MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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Detailed explanation-1: -On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered in California at Sutter’s Mill. By 1849, people were coming to California from all over the world to look for gold. The California gold rush caused a huge increase in California’s population. That year about 80, 000 gold-seekers came to California, hoping to strike it rich.
Detailed explanation-2: -One of the most memorable events for gold in NSW in 1855 came in May that year when the first ever colonial branch of the British Royal Mint was established in Sydney.
Detailed explanation-3: -The largest group of forty-niners in 1849 were Americans, arriving by the tens of thousands overland across the continent and along various sailing routes (the name “forty-niner” was derived from the year 1849).
Detailed explanation-4: -After 1850, the surface gold in California largely disappeared, even as miners continued to arrive. Mining had always been difficult and dangerous labor, and striking it rich required good luck as much as skill and hard work.