to have been helped by the Mexican army in the region refusing to fight without pay as many of them had been without for a considerably amount of time. This allowed for the Rebels to gain a foot hold in the region and spread the message of independence across the territory. It was also helped by the unwillingness of the Mexicans to pour troops into the regions, fearing that if they pulled troops away into California, it would leave Mexico undefended to the United States.

The Star of California Rose above settlements across Alta California, which now stretched from the pacific to the United States. The Californian Committee placed the named the first capital of California at Monterey and nominated George Marshal as their Governor-General, although they did have plans for an election to take place. Marshal invited both Vallejo and Pico to join him in the newly formed government both as he wanted people with certain experience as well as he felt that he wanted the Bring the Spanish speaking Mexicans and English speaking settlers closer together in the newly formed nation. And as predicted a few weeks after Mexico announced it had declared peace with California both the United Kingdom and United states, along with Prussia, France and Russia recognised the nation. Although peace over North America was not over, other issues now started to boil in the corners of the land.

Yesyesyesyesyesyeysyesyeyes

So do they own Baja Califonria too? Or just modern Cali, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Oregon, etc.

Hmm. No California bear cavalry?

(I mean, how can you call the TL "The Country of Gold and Bears" unless there is some serious bear action involved?)

It's a pity you chose an anglo-saxon approach.

I understand this is your choice, although there was no significant anglo-saxon presence in California by 1841. If you set apart a few traders and trappers, the first settlers came in 1841.

Independance by 1841 should imply that amerindians are the dominant group. And that would be very interesting.

Emperor RyRy said:

Yesyesyesyesyesyeysyesyeyes

So do they own Baja Califonria too? Or just modern Cali, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Oregon, etc.

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Not at the moment they only have the Alta California region of Mexico atm, I shall be doing a map soon I believe. Even so I would expect for the Republic of California to grow.

B_Munro said:

Hmm. No California bear cavalry?

(I mean, how can you call the TL "The Country of Gold and Bears" unless there is some serious bear action involved?)

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Just wait for the Golden Bear Tanks ;D

Matteo said:

It's a pity you chose an anglo-saxon approach.

I understand this is your choice, although there was no significant anglo-saxon presence in California by 1841. If you set apart a few traders and trappers, the first settlers came in 1841.

Independance by 1841 should imply that amerindians are the dominant group. And that would be very interesting.

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I'll be honest I chose the Anglo-Saxon approach mainly out of ease, I found that it was easier for me if I did that as I have more knowledge on that area than any other (Although there isn't much difference). The point was that the Gold Rush brought a few more people in which helped them gain support. I know it wouldn't be 100,000+ in the first year but still enough for the rebels.

A second part to the Introduction as I try to set things up a little more. This one will deal with the more legislative side of California. I'm not going to suggest I am brilliant at the whole legal business of a nation such as with Constitutions so if I have completely brushed over something or miss interpreted something please feel free pick me up on it.

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Zrew33

San Francisco must become the greatest city ever

Also, so since you're gonna get a drought in 200 years, maybe an independent California would know how to deal with it as they've been doing it for 200 years.......

Emperor RyRy said:

San Francisco must become the greatest city ever

Also, so since you're gonna get a drought in 200 years, maybe an independent California would know how to deal with it as they've been doing it for 200 years.......

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Well bearing in mind I believe San Francisco was like a small settlement of 200 odd? It might become the greatest Village the world has ever know but we'll see.

Also possibly, I'm not sure if that'll be too much foresight?

Zrew33 said:

Well bearing in mind I believe San Francisco was like a small settlement of 200 odd? It might become the greatest Village the world has ever know but we'll see.

Also possibly, I'm not sure if that'll be too much foresight?

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San Francisco master race Gold rush+Harbor+Silver rush+being cool=amazing

Also, who knows?

Emperor RyRy said:

San Francisco master race Gold rush+Harbor+Silver rush+being cool=amazing

Also, who knows?

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Still not sure whether that'll they move the capital to San Francisco or to Sacramento or just keep it at Monterey D:

Zrew33 said:

Still not sure whether that'll they move the capital to San Francisco or to Sacramento or just keep it at Monterey D:

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whoahowhoawhoawhoawhoa

Who said capital?

Ain't nobody got time for no national legislature and crap like that. What we need is a new gold rush coming from new technologies, and Silver Rush, and San Francisco to be awesome.

I mean.


I can help if ya need it *wink wink hint hint nudge nudge*

Emperor RyRy said:

whoahowhoawhoawhoawhoa

Who said capital?

