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    Environmental Effect from the Gold Rush Every tribe‚ city and nation has its own story that gives it a defining trait and our state of California is no different. Most people know that California is also known as the “Golden State”‚ but among all the reasons that gave it this name‚ aside from the unlimited sunshine throughout the year‚ the Gold Rush back in the mid 19th century is probably the most significant one of all. Most would agree that the Gold Rush was a positive‚ iconic event in California’s

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    There has been a phenomena in the Hmong community that is similar to the Gold Rush in 1849 in California‚ the Hmong has been featured in the news lately that they moved to California all the sudden to grow Marijuana. Personal story‚ whenever I went home for break or a visit‚ I would hear my parents talk about their coworkers or distant relatives that migrated to California to grow Cannabis or to work in the someone else’s Cannabis farm. Recently‚ there has been Hmong people appearing on the news

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    Heroes and Villains – the creation of Australian Identity |Unit Summary | |Students will develop an understanding of the creation of Australian identity between 1788 and 1901. The Intel Visual Ranking Tool is used by students to | |think about and discuss the important steps in the formation of a new nation; the Intel Seeing Reason Tool is used by students

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    Buck‚ the main character‚ has been through so much‚ but each time he rebounds. Through the this novel‚ Buck experiences hardships‚ like anyone‚ but he finds a way to get through it each time. This novel takes place during the Klondike Gold Rush. The Klondike Gold Rush is in Alaska‚ Klondike Region‚ Canada‚ and Yukon Region. The novel is mainly in Alaska. In this narrative Buck has faced and conquered many things such as Buck having to adapt to new weather‚ Buck had to kill‚ and Buck had to decide on

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    In John Feinstein’s‚ Rush for the Gold‚ the main characters‚ Susan Carol‚ a swimming Olympian‚ her boyfriend‚ Stevie Thomson‚ who writes for the newspaper in their hometown‚ and Mr. Anderson‚ Susan Carol’s father‚ fight for Susan Carol’s goal of winning a gold medal. This story tells the tale of a young girl‚ her boyfriend‚ her dad‚ and her dream. Although‚ Stevie and Susan Carol face several obstacles‚ with the help of friendship and loyalty‚ Susan Carol achieves her dream of swimming in the London

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    The Gold Rush impacted Australia‚ particularly Bathurst‚ remarkably as it caused substantial changes to its social‚ financial and political structure. The Australian Gold Rush‚ beginning in 1851‚ was a prime period of social events‚ such as miners uniting to create the Eureka Stockade. This time in Australian history also saw great economic and political change‚ including the rivalry between miners and governors‚ and the angst among the miners regarding the expense of the mining licences. These points

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    economic and social of Australia had totally develop cause of the gold rushes. Before 1851‚ White population arrival was approximately 77‚000. Over the 70 year‚ most of white population had been convicts sent by ship. By 2 year that seek by Edward Hargrave’s to explore the gold rushes at Bathurst‚ Australia’s population rise to over 540‚000 and 370‚000 immigrants take place in Australia’s port during the year 1852. Before the gold rushes found in Bathurst‚ Victoria had been built as an individual

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    How the Australian Gold rush changed Australia The gold rushes in the second half of the 19th century would completely change the way Australia would look at its self and how other nations and people would look at it. Before 1851‚ Australia’s combined recorded white population was approximately 77‚000. Most of these where convicts‚ slaved and war captives who had been inhabiting Australia for the past 70 years. But the gold rush completely changed the small country Australia the convicts where

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    The Unfulfilled Dream at Klondike Klondike Gold Rush‚ which is also known as Yukon Gold Rush‚ was one of the world’s most influential impacts of the discovery of gold. The rush started by the accidental discovery of a gold placer in Rabbit Creek‚ Yukon‚ by a man named Skookum Jim Mason and his brother in law‚ George Carmack‚ in 1896 (Klondike Gold Rush). The news of the gold finding spread through the Yukon River valley and eventually reached the United States in 1897. At that time‚ the United

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    Klondike Gold Rush On August 16‚ gold was located in Klondike‚ Yukon. Which person discovered it remains a mystery. However‚ it was found by the group George Carmack‚ his wife Kate Carmack along with her brother Jim Skookum‚ and their nephew Dawson Charlie while they were traveling south of the Klondike River. On August 17‚ they staked their claimed on Bonanza Creek/Rabbit

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