JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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Question
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Miners and farmers killed California Indians and took over their land
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Native Americans were forced to become slaves
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Native Americans were forced into war
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Native Americans became rich
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Detailed explanation-1: -But though gold spelled prosperity and power for the white settlers who arrived in California in 1849 and after, it meant disaster for the state’s peaceful indigenous population. In just 20 years, 80 percent of California’s Native Americans were wiped out.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gold Rush had severe effects on Indigenous Peoples of California and resulted in a precipitous Native population decline from disease, genocide and starvation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some people from the Miwok, Maidu, and Nissenan tribes help James Marshall dig a millrace at Sutter’s Mill. Discovery of gold flakes in the millstream sets off the California Gold Rush.
Detailed explanation-4: -Settlers attempted a genocide against Native Americans during the California Gold Rush. Violent attacks against Native Americans were often supported and funded by new state governments. Legislation also used to strip Native Americans of legal rights and protections.
Detailed explanation-5: -The decline was caused by disease, low birth rates, starvation, killings, and massacres. California Natives, particularly during the Gold Rush, were targeted in killings. Between 10, 000 and 27, 000 were also taken as forced labor by settlers.