Ain't nobody got time for no national legislature and crap like that. What we need is a new gold rush coming from new technologies, and Silver Rush, and San Francisco to be awesome.

I mean.


I can help if ya need it *wink wink hint hint nudge nudge*

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I know you didn't say that I was just airing some thoughts

Zrew33 said:

I know you didn't say that I was just airing some thoughts

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I know. I'm being dramatic/funny, waiting for ideas for my own TL

As promised to the masses of people who gathered in the capital of Monterey in 1841, the First Californian Congress had the election to determine the first president of the nation. It also ended as the quickest election in Californian history which was likely down to both the situation of trying to set up the government quickly as well as the small population that could vote. The voting was sent out to the major settlements in the two defined states that the First Congress deemed to have voting quality. These settlements included that of Monterey, Los Angles and the several smaller settlements that has propped up due to the Gold Rush in the Sierra Nevada region of the states of Central California. To little surprise George Marshal was elected president although it was more like a nomination from that of first congress with him pretty much running alone. This was expected however as Graham had also put his name down to contest presidency however he more or less allowed Marshal to gain the seat of presidency due to him being away venturing to Washington DC on behalf of Marshal to being with. The point of the election was to start California’s democratic progress as Marshal disliked the premise of dictatorship, being fairly liberal. The main criticism he gained was his inexperience of that position with many wealthy land owners, most of whom were former Mexicans disliked the idea with the majority of them upset with the split with Mexico the previous year. These were mostly the grumbles of Mexican Conservatives and nothing major came about from it.

George Marshal was sworn in front of the members of the First Congress on February 1st 1842. He was now the head of a country whose population was incredibly small for its size. There were about 100,000 people living within California although this only takes into account those of European/American/Mexican ancestry and they were generally situated along the Californian coast or in Sierra Nevada. Marshal saw that for his nation to grow it would require more citizens to make California’s cities grow and with it the economy. He had to build a nation effectively from the group up. This also included building infrastructure such as roads or rail and a military to defend its borders. California’s military numbered around 1000 men who were effectively only a militia group armed with the captured Mexican arms taken during the rebellion. Although for Marshal the military situation wasn’t a primary concern seeing that Mexico was too weak to be able to take back the land lost, and even if they did they would serious hamper their international influence. On July 11th Isaac Graham returned successful with his attempts of securing a good relationship with the United States, he came back with a group of American Diplomats including John C. Frémont. The reason behind the diplomats was to sort out the borders between California and the United States along with an undertone of joining the United States however that was respectively thrown out by Marshal and his government. It took a few attempts at getting a complete settlement of the border with the US pushing for the border to be pushed back across the Rockies, past what California had gained though their Independence. A settlement was reached with a border along the Rockies Mountain range, which still gave the US a little more land (although even some of that was still declared Mexican territory until after the Mexican-American War in 1846). Marshal would only defiantly agree to the border on California’s western edge for the main reason of the Oregon dispute between the United States and Britain. As he didn’t see any clear agreement between the states over the region north of California he didn’t want to upset the British who he also wanted good relations with. Although the American Diplomats were slightly upset on this they still agreed and signed the California-American Border Treaty of 1842 on August 2nd. This solidified Californian claims on the land that they had gain due to the support of the United States of America.


Relations with the British came in the September of the year with both representatives of the British Government and the Hudson Bay Company met with Marshal and his government in the small settlement of San Francisco as their ships entered the bay area. The interactions when as smoothly as with the Americans leading to Britain’s support of the nation. They agreed with the British on a basis of trade, with Britain agreeing to lend California support on the building of their railways which Marshal was keen on starting. He wanted start by linking Monterey with Los Angles and hopefully the Coastal regions with the Gold Mining regions. They agreed to allow Britain to own a joint held port region in the Bay area in which they could dock their naval ships on the western side of the Pacific. This would also act as the main point of entry for British goods as they travelled up through Nicaragua. Once again Marshal refused to agree to any form of siding with a side when it came to the Oregon Region in which much like the Americans the British politely accepted.

