when was california's independence
Declaration of Independence of California (1836) by Juan Bautista Alvarado, translated by L. A. DeRojas. (Nailed to church doors on Sunday.) La ecselentisima diputaciÃ³n de la Alta California Ã¡ sus habitantes... The Legislature (DiputaciÃ³n) declared independence from Mexico in the Revolution of 1836. In 1838, Gov. Alvarado was able to use that to federate California with Mexico, which was forced to recognize California as a free and sovereign state of its own. The last governor appointed by Mexico, Manuel Micheltorena, was thrown out of California in 1845, and replaced with native son PÃ­o Pico in free elections. Isaac Graham, whose Tennessean troops secured Californian liberty, returned to a hero's welcome. By 1846, California would be permanently independent from Mexico.