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The
California Gold Rush History for kids
The California Gold Rush started with the discovery of gold
by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Lumber Mill in Coloma,
California on January 24, 1848. The discovery of gold in
California was therefore made before
Mexico formally ceded territories to the United
States, including California, under the terms of the
1848 Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo that ended the
Mexican-American War (April 25, 1846 - February 2,
1848).
The
California Gold Rush Map
The California Gold Rush
Map
shows the location of Coloma, where the discovery of
Californian gold was first made at Sutter's Mill.
● Sutter's Mill:
Along the American River
● Mormon Island:
With news of the discovery some Mormons, who
were also working for John Sutter , made their own
discovery of gold just a few miles west along the
American River and was called Mormon Island
● Bidwell's Bar:
Yet another worker made another gold strike further
north along the Sacramento River, shown on the map
as Bidwell's Bar.
● Weber's Creek:
East along the American River came the discovery of
gold at Weber's Creek.
● Rich Bar: The
discovery in Northern California Goldfields called
Rich Bar is the furthest north strike as shown on
the map.
California Gold Rush
for kids
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California Gold Rush provides interesting facts and
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California Gold Rush Timeline, History and Facts for kids
Interesting California Gold Rush Timeline, History and facts for kids are detailed below. The history of California Gold Rush is told in a
factual sequence consisting of a series of short facts providing a
simple method of relating the experiences of the prospectors along the
California Gold Rush.
California
Gold Rush History Timeline Facts for kids
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 1:
Jan 24, 1848: Gold is
discovered by James Marshall at Sutter's timber Mill.
John Sutter visits the site and request the news is kept
secret for six weeks
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 2:
Feb 2, 1848: Treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 3:
Mar 15, 1848: News of
the strike in Sierra Nevada "in considerable quantities"
is reported in a San Francisco newspaper in the west of
the country, but many people remain skeptical about the
report
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 4:
Mar 15, 1848: The
first prospectors in the west start making plans to go
to Coloma
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 5:
Apr 1, 1848: News of
the discovery spreads to the East
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 6:
May 12, 1848: Gold
fever hits San Francisco sparked by Sam Brannan. The
sale of picks, pans, and shovels in Sam Brannan's store
booms and nearly all of the male population of San
Francisco leave the city in a rush to the goldfields as
the first Chinese immigrants arrive in San Francisco
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 7:
Aug 19, 1848: The New
York Herald is the first eastern newspaper to report the
gold strike
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 8:
Dec 5, 1848:
President James K. Polk makes an address to Congress in
which he confirms the gold strike in California.
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 9:
Dec 5, 1848: The
legitimate confirmation by President Polk leads to the
1849 California Gold Rush
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 10:
Apr 1849: Nearly
30,000 men from the east congregate in Independence,
Missouri to travel in wagon trains over land to
California
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 11:
Jun 1849: Some
gold-seekers travel by sea, around Cape Horn to reach
the goldfields
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 12:
1849 - The Forty-Niners:
Over 90,000 gold-seekers flock to the Californian
goldfields in 1849 and become known as the "Forty-Niners".
In early August the news of the goldmines reaches Oregon
and migrants begin moving south
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact
13: Sep 1, 1849:
Californian delegate assemble in Monterey to draft a
state constitution, requesting admittance to the Union.
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 14:
Apr 9, 1850: Many
foreign nationals, including Mexicans, Chinese and
Native Indians, are forced to leave the area due to the
tax and threats of violence and intimidation from the
white prospectors
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 15:
Apr 1850: California
legislature passes the Foreign Miners Tax, charging
foreign nationals $20 a month for the right to work
their claims
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 16:
Sep 9, 1850: Congress
agrees to the
Compromise of 1850, which admits
California to the Union as a free state
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 17:
March 14 1851: The
Foreign Miners Tax is repealed.
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 18:
May 1852: The
California legislature passes a second Foreign Miners
Tax targeting the Chinese
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 19:
Mar 1853: Edward
Matteson invents the hydraulic mining technique
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 20:
1854: The California
Supreme Court limits the rights of racial minorities.
The ruling by the supreme court results in only
testimony of a white citizen can be used as evidence in
court. The number of racial attacks increase, with
little recourse for the victims, and many leave the
goldfields
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 21:
July 15, 1854: A
dispute over a gambling table escalates into the
Weaverville War
California
Gold Rush Timeline Fact 22:
The gold rush and
gold fever finally
eased in 1855, when the gold output stabilized but by
this time many Americans had settled in California.
Communications systems to the east were vital and the
Pony Express was
established until the
Transcontinental
Telegraph was completed
California
Gold Rush History Timeline Facts for kids
California Gold Rush for kids - Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss opened a
branch of Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco and
sold canvas for tents to the gold prospectors. He
later went on to produce the famous Levi blue jeans.
California Gold Rush for kids - President James K Polk Video
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California Gold Rush provides an overview of one of the Important issues of his presidential term in office. The following
James K Polk video will
give you additional important facts and dates about the political events experienced by the 11th American President whose presidency spanned from March 4, 1845 to March 4, 1849.
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