AMERICAN STATEHOOD AND TURMOIL

I.   Introduction:  A Frontier Region

II.  Military Government

A.  Occupation and Military Rule
        1.  International Law
        2.  Alcalde System
        3.  Gold Rush Anarchy
B.  Congressional Inaction
        1.  The Issue of Slavery
C.  California Takes the Initiative

III.  California Enters the Union

A.  Constitutional Convention
        1.  Delegate Composition
B.  Convention Issues
        1.  A Territory or a State?
        2.  Slavery and the Eastern Borders
        3.  Women
        4.  Miscellaneous Issues
C.  Compromise of 1850

IV.  Villains and Vigilantes

A.  San Francisco's Woes
        1.  Fires
        2.  Criminal Activity
B.  San Francisco Vigilantism
        1.  Interpreting the Vigilance Movement
        2.  Due Process
        3.  Punishment
        4.  1856 Resurgence
        5.  A "state of insurrection"

V.  Conclusion:  Some Thoughts on Vigilantism