MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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Cities and towns
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Hillsides
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deep pits
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Rivers and streams
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Detailed explanation-1: -gold digger, gold miner, gold panner. a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field. placer miner. a miner who extracts minerals from a placer by washing or dredging. prospector.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first person or civilization to discover gold is the Ancient Egyptians. They mined gold in Nubia around 2450 BC. An Egyptian alchemist named Zosimos was the first to find pure gold (24 centuries before Columbus reached the Americas).
Detailed explanation-3: -California Gold Rush, rapid influx of fortune seekers in California that began after gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in early 1848 and reached its peak in 1852. According to estimates, more than 300, 000 people came to the territory during the Gold Rush.