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California Gold Rush 1 8 4 9

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California Gold Rush 1 8 4 9

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  1. CaliforniaGoldRush1849 Power Point Created by: Billy Geis

  2. The Beginning The gold rush started because James Marshall had a work crew building a mill for John Sutter. James Marshall found a few golden nuggets when he started building the mill. This started one of the greatest migrations of people in history. The mill is currently known as Sutter’s mill. Sutter Mill Left James Marshall Right

  3. Great Migration Around 300,000 men, woman, and children traveled to California for the gold rush. Even though this many people came for the gold rush only about 80,000 people settled there after the gold rush. Large group of people on left Large migration of people on right

  4. Forms of Travel There was four common ways to travel to California during the Gold Rush. The most common was by boat leaving the San Francisco Bay and go up the Sacramento River to Sacramento. Second, you could travel by covered wagons from wherever you were in the country. Third, trains began to be a way you could travel in America. Finally, you could travel by horse. Horse was another option but it was less common because you can’t carry as much gold back home with you.

  5. Natives of California Around300,000Native Americans liveinCaliforniauntiltheGoldRush. ThisisbecausetheGoldRushbroughtviolenceandmany newdiseasestothenativesofCalifornia.ThisbroughttheIndian’s population downto 30,000people.

  6. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Two billion dollars and 750,000 pounds of gold was extracted during the California Gold Rush. Even with all this money being brought out of California, only a few people left California a lot richer. Most people left California with little more than what they came with. + =

  7. The End 1855 1855 Was the last year where the California Gold Rush was a big deal. Quick Facts On The Richest Man in California at that time. Samuel Brannan Was the Richest man in California thanks to the Gold Rush He went to Hawaii and Tried to overthrow the king of Hawaii He created a resort that failed after he got in a drunk fight with one of his employees and got shot eight times. He survived the shooting.

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