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Colonial America was not filled with gold seekers. The geography of the East Coast does not have gold. The men of Jamestown came to seek gold for their investors, but found tobacco instead to be the item that saved them. It won't be until the 1849 that gold will make an impact on the US and by that time colonial America was long past. The discovery of gold in California did make people seek gold and created a climate that allowed California to be admitted to the Union in 1850.
The Gold Rush caused the population to increase enormously in a small span of time.
Before Edward Hargraves made his discovery, many were traveling to California to find gold. He inspired the Australian gold rush in 1851.
The boom began with the discovery of gold in 1848.
The gold rush brought people in looking for gold. There was a 10,000 of wagons backed up at the border.
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Gold was discovered in California on January 24, 1848.
Before the discovery of gold, California was just a big uninhabited territory on the west coast. Not too many people lived there except, Mexicans, Native Americans, and a few settlers. Then gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, and enough gold hungry people flooded into the area, to make it a state into a short amount of time.
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In 1848, gold was found in California. by 1849, the news of this gold discovery sent many people from the East to travel to California to seek their fortunes in gold mining. The Gold Rush helped to populate California.
Yes, the population of California grew rapidly after the discovery of gold in 1848. The influx of people seeking gold led to a significant increase in the population, which resulted in California becoming a state in 1850.
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