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What was California like before and after the discovery of gold?
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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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How did the discovery of gold effect the population on the west coast?
People like gold. When the gold was found, people went to be near the gold.
How much gold did the California gold rush produce?
like 15 dollars
What was the California like before the California Gold Rush?
It was calm & peaceful not a trillion people rushing in just too get gold. Californios or settlers from Spain or Mexico lived in California. one important one was Mariano he had over 250,000 acres of land. California was populated to more than 150,000 native Americans.
What was transportation like before the California gold rush?
most of the time people had to walk or use carts and to go across the ocean the had to use boats.
What was life like when the California Gold Rush began?
Poor
What was it like after the California gold rush?
it was full of economic growth.
How did gold and sliver encourage western settlement?
People came to find the gold and silver. Cities grew because of the miners and some found gold in making things like jeans and sourdough bread to sell. California a state in 2 years after the discovery of gold and Sacramento became the state capital. Virginia City Nevada developed because of silver mines.
How did the discovery of gold in California affect the region?
The gold rush brought thousands into CA and within a year it became a state on September 9, 1850. Reports cite 10,000 wagons a day crossed into the state. There was a traffic jams of wagons. San Francisco grew and Sacarmento grew from a wagon stop to a city. Gold rush towns with names like Hangtown, Angels Camp, Murphys, Columbia and writers like Mark Twain came to publish newspaper articles about the people of the gold rush. People dug up the landscape and the scars can still be seen today. Men like Levi Strauss came to seek gold but found his fortune in jeans. If you like sourdough bread thank a miner. The miners developed the starter for it in the gold rush. All of this and more came from the gold rush.
What does gold look like when on the rock?
In California there is a lot of gold on rocks and it often looks like glitter or gold specks. It can often be referred to as foolÍs gold and is found in river banks on rocks.
What was a typical prospecter like during the California gold rush?
joe mama
Why is petrol called black gold?
Because oil is worth a lot of money, just like gold, and it is black, hence the term, "Black Gold"
What was Nigeria's economy like before the discovery of crude oil?
nigeria was like a contry but not organised didn't have enough resources
