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- January 24, 1848
- Good golly I cant believe it! I've found gold in California!
- How great! What should we do about it though?
- We cant tell anyone! We need to keep this discovery between us.
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- In January of 1848, James Marshall found gold by the American River in California. Following the discovery of gold, the Guadelupe Hidalgo Treaty had been signed, giving California to the United States. The gold was a secret until March, when a storekeeper found gold and told the town.
- 1849
- Many people originally thought that the rush was fake until it was confirmed by President polk, expanding both gold fever and westward expansion. Nearly 300,000 people immigrated to California, leaving homes and selling fortunes for the chance of finding gold. The people who moved to California became known as 49ers, for the year they arrived.
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- GOLD RUSH
- The Gold Rush is an incredibly important moment in US History, helping further westward expansion and manifest destiny. The rush also increased sectionalism after California wanted to become a free state after earning its statehood, which would imbalance congress and intensify the slavery debate, a major cause of the Civil War. This lead to the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave act.
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