MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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News of the discovery of gold in 1848 in California caused many people to go to California.
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People heard about gold miners striking gold in California and started to head there in 1849.
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James Marshall discovered gold in 1848 and spread the word so more people could get rich.
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Gold prospectors were scouting the West looking for valuable minerals and struck gold in California.
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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: -Several days earlier, January 24, 1848, gold had been discovered on the American River near Sacramento, and the ensuing gold rush hastened California’s admittance to the Union. With the Gold Rush came a huge increase in population and a pressing need for civil government.
Detailed explanation-3: -Arriving in covered wagons, clipper ships, and on horseback, some 300, 000 migrants, known as “forty-niners” (named for the year they began to arrive in California, 1849), staked claims to spots of land around the river, where they used pans to extract gold from silt deposits.
Detailed explanation-4: -Before the discovery of gold, the territory’s population was approximately 160, 000, the vast majority of whom were Native Americans. By about 1855, more than 300, 000 people had arrived. Most were Americans, though a number of settlers also came from China, Europe, and South America.