THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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the discovery of oil in California
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the discovery of gold in California
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the opening of the San Diego naval base
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the opening of a major port in San Francisco
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -The news of gold brought approximately 300, 000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. The sudden influx of gold into the money supply reinvigorated the American economy; the sudden population increase allowed California to go rapidly to statehood in the Compromise of 1850.
Detailed explanation-4: -Discovery of gold caused rapid immigration to the west, which created boomtowns such as San Francisco. Thus, rapid increase in population allowed the United States to continue to expand west by adding California as a state.