MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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taking a piece of land and marking it so that you can mine on it.
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Robbing someone else’s claim.
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Finding a piece of land
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Owning a piece of land.
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Detailed explanation-1: -idiom. If you stake a claim to something, you say or show that you have a right to it and that it should belong to you: He marked the spot on his map where he had seen the gold and returned later that month to stake his claim. Announcing, informing & stating.
Detailed explanation-2: -Claim markers were used by independent prospectors and miners to mark asteroids with rich ore deposits.
Detailed explanation-3: -Definition of ‘to stake a claim’ If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Staking a claim is what it sounds like: gaining the exclusive right to explore for minerals on a defined plot of land. All Crown land, as well as some private land, can be staked for a fee.