By the end of 1842 California’s population began to grow, with many people venturing into the nation in seek of riches with the boom of the Gold Rush. The gold rush had another importance too it, Marshal hoped to use the gold to help set up a Californian currency with the help of the American and British governmental workers who were still in the nation. California at the time was still using the old Mexican Currency along with the money brought in by the immigrants in a strange pseudo-currency exchange. This however created issues with the gold miners who felt that their hard earned work would be fruitless if the government took their work, bringing some to believe that there was little difference between the new government and the Mexican on they had fought. Marshal attempted to reason with the miners in the region for in exchange of a certain amount of gold in which they would use to back the new currency they would be given their own regional representation in Congress. Many enjoyed the idea as there was a worry that their needs would be overshadowed by the more prosperous coastal regions. Graham liked this idea too as the region that was being discussed was more inclined to side with his side with him, being mostly made up of American Immigrants. Plans for this news division of Central California started in mid-December leading to the creation of the States of Sierra on February 7th. This was followed by the introduction of the new Californian Currency which was generally referred to as the gold Cal. Marshal’s government started with minting the gold coins however shortly switched to using Bank Notes as they found that it was far too easy for counterfeit money to be produced due to the amount of gold available to populations. California generally only used gold coins when trading with other nations, namely the United States and Britain. A lot of the gold traded was for railway building supplies which Marshal was keen to start. With the help of British Iron and British/American workers the first Californian railway started in 1843 and took two years to connect the capital of Monterey to the settlement of Los Angles. This building of the railway was a huge boost to both California and Marshal’s prestige. It allowed for the ease of transporting goods and people to the two main cities in the nation. This period of history in California saw a huge rise in the trading between the nation and that of the United States and Great Britain. It also saw a huge reliance on those nations officers to help build up the army. Although the military wasn’t Marshal’s primary concern he did understand that they could not have an overly weak military. He started by purchasing ships from Great Britain and loaning officers in 1845, in exchange he allowed Irish settlers fleeing the potato famine into California with a fully citizenship. This was known as the Irish Exchange. Britain was happy to relieve the pressure from the region although only 65,000 to 70,000 took up the offer with most of them still opting to move to the United States due to its close proximity. These settlers were encouraged to either live along the Railway between Monterey and Los Angles or into the central valley region to work on agriculture. The Irish settlers set up the settlement of Patrick along the Sacramento River growing to around 8,000 by 1846. This exchange was good for Marshal’s policies of increasing California’s population in which it saw it crucial to California’s success as a nation. Along with the influx of Irish immigrants into the country also came Chinese also seeking fortune in gold, some 20, 000 of the reached California though the growing port of San Francisco. However as the gold started to dry up towards many changed profession, moving into the central valley to pick up work in the growing agricultural industry. Many of the Chinese worked as labours on the Monterey railway towards Patrick which began in late 1845. Other notable immigrants to California were those of Australians and New Zealanders also seeking fortune with around 2000 of the arriving by 1845. This growth though immigration pushed California’s population, along with natural increase and other factors, to around 600,000.


The ships brought by California numbered a total of five, two Frigates and three clippers. The two Frigates were named CNS (Californian Naval Ship) California and Bear. The ships were manned by a crew trained by British loan officers to an acceptable degree. Marshal was fearful that the situation in Central America would disrupt trading between California and the nations to the east in which they relied on. He sent CNS California towards Nicaragua to make sure the trade was not stopped by the issues in the region. This however created problems between California and the United States who did not happy with the presence of a form of Californian influence in the region. Concerned with the United States reaction he introduced the Californian Military Bill to congress on the 3rd of May 1845. They accepted the proposal to bolster the 1000 standing army that they had to a total of 5000. It also introduced training for a section of the army to become a form of pseudo-militia to act as a form of police and defend the eastern territories of Northern Colorado and Southern Colorado. They would be created as the Colorado Rangers. The reaction by the United States who had sent their own ships to the region as well as moving troops a bit too close to the Californian border, although they suggested that it was normal manoeuvres due to the ongoing war with Mexico, pushed California more towards a pro-British camp. This reaction hurt Graham and his follower who had been pushing for California to side with the United States to join the war against Mexico. A portion of Isaac's followers were that of old Mexicans who were keen to grab more land from Mexico to bolster the Mexican population. They hoped that this would create a stronger backing for their political views as the Mexican population in California would have had similar interests. Marshal rejected this view of Graham stating that the nation was not in a fit state to wage war on anyone.

The end of 1845 brought about the second election of California. What was different this time was a clear division of the population for the two contenders. Isaac two put himself forward or election, hoping the backing of Mexican population would allow him to gain victory. However he made the mistake of trying to secure victory for himself by suggesting allowing the Native Americans (although still only land-owners) to vote, this backfired with many of his original supporters seeing this as a betrayal by Graham. They didn’t want the Native Americans to be able to vote as they saw them as a problem due to their attacks on many people in the Gold industry, so Graham suggesting giving them the vote was seen by his supporters as encouraging the Native American population. The election of 1846 was another victory for Marshal with 73% votes; Graham gained 23% with the other contenders gaining the remaining 4%.


