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The California Gold Rush occured in 1849 but really started in 1848, when John Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill. One year later, word got out, and the Rush began, attracting non-citizens from all over the globe.
1848 in California!
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∙ 9y agoThe Australian gold rushes occurred from 1951 onwards, and continued for several decades, depending on individual colonies. New South Wakes and Victoria were the first states to have a goldrush, with each of the other states following in ensuing decades. Western Australia was the last colony to have a Goldrush, beginning in the 1890s, and after Federation, there was a small Goldrush in the Northern Territory, which is not a state, in the 1930s.
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∙ 10y agoThe California gold rush began on January 24 in 1848. This was started when James W Marshall found gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma California. At this time tens of thousands of people flocked to California to mine gold, this was the largest migration in the United States.
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∙ 10y agoThe rush is generally considered to have ended in 1855.
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∙ 13y agoIt lasted from 1848 to 1890.
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What led to a wave of settlers in California?
The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848 led to what became known as California's Gold Rush.
What describes a result of California's rapid population growth during the mid-1800s?
The California Gold Rush helped the population of California grow in the 1800's. The Gold rush started in 1849, but gold was first discovered in 1848.
What led to the start of Boom-town in the west?
gold was a big part of it. California Gold Rush.
What led to california's application for statehood?
Defiatley the gold rush, which increased the population and led to statehood and the manifest denesty
A discovery at sutters mill led to what historic event?
The California Gold rush of 1849.
In the late 1840s a gold rush led many people to move to?
California (the west)
What events led to the white Australia policy?
the gold rush, the pearl divers, sugarcane plantation.
What sequence of events led to California gold rush?
Sequence of events that led to the California gold rush are:a. In 1839, Swiss immigrant John Sutter received permission to start a colony in California near Sacramento River.b. In January 1848, a carpenter named James Marshall while building sawmill beside a nearby river found gold.c. Sutter's workers quit to search for gold and news of the discovery spread across America.d. President Polk added to the national excitement by confirming the California gold strike in his farewell message to Congress in December 1848.e. In 1849 about 80,000 gold-seekers came to California.
What events led up to the White Australia Policy?
the gold rush, the pearl divers, sugarcane plantation.
The discovery of gold in California led to?
The arrival of large numbers of people
Led to disaster for many native Americans in California who were forced off their lands by white miner?
Gold Rush
What was a major effect of the California gold rush?
Shifts in fortunes and population and statehood were major effects of the California gold rush. The event in question, from 1848 to 1855, led to the consolidation of English-speaking control over California as well as the fantastic fortunes of some and misfortunes of many during the scramble for gold.
