The Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
what kind of people settled in California
Native Americans were the first settlers in California. The population of Native Americans was large and was throughout the state. The Spanish were the first Europeans in California.
the admission of California as a free state "novanet"
Wealth from the discovery of goldThe California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California. Instant wealth was here for the taking. All across America, young men made the decision to go to California. By the mid 1840s, more and more Americans were trickling into California by land and sea.
The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, solved the issue of how the states were represented in congress. Resolved in the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Great Compromise solved the problem of representation for smaller states by having Congress have two senators for the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives, based on population of the state.
The Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
The Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
The bill that abolished the slave trade in Washington D.C. and addressed the controversy over slavery in California and the rest of the Mexican Cession was the Compromise of 1850. This set of legislative measures included provisions that allowed California to enter the Union as a free state while permitting popular sovereignty in the other territories acquired from Mexico, thereby allowing residents to decide on the issue of slavery. The Compromise aimed to ease tensions between free and slave states during a critical period leading up to the Civil War.
1833
Congress passed the Tariff of 1833.
Congress passed the Tariff of 1833.
what kind of people settled in California
Texas was already annexed by the U.S before the Mexican War. In fact, the annexation of Texas was the reason Mexico wanted war with the U.S. The result of the Mexican-American war was that the U.S. gained California and New Mexico.
It was on September 9th, 1850 when California was settled as a state of the union. This made California the 31st state of the United States.
they were treated like all the other European immigrants that came to America. (but mostly treated unfairly)
Shaes document
with "The Great Compromise".