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Obviously, because there was gold there and they wanted some of it. This was augmented by the fad like nature of the Gold Rush. Many people were attracted by the "everyone is doing it" aspect.
While a few people got rich by finding gold, but more people got rich by selling supplies to the ones looking for it.
The thought of getting rich did attract many, but another big reason was the chance for freedom. California wasn't yet a state and laws weren't particularly enforced. There was no established society except for those of the Native Americans, so people could basically create their own.
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∙ 12y agoit happend because James.W. marshal dicoverd gold in coloma California and everybody wanted the wealth. people were exsecting a ton of gold and you were lucky if you got a little nugget. 200,000 people came too the gold run from all over the world.
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∙ 11y agoThe gold rush began at Sutter's Mill in Colima, CA. John Marshall discovered gold in the traces of the mill in 1848. Once the gold was discovered the rush was on. A newspaper headline stated "Eureka, Gold Found". The average pay was about 10.00 a month, but a man could make 50.00 a day if he found gold. Within months over 10,000 a day were coming into the area any way they could. Sutter lost in the gold rush. He lost his fortune , mill, and ended up a broke unhappy man. By 1850 CA became a state on Sept. 9, 1850.
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∙ 10y agoPeople went to the California gold rush because people were poor so they went to get rich.
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∙ 12y agobecause people wanted gold
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Which trail did thousands of people use to go to California during the gold rush?
California Trail(:Ashley
Why did did the gold rush happen?
The cariboo gold rush happened because someone found gold and everyone wanted to have gold. it was Shayla Dumbridge who first discovered the gold in 1858. the first place that gold was found was in horsefly. tha actual rush did not start until the year of 1862
What were two reasons people wanted to Go West?
religious freedom and the gold rush
Who are the people that helped your nation move west?
To go and find gold, because it was during the gold rush in most west states.
What supplies do you need for the California gold rush?
A time machine to go back to 1849. Bring condoms and hookers. And a pickaxe. To kill the hookers with.
Where did most people go in the California gold rush?
To San Francisco.
Which trail did thousands of people use to go to California during the gold rush?
California Trail(:Ashley
Why did so many people go to California in the 1800s?
This was the time of the California Gold Rush, in which hundreds of thousands of people flocked to California hoping to strike it rich.
What obstacles and trials did they go through to get to the California Gold Rush?
jawan crenshaw
Where did the gold rush people put their gold?
they put the gold i their homes.people from the gold rush took their money where ever they go or they stayed their so people wont still it.
Did only prospectors go to California during the Gold Rush?
No. People from all over the US traveled to California to find their fortune hoping they gain riches and/or support their families.
Do people still come to California because of the Gold Rush?
No, not usually at least. Not many people search for gold in California. Although many people still come to California to go sight seeing. Tourists love the Golden Gate Bridge, The Hollywood sign and many other things.
Why do they call the football team 49ers the 49ers?
The name 49ers harkens back to the gold rush in the mid 1800's when people were migrating west in search of gold. The Gold Rush, as it was called, began in 1849 so often the people heading out that way were called 49ers. The team took it's name from those people, and it is often thought that their gold helmets are a reflection of the Gold Rush itself.
What was the relationship between the forty-niners and the gold rush?
the prospectors who flocked to California in 1849
Why did prospector move west?
California was West, and The Gold Rush was happening there, so they wanted to go there to pan and mine for gold.
Why did the prospector moved west?
California was West, and The Gold Rush was happening there, so they wanted to go there to pan and mine for gold.
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.
