How Do People Shaped The Gold Rush

If you had the opportunity to get rich off of gold, would you? Would you be willing to leave everything you have behind to move thousands of miles across the country just for gold? In 1859, the answer for many people was yes. Word of gold found throughout Colorado spread across the country and launched the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush or also known as the Colorado Gold Rush. There are several significant events in Colorado history that have had an influential impact on the state we know today. The Colorado Gold Rush, in 1859, was the most significant event in Colorado History for several reasons: the rush attracted thousands of people to our state, initiated the mining of other resources, succored farming and ranching throughout the state, and boosted the economy of the towns here in Colorado; these benefits of the rush continue to play a role in our state still today.

John Charles Fremont was an American military officer, explorer and politician. He was born on January 21, 1813 in Savannah Georgia. He died on July 13, 1890. He was one of the four major generals. John was one of the most celebrated generals as well because he was such a known explorer. He attended and was educated in Charleston College. John led trips and soon became an explorer.

The gold rush was significant for it helped jumpstart Americas economy and eventually led up to the construction of a transcontinental railroad, something that had failed many times. California benefited greatly as migrants added to the incredible diversity of the workforce. Eventually all of this would lead up to the creation of California’s technology industry.

Returned to Australia after working on the California goldfields determined to find gold in New South Wales. He travelled to Bathurst where local men John Lister and William, James and Henry Tom showed him sites where they had found gold specks.

Benjamin Rush played a key role in founding our country. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the year 1746. Rush studied medicine in Scotland and around Europe. In 1769, he returned to the colonies and started a medical practice in his hometown and later became a college professor at the College of Philadelphia. He was very active in the Sons of Liberty, an organization in the colonies to fight for the rights of the colonists and to stop taxes by the British.

The California Gold Rush was a spectacular time for California. It occurred from 1848-1855. Many, many people migrated to California to find the gold that was said to be there. This changed California from a dreary and unpopulated place to a thriving and happy place to be. Not everyone struck it rich, though, not even the person who discovered it, James W. Marshall. California’s motto, Eureka, is a reference to the Gold Rush. The California Gold Rush was a life-changing event for many people and is still thought of today.

The Gold Rush was one of the most influential times in California History. During the four years from 1848-1852, 400,000 new people flooded into the state. People from many countries and social classes moved to California, and many of them settled in San Francisco. All this diversity in one place created a very interesting dynamic. California during the Gold Rush, was a place of colliding ideals. The 49ers came from a very structured kind of life to a place where one was free to make up her own rules.

The 1848 California Gold Rush had brought 300,000 people to California in seek for gold. This was good and bad for California. Good because there was new towns put on the maps and it brought great business. It was also bad because it harmed the rivers which hurt the agriculture side if California. It also made California look like my backyard with the hundreds of mole like holes all over from mining the hill side for gold. The Gold Rush had taken a great toll on California for many reasons. One reason was because the gold seekers would used a hydraulic mining system to wash away hill sides to find gold. Which later affected the agriculture part of california because the silt from the mining damaged the water in the rivers. Another way the gold

The first few bits of gold were found around January of 1848 near the region of Coloma. As a result the west had a sudden surge of migrants moving to California in the hopes of excavating gold and getting rich off of the gold. This event in American history became known as the California gold rush and it would have a great impact not only on the nation but on the world, however this job came with many great risks and challenges.

In 1871 he was living in Lititz, Pennsylvania. He was still poverty-stricken. He died on June 18, 1880 (“The Discovery of Gold in California”). Consequently Gold Rush didn’t affect James Marshall in a good way either.

However the turning point was the way the environment was being effected by the means of destroying the land to get to the gold dug into the ground. Over all the gold rush was looked at as a great passage in the right direction for developing a modern world but it ended up leading us back, words, back into an era where monarchy rules the world.

In the late 1800’s, a lot of change was being brought upon the United States, especially on the west of America. New things were established and found in west states, such as Nevada and California. Many of these new establishments helped freed slaves find living as the gold mines were a huge ideal to foreigners traveling from the south and midwest. The Gold Rush was found in Sierra Nevada during 1848, when gold was found in a mine. This completely changed the popularity and population of California. Although, for many people who wanted to travel to mine for gold during the Gold Rush, it was a tough journey as there was no true railroad nor steamboats yet to be taken to the west. With the rise of exposure for the Chinese population in San Francisco,

The California Gold Rush was an event that lasted from January 24th, 1848 to 1855. The event was driven mainly by the large quantities of gold reserves that were discovered in the soon to be US state of California. This event caused many Americans to move from the eastern states and middle states to California with the hopes of finding gold. In this paper, I will analyze the economy at the time the gold rush started and attempt to answer the question of why individuals found it necessary or advantageous to move out to California in pursuit of gold. I will also consider personal accounts and editorials written to gain a more personal narrative of the conditions people were experiencing as well as their mindsets in deciding whether to move to California for the gold or not.

The Gold Rush is considered as one of the most significant events in the American history. It began after James Marshall discovered gold form the Sutter’s mill in Coloma, California on January 24, 1948. Though James and Sutter tired to keep this news as secret, there was one newspaper reported it. As the news spread so fast across the country and around the world that attracted hundreds of thousands of gold seekers from different areas came to California.

     The California Gold Rush of 1849 is one of the most interesting and exiting events of the United States. From the wild stories of men striking it big, to the heart wrenching tales of people losing everything, these are what make it so alluring. There are many aspects of the California Gold Rush; effects on California; individual stories of struggle; and effects on the United States as a young country looking for stability.