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California Gold Rush Native Americans
706 wordsSocial institutions, frail to begin with, similarly often crumbled under continuing pressure. Competition and the lack of organized legal or social structures very soon combined to foment an environment of lawlessness -- claim-jumping, theft, fraud and violence - that has endured as the stereotyped Wild West. The miners were not bound by the laws of Mexico, nor as yet by those of any of the States. Almost from the first, miners had convened democratic meetings when it was necessary to settle cla...
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California Gold Rush El Dorado
2,181 wordsOn December 7, 1848, an ornate tea caddy arrived in Washington after an arduous three-month journey. It was filled, not with tea, but with gold discovered at John Sutter's sawmill in California. The samples were exhibited. Newsmen flocked to cover the story. President Polk himself publicly confirmed the discovery of "extensive and valuable" mines which before were only rumored, recommending that Congress establish a territorial government and a Federal mint in the mysterious westward realm that ...
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Chinese Exclusion Act California Gold Rush
1,413 wordsChinese immigration. Introduction: I should like to start by saying that after the Civil War, immigrants from all over the world again began to stream to the United States. Between the years 1870 and 1900, nearly 13 million immigrants arrived from virtually any part of the world. This number surpassed the number of immigrants to the USA over the previous 70 years. During the 1870 s and 1880 s, the majority came from Germany, Ireland, and England that used to be the principal source of immigratio...
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California Gold Rush San Francisco Bay
2,773 wordsCalifornia Gold Rush By: Don Gibson The California Gold Rush Shortly after the acquisition of California from Mexico a man by the name of John Sutter arrived in East San Francisco Bay in 1839. Born in Germany he had to leave because he was unable to pay his creditors. With plenty of charm and letters from friends he convinced the Mexican governor of California to award him a land grant of more than 50, 000 acres. John Sutter built a stockade and a fort and soon after became referred to as Captai...
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California Gold Rush 19 Th Century
1,099 wordsThe California Gold Rush was one of the most important events in the 19 th century. Without it America would not be as populated and economically strong as it is today. The California Gold Rush brought many foreigners into the United States and triggered migration to the Western Coast. The California Gold Rush taught people that failure was okay and made people take risks. The California Gold Rush was the Las Vegas of the 19 th century. The California Gold Rush blew the United States economy sky...
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