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The California Gold rush

doubled the worlds supply in gold.

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New movers would get together and build

very quick towns called Boomtowns almost

overnight

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By the end of 1848, they had taken six

million dollars in gold from the

American River

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The rush was such a big part of

California History, They named

a Football Team after it

(San Francisco 49ers)

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1849 was the most popular year for the rush

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Half of the miners moved using the sea half

using the trails through land.

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More than 80,000 people came to California in 1849 because

James Marshall found gold in Coloma, California. Many

people came to California in search of gold and riches.

The name for these people

were called forty-niners. very few women mined and all

the men together without police could be dangerous,

robberies and murder had no consequence forcing vigilantes

(citizens) to volunteer as police and judges.etc

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(have to click source)

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Watch the video: history by kylesmooth on GoAnimate.

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Gold was the object. If you struck the jackpot you were rich.

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Many of these people were called Gold seekers or 49ers.

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Jobs were hard to find back then and panning gold was a good but hard job back then