Polk was the president, but the man who took the Mexican governor to Sutter's Fort and hoisted the Bear flag was John C. Fremont.
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in 1929 when Jonas Gutierrez conquered it and declared it an independent country.
Although some Filipinos declared an independent country on June 12, 1898, the country did not actually become independent until 4 July 1946.
China, a communist country, has always been China and have never declared independence. They just are their own independent country.