John C. Frémont: Explorer, General, Politician

John Charles Frémont lived an adventurous and varied life throughout the mid-1800s. This included leading five expeditions to the American West, armed resistance against Mexican occupation of California in the 1840s, running for president as the Republican candidate in 1856, and serving as a general in the Union Army during the Civil War. This video covers these experiences and his accomplishments in more detail.

00:00 Early Life
00:52 Relationship with the Benton Family
01:22 First Expedition
02:14 Second Expedition
03:30 Third Expedition
04:07 Native American Massacres
04:27 Bear Flag Republic and California Battalion
05:59 Fourth Expedition
06:52 Wealth and Senate
07:28 Fifth Expedition
08:17 1856 Presidential Election
09:42 Commander of Department of the West
10:58 Emancipation Controversy
11:33 Commander of the Mountain Department
12:22 Later Life and Legacy

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Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-C-Fremont
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-c-fr%C3%A9mont
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1856_United_States_presidential_election
https://www.nps.gov/grsa/learn/historyculture/john-fremont-expeditions-1848-and-1853.htm
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/botany/about/historical-expeditions/fremont-expedition
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