The California Gold Rush

​California Gold Rush

​​Discovery of Gold rush and

​​Sutter's Mill

• First discovery was made by James W. and Marshall

• Sutter's Mill was a sight to find Gold in the mines

• brought different people known as the forty niners to the area for gold

• discovery was suppose to be a secret

• they cleaned up dirt to find small speeks of gold

​forty niners and where they came from

• forty niners are the people who came to California just for the gold rush and left afterwards or stayed

• many of them came from Mexico,South America, Europe, and Australia

• they stayed at places known as "boom-towns" those are towns that once had one buliding then in a blink there many buldings

• Most lost their gold due to gambling

• some didn't even find gold and gave up and left

​​Land Law of 1851

​​Booms town

• This land law was in forced to ascertain and settle private land claims for land in the newly formed state of california

• Immigrants had to stay there for 10 years or more to become a fully formed person in the area

• Many lost their homes and had to leave but the ones that stayed was due to having a good claim to stay

• boom towns are places where the miners stayed and made it their home during the california gold rush

• most famous boom town is San Francisco

• Boom towns did not have any police or prisons so they were free to do what they please. Gambling and fighting were one of them and that had they lost their gold

Mining towns and Chinese exclusion act

• Mining towns are the places where miners stayed

• there was no law or anything so most people were fighting,drinking, and gambling when wasn't looking for gold

• people had to form groups to protect theirselves

• Chinese exclusion act was something that kept Chinese and others to not claim land and have no home unless had a good claim to stay

• it prohibited Chinese laborers for 10 years

​​Long term of the gold rush

​​short term of the gold rush

• it brought many many people to the land

• it mostly clogged up the rivers with dirt

• made mostly native Americans leave the area due to the land and how it been treated

• it changed from a sparsely populated region to a territory region

• the gold didn't last long so people left right after the gold disappeared

Multiple Select

Who were the first TWO people to find gold

• Marshall James

• James W.

• James Marshall

• Marshall

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what years did the California gold rush take place in from beginning to ending

Multiple Choice

What were the Miners called?

• Miners

• forty-niners

• gold miners

• random people

Multiple Select

What two laws took place during the California gold rush

• Chinese exclusion act

• land law of 1851

• land law of 1800's

• exclusion act

Multiple Choice

what are boom towns

• cities

• areas that grew in a blink of a eye

• where miners stayed

• normal towns