Juan Bautista Alvarado
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Juan Bautista Valentín Alvarado y Vallejo usually known as Juan Bautista Alvarado, was a Californio politician who served as governor of Alta California from 1837 to 1842.
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The last Red Lone Star Flag used by Alvarado's rebellion in 1836, held at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles. Alvarado's flag inspired the red star in the Bear Flag of California.
Governor Alvarado House, a landmark in Monterey, California
The Alvarado Adobe in San Pablo, California
Manuel Micheltorena assumed power from Alvarado in 1842, amid tensions with the United States, but was later defeated by Alvarado at the Battle of Providencia in 1845.
Funerary monument at St. Mary's Cemetery for Governor Alvarado and his wife, Martina Castro de Alvarado.Politicians from United States 6
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Juan Bautista Valentín Alvarado y Vallejo usually known as Juan Bautista Alvarado, was a Californio politician who served as governor of Alta California from 1837 to 1842. Prior to his term as governor, Alvarado briefly led a movement for independence of Alta California from 1836 to 1837, in which he successfully deposed interim governor Nicolás Gutiérrez, declared independence, and created a new flag and constitution, before negotiating an agreement with the Mexican government resulting in his recognition as governor and the end of the independence movement.
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