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Forty niners came to California for many reasons. They came to get their chance at the gold that had been found there. They also had some financial or economic difficulties that led to their decision. Some reasons were more personal that they already had family there and the gold there was just a bonus.
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∙ 13y agoForty niners came to California for many reasons. They came to get their chance at the gold that had been found there. They also had some financial or economic difficulties that led to their decision. Some reasons were more personal that they already had family there and the gold there was just a bonus.
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∙ 15y agoWhile gold was discovered in 1848 the Gold Rush began when that news reached the population centers on the eastern seaboard in 1849.
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∙ 11y agothe forty-niners were people who joined the rush for gold in California in 1849,they were people that were looking for gold
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∙ 11y agoThey were called the forty-niners because they were looking for gold in 1949 and there was an outrage of gold diggers in cali in 1949.
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∙ 8y agoFrom the year 1849 when gold rush at it's peak
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Why were the people who the gold rush called forty niners?
The forty-niners were called that because they were gold- seekers
Who were four groups of forty niners in the California gold rush?
Luzena Wilson's husband
What were gold seekers in California known as?
Forty-Niners (from the 1849 Gold Rush).
What was the name given to the gold seekers coming to California and why?
forty-niners
Why did gold seekers in California call themselves forty-niners?
They went west to California in 1849, or "49."
Why were they called fortyniners?
The forty niners were called the forty niners because the gold rush was in 1849.
If a person found gold in the gold rush they were called?
forty-niners
What are people who try to find gold called?
The Forty niners
Who were the forty -niners?
The forty-niners were the miners who went to search for gold in 1849 during the California Gold Rush
How did the forty niners get their name?
The NFL team was named for the thousands of fortune seekers who traveled West in 1849 after gold was discovered in California on January 24, 1948.
What was the Forty niners reason for going to the west?
Forty-niners were people who searched for gold in California therefore they wanted gold
What were the forty-niners looking for?
gold
