start all over. However‚ if the relocation was successful‚ the new land proved fruitful and allowed the settlers to reestablish their families. The year 1848 would bring a new perception of the West and introduced the gold rush‚ which would harm the existing settlers living in California. In Across the Plains in 1844‚ by Catherine Sager Pringle‚ the story of migrating the trails West was expressed as one of trial and tribulation. The travel proved tough and countless
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I have chosen the gold rush. The reason I have chosen this as one of my two choices is because I use to live in Grass Valley‚ California very close to Sutter’s Mill. As a child I would visit Sutter’s Mill often. Even now the town has retained the western feel of the gold rush. How amazing in 1848‚ just one hundred and sixty eight years ago‚ California was practically unknown to the United States. Once it became known “That there was gold in them hills”‚ California became emanated with
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Westward Expansion The westward expansion happened in the 1800`s. It was a period of time when the United States was trying to obtain more states in the Union from throughout North America; it was titled the Manifest Destiny. One of the reasons was because immigrants wanted to come to America to have freedom of religion‚ uninhabited land‚ and access to special metals. Martin Van Buren (1837 - 1841)‚ William Henry Harrison (1841‚ he died of pneumonia in office)‚ John Tyler (1841 - 1845)‚ and James
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movement that occurred in California‚ in the late 40s and mid-50s. Once the disclosure of the “Gold” had been formally declared by president James K. Polk in the condition of Union message‚ on December fifth‚ 1848‚ the world surged in and California turned into the spot that none others’ could mirror its differences of race‚ color‚religion‚ language‚size‚ government‚capital‚ strength‚ and ethics that emerged in California. America and history were changed forever by the Gold founded by James
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been many different environmental and geographical factors that have shaped the development of the United States. Two of these factors that I feel are extremely significant to this development are the Irish Potato Famine and the discovery of gold in California. The Irish Potato Famine began in Ireland in September 1845. The famine was caused by an airborne fungus‚ phytophthora infetans‚ which attacks the leaves of the plant‚ turning them black‚ causing them to curl and rot‚ ultimately killing the
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historical events that I observed in the museum were the California Gold Rush and The Signing of the California Land Claims Act. The California Gold Rush of 1849 brought large numbers of new immigrants from Mexico‚ Central American and South America to California. The presence of gold made California tremendously valuable to the United States. The Gold Rush funded money for the union to buy supplies and fire arms for its military. The Gold Rush stood out to me because of all the back ground information
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the masses 6. proletarianize the masses (ppl who own land become displaced- taken away from their land) Blacks Mexican Americans Indians Resistance The Subjugation of Mexican Americans Land loss: California gold rush 1849‚ fruad California Gold Rush‚ 1849 Sheriff sales: ? Santa Fe Ring: made up of politician’s high classes‚ come together and form alliance for to clear out the land. Greedy squatters: ppl who just come and live on your land Natural disaster:
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Cited: Peterson‚ Charles E. Prefabs in the California Gold Rush‚ 1849. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians‚ Vol Walker‚ Richard A. California’s Golden Road to Riches: Natural Resources and Regional Capitalism‚ 1848-1940
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Chinese Immigration to the U.S. First Chinese to arrive in the U.S. was around 1820. Subsequent Chinese immigrants who came from the 1820s up to the late 1840s were mainly men. In 1852‚ the ratio of Chinese males to females in California was 1‚681:1. Due to the lack of Chinese women in the U.S. at that time‚ a number of men intermarried with Americans of Eastern European descent. However‚ the majority of male immigrants lived as bachelors. The first major immigration wave started around the
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AMERICAN LITERATURE A view on “THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP” – Bret Harte 1. The story starts with a unique event. What is it? What significance can you attach to the event? The story is commenced by a unique event which is the birth of a boy in the gold mining camp where “Deaths were not unusual in Roaring Camp; but a birth was big news”. Particularly‚ the appearance of the baby‚ an orphan now‚ in the “roaring” land among all men who were either fugitives‚ criminals‚ or prospectors put them into a
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