Why was Goldern Rush Beneficial?

In the 19-century, there was a migration which developed a huge population. This migration is known as the California Gold Rush. The discovery of gold in the valley, sparked the rush to establish and news quickly spread to thousands of gold miners. Over 300,000 miners migrated to California in 1850 which created a great impact on families. Gold miners all around the world had to take a risk and leave their homes, and their loved ones in order to pursue a better opportunity.The California Gold Rush of 1848 built the foundation of california success with the emergence of entrepreneurs attracting different cultures from around the world for social and economics reasons.

        Life as a forty-niner was very harsh, the percentage of people who became wealthy off of mining was so low. Many were planning on getting rich off gold, but the work itself was very laborious. The environment and homes began destroying the landscape because of a need for warmth causing various amounts of wildfires, the use of chemicals in rivers to help find gold caused many fishes to die. The increment of supply and demand began to rise and was a crucial at the time foremost provoking economic decline. Overpopulating San Francisco in a fleet, prices going up top prices were being paid. Immigrants were treated as awful as slaves they were attack financially with taxes and laws. Also violently seen as threats, Peter Hardermen the first governor of california openly declared and demanded their removal he would pay bounties to white settlers for exchange of indians scalps .Competition for gold was brutal and some lost it all. Captain Sutter was a swiss immigrant leaving unpaid debts behind and establishing a 50,000 acres agriculture community called New Switzerland. Soon, not knowing he had land full of gold, until an employee one day found a golden nugget. He tried to keep quiet but word got around about his find. Months later Sutters workers quit on him and went to search for gold. While thousands became rich off his land, Sutter was close to becoming bankrupt . Gold mining became a big industry over time, eliminating individual miners not being able to afford resources.

First reason why the gold rush became such a great movement for california is because not many people succeeded on astonishing and becoming wealthy by finding gold as everyone had fantasized. People became financially steady and wealthy by becoming entrepreneurs then mining for gold. After time the industrial constructed california which brought many to quit looking for gold and starting their own business like Philip Armour, who would later found a meatpacking empire in Chicago, made a fortune operating the sluices that controlled the flow of water into the rivers being mine And also Before John Studebaker built one of America's great automobile fortunes, he manufactured wheelbarrows for Gold Rush miners constructing a lifestyle. Building up such a great start for these entrepreneurs to their future success in America with the astonishing movement of the gold rush.

Immigrants had a such huge impact in the whole settlement bringing the different culture of california today. From South Americans, Mexicans, Irish and Chinese. In 1850 25% of california was immigrants from all over the world bringing new engagements in and out cultural wise. With not alot of knowledge they left their motherland for a new life. Strived for the california dream working as miners and even some becoming entrepreneurs. One of the races that shaped California the greatest were the Chinese.  About 23,000 of the immigrants were from China.  The Chinese were welcomed everywhere and were wanted by everyone as laborers, carpenters, and as cooks, since the restaurants they established were well patronized. Immigrants also helped economically making california a state of America faster with their population 14,000 to 250,000 in only four years. There is no doubt that immigration left a major mark in California that is still seen today.  Even if it was through big or small reasons, business or the government, immigration is what built the california into what the foundation of the state we know of now.

 Helping the rush period in california creating a national economic impact long term that lead california its success. Connected with the rush resulting becoming the california dream. Seen as a place of new beginnings wealth could could reward hard work and goodluck after years it spreaded around america and became the american dream. Increase of population and community being built. Shaping the U.S economy development and social advancement.

The impact of the gold rush became the success of California we know today. With the evolution of entrepreneurs and cultural wise of California, through there finance and societal. Benefiting the whole country with the perspective of the american dream. Finally, throughout the years California became the great, famous and outstanding state we all know because of the rush.

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