ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The best-known strike occurred at Sutter’s Mill, near the Sacramento River in California, in 1848. On January 24 of that year, while John Sutter was having a sawmill built, his carpenter, James W. Marshall, found gold.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Gold Rush also had a severe environmental impact. Rivers became clogged with sediment; forests were ravaged to produce timber; biodiversity was compromised and soil was polluted with chemicals from the mining process.

Detailed explanation-3: -The California Gold Rush of the 1849 had its positive and negative effects on westward expansion including the increase in population leading to development of California as a state, the removal of Native Americans, and both the stimulation of economy and monetary instability.

Detailed explanation-4: -California–1849 The 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in California sparked the greatest gold rush of all time. Hopeful prospectors from around the world, known as forty-niners, streamed to the hills of California.