It would be another 4 years of a Marshal Government.

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I also try to make state borders because I think that is too OTL California but...

Thank you so much Skywalker.

I used the OTL Californian more of a guild along the mountain range as I thought this would have been a good barrier for Californian Government to use to divide up their nation. But thank you for you effort anyway .

Aw yeah. California time.

Send forth the bear cataphracts!

This was Marshal’s second term as president of the Californian Republic. His first term was seen as a successful one as he managed, with help of the Congress, to create a working country and to establish relations with powerful nations .California’s population was booming, although no longer benefiting from the huge influx of immigrants during the Gold Rush due to increasingly limited amount of gold being discovered. Although Gold was still being uncovered it was no-longer in the massive supply when it first discovered in the Sierra Nevada Region. Most of the limited gold that was being mined or panned now lay in the north, within the North California Territory, although this never in the same amount when compared with Sierra Nevada. This changed drove the people to the Central Valley region to join the growing agricultural industry. Some 5000 ex-Gold Rushers moved to Bay Area at settlement such as San Francisco in the creation of the Ship Building industry in mid-1846. Marshal’s Government discussed in growing the Californian Navy. They foresaw that they need one to influence the Central American States who were integral to trade for California. They once again sort support from Britain to do this rather than the United States due to the tension between the nations over Central America. Britain continued to help train the Californian officers and Sailors, in return California allowed Britain to continue to use the naval port they had acquired during the first negotiation. Britain used the port as a station to grain supply as they travelled from Great Britain to British Columbia.

Relations with the US were not completely hostile, with the fulfilling of the Californian-American Border treaty 1842 following the short Mexican-American War in 1846. The war only lasted a few months mostly due to the large presence of the American army in comparison to the Mexican Army who was dealing with a large amount of strife. The American army pushed the Mexican army back to the Rio Grande River, which they believed should have be the border between Mexico and America. The American army set up forts along the river. Unfortunately for Mexico this loss of land was the last straw as groups of revolutionaries raised arms against the Mexican government. Many were funded by America. This lead to American Troops landing the in the Yucatan Peninsula giving aid to the Revolutionaries, following this move the Mexican Government finally conceded the territory north of the Rio Grande as per the original American Request. Mexico did this so that they could focus on the revolutionaries that were springing up in their nation. This event was seen by Marshal in two ways. Firstly he saw this as an opportunity to push influence of California into the Beja region in which he hoped to use the various rebellious factions to his advantage. Secondly he saw what America would do to satisfy its dream of the Manifest Destiny. Marshal became even more worried about if America would honour the Border treaty that he had helped to negotiate along with a possible further aggressive push towards the Pacific. This was either fear for the continuation of California’s existence or troubles between Britain and the US in the Oregon region.

Even though the move of many workers in California from the gold to the fields allowed for an increase in the amount of food being produced the growth of the nation still meant they needed to import more. The Marshal Government looked to other sources such as British Australia and Chile for wheat and beef. These shipments came into California either came into San Francisco or Los Angles. The Californian government now seeing the potential in these two cities, with the growth of the population (San Francisco: 35 000 and Los Angles 5 000) which both were one of the largest settlements in California began the construction of a more up to date port, allowing for the ships carrying goods into the country to do so more effectively. The Construction would start in the summer of 1846 and would take several years to be completed to standard in which they were planned, although it would only take a few months for the ports to a working order allowing for goods to arrive in at a better rate. This was also accompanied by the Ship Abandonment Act of 1846 which would allow the government to cease abandoned in the harbours of the nation. This was a major problem in San Francisco where people who had arrived from overseas had left their ships in the bay to make their way towards the gold fields in the east. The Government used these ships to help with the other problem of housing. The timber used from the ships was sold to enterprising Californians who would use the materials to build houses and other buildings in the settlements especially around the Bay Area.


The years from 1847 to 1848 were comprised of the Marshal Government dealing with consequences following from the gold rush unemployment from 1846. Although many joined the Agricultural sector in the central valley region it became apparent from the land owners that there were too many hands available and not enough money being made to allow more workers to join. This with the addition of better farming techniques and machinery developments meant many had to find better work. The Marshal Government tried to help the situation by supporting migration to other regions of California, primarily Northern Californian where they were supported though jobs in the lumber industry through newly formed companies such as the Californian Lumber Company and the Albion Lumber Company. However this wouldn’t solve the problem immediately. This also saw the growth of Californian’s Armed Forced to around 10,000 men by the winter of 1847 and then to around 20, 000 by the winter of 1848. It had become another focus following a series of attacks on the unemployed gold rushers by individual groups of the Native Americans many of whom were provoked by drunken racism.

