WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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He was building a saw mill and saw it in the river
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He was swimming in the river and saw the gold
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He was at the end of a rainbow
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -He is described as a carpenter and in 1845 was hired by John Sutter to construct a sawmill on the American River. One morning, after inspecting the water behind the mill, Marshall came across golden flecks in the water. He had stumbled upon 23 karat gold.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1848, James W. Marshall found shining flecks of gold in the tailrace of the sawmill he was building in partnership with John Sutter. This discovery changed the course of California’s and the nation’s history.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many people in California figured gold was there, but it was James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848, who saw something shiny in Sutter Creek near Coloma, California. He had discovered gold unexpectedly while overseeing construction of a sawmill on the American River.
Detailed explanation-4: -Gold Discovery in Egypt 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). The discovery of gold is attributed to the ancient Egyptians, who made jewelry out of gold.
Detailed explanation-5: -James Wilson Marshall (October 8, 1810 – August 10, 1885) was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, who on January 24, 1848 reported the finding of gold at Coloma, California, a small settlement on the American River about 36 miles northeast of Sacramento.