California Gold Rush By: Zoe Dubin, Bria Bowman, Jaclyn Piccari, Becky Toll, Samantha Peck.

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California Gold Rush By: Zoe Dubin, Bria Bowman, Jaclyn Piccari, Becky Toll, Samantha Peck

John Sutter Immigrant from Switzerland Born on February 15, 1803 Married Annette B’deld

Beginning The mayor of California sells Sutter land Gold found by Swiss immigrant John Marshall The California gold Rush begins in 1848!

population 14,000 residents by ,000 residents by ,000 residents by 1852 California became a state in 1850

Residents mostly unmarried men Woman= 5% population “Forty- niners”: people who traveled to California in 1849 to find gold

African Americans African Americans also took part in the gold rush They were enslaved or free

Chinese California gold rush brought in Europeans and Asians Asians=10% population in 1852(mainly labored as minors)

Disasters Flood of immigrants was a disaster for the Native Americans Gold rush brought wealth to pacific coastal cities Many strikes

Down fall Ghost town- abandoned town due to lack of economic activity Headlines about the gold rush were sent out in country and oversea People traveled upriver and overland to get to mines