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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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    When the first foundings of Gold were cited in California‚ many citizens around the western coast and eastern coast fled to the scene of the spot being the Sierra Mountains near California. The Gold Rush led to huge expenses in labor shortages around the western coast; this funded opportunities for many residents who were in need of job opportunities. The economy would blossom and flourish from manufactured products‚ merchant business and agricultural products produced in California being grapes

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    is the California gold rush. Before the gold rush‚ California was mostly unfamiliar to the rest of the United States. When gold was discovered in 1849‚ mostly men left their homes and started traveling across the country to discover the newfound riches. New towns began to pop up along the routes that travelers were taking to get to California. Populations growths were abundant in the new areas of the United States were there weren’t many people before (History of the Gold Rush‚ 1999). The second

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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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    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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    Successful mining ventures boosted the economy‚ but once the natural resources had been depleted‚ the thriving economy often accompanied gold seekers to their next destination. Immigrants who ventured to America for a chance at a better life often found themselves suffering a rude awakening upon arrival in California. The ebb and flow of the economy during the earlier gold rushes in the South‚ primarily Georgia and California‚ was largely dependent upon the population‚ the availability of resources‚

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    California Rush began on Jan 24‚ 1848. The founder of its first majestic gold was James W. Marshall. That was the beginning of optimism and daring change for many Americans. By the 1850’s a large population of 300‚000 newcomers traveled and settled in California. One of those ambius Americans was Chandler‚ he was a well rounded minor who settled and worked very hard to get to the top. Chandler proclaimed many obstacles in a bundle of letters‚ whom he wrote to his wife. Chandler was a typical gold miner

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    southwest. This portion included California. The process of California joining the Union was sped up due to a large amount of gold that was found in a Sacramento River earlier before the treaty was signed. This discovery of gold caused an influx of people to move to California in search of their own gold. This rush of people to California was better known as the gold rush. With the population of people booming in California it became apparent that there was a need for a government to be formed. Due

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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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