In 1848, the first spot of gold in the Sacramento Valley in California triggered a high demand for gold leading to a massive immigration spree and economic breakthrough known as the California gold rush. The discovery of gold, once spread to all of California, spread internationally to countries as distant as China and France. The […]
California Gold Rush The great California gold rush was the largest internal migration in American history, it brought about 300,000 people to California to dig one of the most prized possessions back then, gold. The California gold rush gave California there nick name as the Golden State. Many of the once inhabited gold rush towns […]
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Get startedIntroduction The gold rush began on January 24, 1848. Gold was found by james.w.marshall. James found the gold in sutter’s mill ,California. When people found out there was gold they immediately went to california because people were hungry for gold. About the Gold Rush In 1848 James.wilson.marshall was the first to find gold […]
At a saw-mill owned by Swiss immigrant General John A. Sutter, gold was discovered by James Marshall in January 1848. Unsure of what he had found at first, Marshall conducted some rudimentary tests on the material, which included biting it and hitting it with a hammer (Historical Impact of the California Gold Rush). When the […]
Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River, was the famous announcement that a man by the name of Sam Brannan yelled up and down the streets of San Francisco while holding a vial of proof of its existence (Cherny, Lemke-Santangelo & Griswold del Castillo, 2014). Gold had been found previously in California, but it wasn’t […]
Introduction Have you ever wondered who found the first peace of gold in the gold rush? These topics are going to teach you about where the gold rush happened, about getting rich in the gold rush, and about the forty niners. Where It Happened In a small town called Sutter’s mill, California 300,000 […]
What are endangered species? Why should we care about them? These are the questions that this article will cover and raise awareness about these animals. Endangered species are types of species’ that have a low number of the animal left alive on the planet. I believe that all animals should be treated with the same […]
There is only one event in the 20th century that occurred in the United States that has a major influence on our world today: The Great Depression. This, along with the simultaneous Dust Bowl phenomenon, had both a catastrophic impact on life at the time, and the economic policies of the U.S. today. Countless people […]
Water Pollution in the West Water pollution is a major concern in the Western region of the United States, especially in California. According to the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), Every year roughly $10 Billion is spent on water pollution control in California, with the vast majority being for site specific sources of pollution […]
