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    James Marshall the carpenter in-charge of the construction made a major discovery of gold. While Sutter wanted to keep this discovery a secret‚ the news eventually got out‚ leading to what is now known as the California Gold Rush. Of course‚ once the news of gold spread‚ men swarmed to California to get a grab at the expensive metal. Soon western settlements started to pop up everywhere around the US. While all this seemed like an amazing thing to happen‚ it still had its negative effects. There were

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    University of California Santa Barbra This university is a public institution that was founded in 1821‚ joined the university of California system in 1944. The campus size of UCSB is 1055 acres‚ srhs is 300 acres and more. UCSB is located in 1210 Cheadle hall university of California‚ Santa Barbra‚ CA 93106-2014. The chancellor of UCSB is henry t. yang. The tuition and expenses for freshmen is up to $33‚741 if you live is California‚ and out of state it will be $56‚614‚ this covers: tuition‚ campus

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    Hanoof AlMusaiteer 428201654 Dr. Haifa AlFaisal ENG. 461 4 April 2013 New Historicism Analysis Approach Hotel California by the American rock band‚ the Eagles was and still a hit song since it was first released back in 1977. This song won the 1977 Grammy Award for record of the year and has become perhaps the band’s quintessential song. Hotel California was written by three of the band members Glenn Frey who was born in the 6th of November 1948 in a middle class family who cared to shape

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    California History Gold Rush Essay I disagree with the quote stating that the Gold Rush had relatively small impact on the history of California. I believe that the Gold Rush had a very large impact on California. California went from a cow town to industrial virtually over night. The gold was discovered in 1848. By 1852 400‚000 people rushed in. This would be the largest peacetime migration recorded. People came from all over the United States and from other countries like Latin

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    Explain why the Philippines and California are affected by disasters in different ways California is a state on the west coast of the USA and the Philippines is an island country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. They are both considered hazard hotspots and frequently experience natural disasters. A natural disaster is the realisation of a hazard. California is an MEDC‚ the 6th largest economy in the world with a GDP of US$65000 per capita. However‚ despite the high risk of hazards

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    UVA-F-DRAFT Version 1.0 CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN Everyone knows that 95 percent of restaurants fail in the first two years‚ and a lot of people think it’s ‘location‚ location‚ location.’ It could be‚ but my experience is you have to have the financial staying power. You could have the greatest idea‚ but many restaurants do not start out making money – they build over time. So it’s really about having the capital and the staying power. — Rick Rosenfield‚ Co-CEO‚ California Pizza Kitchen1 In early

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    Lasting Negative Effects of the Gold Rush The California Gold Rush of the 1850’s brought long lasting negative effects. Many think or have learned more about only the benefits of the Gold Rush. Those who have‚ fail to realize the many negative effects it brought. Communities were ruptured‚ cultures were abused‚ and our environment was sacrificed. The Gold Rush impacted the California community‚ Native Americans‚ and the environment. California’s Gold Rush began in 1848. James W.

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    The last time I was at the California Academy of Science Museum in Golden Gate Park‚ we all had to hold hands while the teacher led us through the halls of this great museum. Yes there was that huge‚ (scary)‚ dinosaur skeleton in the lobby‚ there were hundreds of different fish I had never seen in my local pet store‚ and the diorama’s in the African Hall were so realistic we thought for sure the Zebras had moved! The little girls screamed as I shouted "THERE!" and pointed at one of the Zebras. For

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    America’s population made a huge shift and people scattered west in the year of 1848. Why? The California gold rush was responsible for the population change. James Marshall was the person who found the pea-sized nugget of gold‚ which started the rush. In the January of 1848 he was walking along the banks of the American River and he found the chunk. He tried smashing it between two rocks‚ for he knew gold would dent but not break. The nugget didn’t break‚ but it did dent. This was not a test that

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    the article “California: A place‚ A People‚ A Dream‚” James Rawls argues that the California dream consists of five main factors. These factors are Health‚ Romance‚ Opportunity and Success‚ Warmth and Sunshine‚ and Freedom. People come from all over the world to live this dream‚ which sometimes turns into a nightmare instead. Based on texts such as The Kite Runner‚ by Khaled Hosseini‚ The Republic of East L.A.‚ by Luis J. Rodriguez‚ California travel guides‚ and others‚ the California dream is perceived

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