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Gold in Science

Gold in Science. Gold . Gold throughout History. Gold has been valuable throughout history because of its rarity and beauty. It is relatively easy to shape it into different items. . California before 1849.

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Gold in Science

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  1. Gold in Science Gold

  2. Gold throughout History • Gold has been valuable throughout history because of its rarity and beauty. • It is relatively easy to shape it into different items.

  3. California before 1849 • California was populated mostly by Native Americans and Californios,settlers of Spanish or Mexican descent. • Mariano Vallejo, was a wealthy member of one of the older Spanish families in America.

  4. Americans of Note • John Sutter – A Swiss immigrant who bought 50,000 acres of Sacramento Valley. • James Marshall – Hired by Sutter to build a Sawmill in 1848.

  5. Gold Discovery • “My eye was caught by a glimpse of something shining….I reached my hand down and picked it up: it made my heart thump for I felt certain it was gold.” -James Marshall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxekRM5-uMU

  6. Gold Fever • News spread rapidly to the eastern seaboard. • A year after gold was declared to be found, thousands of gold seekers began the long journey West to reach California.

  7. How would the Miners get there? • Three main routes: • Overland • Through the Panama Isthmus • Around Cape Horn

  8. Trails West

  9. What would they need for the overland journey? • Types of supplies? • Food • Clothing • What would you bring on a 6 month journey?

  10. The Miners • Miners were usually young men trying to find their fortunes. • The hard labor made it difficult for older men to perform the back breaking labor needed to dig for gold. • Only 2/3rds are actually American.

  11. Foreign Miners • Miners came from mostly South America, Europe, Australia, and China. • Many Chinese had left their homeland because of massive crop failures. -Where else will this happen?

  12. Conflicts • As gold became harder to find, American miners began to resent the foreign presence. • Angry miners began to drive out the Chinese in hope of claiming their gold sites.

  13. Miner Camps • Life in the camp was rough and dangerous. • “There were mining accidents, murders, whippings, and even duels.” • -Louise Clappe, a woman who lived in the region. • Greed, prejudice, and jealousy.

  14. Mining Gold Shovel Pan Sluice System

  15. End of the Rush, what are the Impacts? • By 1852, the Gold Rush was largely over, but around 250,000 people had flooded into California. • The huge influx of people changed California’s economy forever. San Francisco in 1850

  16. California becomes a State

  17. Remember the Californios? • Americans largely ignored the rights of California’s previous inhabitants. • Even successful Californios had much, if not all, of their property seized.

  18. Problems

  19. Key Terms • Forty-Niner • Californio • Mariano Vallejo • John Sutter • James Marshall • California Gold Rush

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