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All About History

The History!

~Gold Rush was in 1848

California didn't have the first gold rush

James Wilson Marshall

California gold Rush Events

~Gold was in a river founded by James Wilson Marshal

~Born October 8th 1810

Citations

~Biggest news story of 1848

attracted immigrants around the world

~American carpenter and sawmill operator

~"Facts About The Gold Rush | 49er RV Ranch." 49er RV Ranch Facts about the Gold Rush Tag. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2014. <http://www.49errvpark.com/tag/facts-about-the-gold-rush/>.

~News spreed like wildfire

~Founder of the California gold rush

~A lot of gold found during the gold rush

~Reported it on January 24th 1848

~"The California Gold Rush, 1849." The California Gold Rush, 1849. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2014. <http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/californiagoldrush.htm>.

was the largest mass migration

~made Sacramento the mining town

~Largest gold nuggets

1849- Gold rush starts to attracked people from around the world

1850- California became a state

1852- Gold becomes more scarce

*Development of better mining techniques

1853-Population of California exceeds 3000000 people

1855- Sacramento becomes the california state capitol

1859- Discovery of silver in Nevada ends the California Gold Rush

a male dominated event

~"The Gold Rush of 1849." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2014. <http://www.history.com/topics/gold-rush-of-1849>.

~Made more miners search for gold

more fortunes were made by merchants than miners

prospecting for gold was a very expensive thing

positives

~a lot of towns opened up hotels , restaurants schools and cultural centers

~ land was destroyed , people used chemicals to find gold

~ encouraged faster and more efficient water transportation

~ many people were raped and forced to mine

~ California became a non-slave state

The Flake's

4. soon everybody new about the gold

~ many dreams were destroyed because people did not find gold

1. started January 24th 1848

Interesting Facts

5. 4000 miners came to the mines to collect gold

2. after the gold was found james tried keeping it a secret

6. miners extracted more than 750,000 pounds of gold during this time

Population of California Gold Rush

More Facts

3. a reporter found out and put it in the paper

- gold rush was involved with lots of people

- March 1848, roughly 157,000 people

- Native Americans at lease 150,000

- 6,500 of spanish/mexicans

- fewer non-natives americans

-About 800 americans

  • Discovery brought thousands of immigrants to California
  • large influx caused California to increase in population
  • Sanfrancisco for example went form 1,000 to 20,000 by 1850
  • Union had just now seperated from mexico
  • The westward movement was forced to be stopped
  • People were trying to build ways so they can find there own gold

The Gold Rush

49'ers The Miners

Sacramento valley

~miners populated to California for gold

~Population increase by 86,000 people in 2 years

~The first 49'ers found nuggets

1848-1855

~Had Ten Commandments

~Worked day and night

~Called 49 because of a highway

By Montana Gaither,

Victoria Prokop,

and Tamaya Welch

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