USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Between 1849 and 1853, about 24, 000 young Chinese men immigrated to California. Chinese immigrants soon found that many Americans did not welcome them. In 1852, California placed a high monthly tax on all foreign miners. Chinese miners had no choice but to pay this tax if they wanted to mine for gold in California.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chinese immigrants first flocked to the United States in the 1850s, eager to escape the economic chaos in China and to try their luck at the California gold rush. When the Gold Rush ended, Chinese Americans were considered cheap labor.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1849, Chinese began immigrating to the United States in order to become gold miners in various western states, including California and North and South Dakota. In the beginning, Chinese miners worked for themselves or labored for other miners.

Detailed explanation-4: -Primarily, the Chinese supplied labor for America’s growing industry. Chinese factory workers were important in California, especially during the Civil War. They worked in wool mills, and cigar, shoe, and garment industries; twenty-five occupations in all.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the 1850s tens of thousands of Chinese people flocked to Victoria, joining people from nations around the world who came here chasing the lure of gold. Fleeing violence, famine and poverty in their homeland Chinese goldseekers sought fortune for their families in the place they called ‘New Gold Mountain’.