Why did the gold rush happen in California?

Myle ∙

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∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

It happend because James W. Marshal discovered gold in Coloma,California and everbody wanted the wealth. people were exsecting a ton of gold ans you were lucky even when you got a little nugget. over 200000 people came to the gold rush from all over the world

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Did the gold rush happen after or before California became a state?

Social Studies Gold Rush: The California Gold Rush came before California became the thirty-first state.

What year did the gold rush in California happen?

1504

What US states did a big gold rush happen in?

Alaska and California.

What does California mine?

the California gold rush

What the famous gold rush?

California gold rush

California gold rush -1849 where did it happen?

. . . California Hence the name. If you mean where in California then all over mainly in the central region

How did California Gold Rush affects the nation?

By the gold rush!

Was the California gold rush the biggest gold rush?

yes

Was the gold rush a problem?

The California gold rush was not a problem.

What happened in the 1870s in California?

the gold rush

What country was the California gold rush in?

The California Gold Rush took place in the United States.

The result of the discovery of this precious metal in California is called the?

California Gold Rush.