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~Gold Rush was in 1848
~Gold was in a river founded by James Wilson Marshal
~Biggest news story of 1848
~"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
~A lot of gold found during the gold rush
~"The California Gold Rush, 1849." The California Gold Rush, 1849. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2014. <http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/californiagoldrush.htm>.
~Largest gold nuggets
~"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>.
~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
4. soon everybody new about the gold
~ many dreams were destroyed because people did not find gold
1. started January 24th 1848
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
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
~miners populated to California for gold
~Population increase by 86,000 people in 2 years
~The first 49'ers found nuggets
~Had Ten Commandments
~Worked day and night
~Called 49 because of a highway
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