US troops occupy <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey,_California" id="mwXQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Monterey, California">Monterey</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco" id="mwXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="San Francisco">Yerba Buena</a>, thus beginning the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest_of_California" id="mwXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Conquest of California">conquest of California</a>.