The period was also a time of aggression from Graham’s Party on Marshal’s Government. They suggested that he was pushing California into the open arms of Britain, wishing for California to become a British protectorate. This wasn’t helped by the increase in British Influence in the region and several treaties made between the two nations mostly under the interests of Marshal to gain a defence against any possible attacks between California and its neighbours. This attack was surprisingly effective especially under the Mexican, American or Irish immigrants. In response Marshal slammed Graham as an advocate for American annexation of California stating that he should focus on sorting out the unemployment situation of his region rather than playing with the nation’s foreign policy. Although in actual fact Graham had changed the prospects of his party (now known as the Federal Party) from looking to join the US which had been met by heavy defiance by the Californian people to focusing now a more independent focused party, much like that of Marshal. This however didn’t mean he was against the US but wanted to create a closer kinship with them. Nether the less the two men had continual spats about the direction that Marshal was taking the country all throughout Marshals second term.

The year of 1849 also came with a change of neighbours with the British Empire following negations between United Kingdom and the United States. Although this didn’t occur smoothly with a period of light warfare between the nations such as Minor skirmishes both on land and on Sea it did come about without all-out which Marshal had feared. The US President Clay lack of enthusiasm in the ideal of Manifest destiny and his push towards trying to industrialise the United States pushed him away from the idea of declaring war with the United Kingdom over the Oregon Territory. This along with Britain being a key trading partner for the United States too convinced Clay to back away from the idea of war. Although in the long run this was a poor decision by Clay as it lost him the candidacy during the next election as the Whig party lost faith in him over the Oregon dispute. For Marshal the change helped him to solidify relations with the United States as he felt a lot more confident with his eastern neighbour who Marshal now saw their lack of will to aggressively take land in the west. Other areas of International relations also came about with the Russo-Californian agreement concerning the Fort Ross. The Russian-American Company sold the Fort to the Californian Government for around $30 000. In honour of the Russian Nation the Californian Government renamed the Fort to Fort Russia using it to house a military outfit for the Central Californian State being just north of the Bay area.

1850 brought about a new election. Marshal stepped down as a candidate for presidency feeling that he had done all that he could for the nation and in his place he personally suggested Andrew Clark as the next candidate for Republican Party which the other members accepted. Andrew Clark was one of the founding members of California but had taken more of a back seat in the first Marshal presidency, working with treaties between California and the British on Marshal’s behalf. In the second Marshal presidency he had taken a leading role in trying to push the unemployed into other areas of work. His opposition was Isaac Graham who was trying for a third time to become the President of California. In the end the Californian voters voted for the more Pro-active candidate which was Clark rather than Graham which many had felt didn’t have much to offer due to his laid-back approach to the opposition government in the past two terms of the Californian Presidency. His poor attempts of gaining favour against Marshal had been ineffective which only lead to him alienating himself from the minds of the voters. Clark won in all four states. This victory was helped by the push from Marshal during his last year of term to re-organise the state boundaries to accommodate the growth in population. He increased the size of the Sierra state as well as removing the Mojave Territory splitting it up between Southern California and the Newly Created Central Californian State. The State Acts of 1850 also gave the state’s new names or confirmed its commonly used name. The Act created the states of Bahia, Sierra, Mojave and Joaquin. That was the final major act that was passed by the Marshal Government the next four years were now in the hands of Andrew Clark.

ITS BAAAAAAAAACK

OH YES, THOSE AMERICAN SWINE MIST STAY AWAY FROM OUR GLORIOUS GOODEN STATE AND OUR CITY BY THE BAY! ¡VIVA SAN FRANCISCO!


I was about to start my own Cali TL, but it looks like you've got this one once again. Ooooooh I can't wait.

Emperor RyRy said:

ITS BAAAAAAAAACK

OH YES, THOSE AMERICAN SWINE MIST STAY AWAY FROM OUR GLORIOUS GOODEN STATE AND OUR CITY BY THE BAY! ¡VIVA SAN FRANCISCO!


I was about to start my own Cali TL, but it looks like you've got this one once again. Ooooooh I can't wait.

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Thanks! Honestly it gave me a smile! I do appologise for not posting for a while, I have exams going on at university so I haven't had a lot to do much but yeah I am still here!

I think I might just make San Francisco fall into the Pacific Ocean just to spite you!