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Numerous organizations advocate for the independence of California as a sovereign state. Common arguments in support of independence are often based on the fact of California having the fifth-largest economy in the world, [47] [48] [49] and for being home to the global centers of entertainment and technology (Silicon Valley). [50] [51]
Circular. To all whom it may concern. Be it known. That the President of the United States ... has invested the undersigned with separate and distinct powers, civil and military ... Done at Monterey, capital of California, this first day of March, A.D. 1847. Congressional Serial Set: Issue 507, p. 22, U.S. Government Printing Office.
Before 1768: An enlargeable territorial map of California tribal groups and languages prior to European contact within the modern day borders. Before 1768: An enlargeable map of the world showing the dividing lines for; Pope Alexander VI's Inter caetera papal bull (1493), the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), and the Treaty of Saragossa (1529).
1855 J. H. Colton Company map of Virginia that predates the West Virginia partition by seven years.. Numerous state partition proposals have been put forward since the 1776 establishment of the United States that would partition an existing U.S. state or states so that a particular region might either join another state or create a new state.
A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.
Proposed state or autonomous area: Second Californian Republic / "New" California or autonomy Ethnic group: Americans, Californios, Indigenous Californians; Advocacy groups: Yes California, [106] Californians for Independence; Political parties: California National Party, [107] California Freedom Coalition [108] Texas
A viral post shared on X claims California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is purportedly considering seceding from the Union following President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 victory. Verdict: False ...
The effort was part of a campaign to interfere in elections within the United States, the Justice Department said.