I am really bad at history
please help~
2006-08-16 11:43:23 · 11 answers · asked by Ashley M 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
January 1848. James Marshall was building a sawmill for John Sutter in Coloma, CA when he discovered the small gold nugget which started the great California goldrush of 1849.
Good luck with your assignment.
2006-08-19 16:42:48 · answer #1 · answered by ©2009 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gold was discovered in 1848. People began going to California in great numbers to search for gold in 1849 -- that's why they were called "Forty-niners"
2006-08-16 18:48:25 · answer #2 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In January of 1848
2006-08-16 18:49:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The year 1849 was the gold rush...San Francisco 49'ers ring a bell?
2006-08-16 18:50:14 · answer #4 · answered by Dino4747 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was in 1848, because the people who came the next year to mine for gold were called Forty-Niners.
2006-08-16 18:48:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1848..everyone came from everywhere else looking for it in 1849--which is where the term "the 49ers" came from.
(it took some time for word to get out in those days)
2006-08-16 18:48:46 · answer #6 · answered by Woz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the year when there was no more water on the earth and pigs flew...in other words...in the year 2007
2006-08-16 18:52:03 · answer #7 · answered by killateddybear22 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1849 in Coloma.
If you keep asking other people, you'll never learn and remember things for yourself (assuming you are a student).
2006-08-16 18:49:11 · answer #8 · answered by 60s Chick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1849. hence the name, the 49ers
2006-08-16 18:48:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
1849. Sutter's Mill.
2006-08-16 18:48:33 · answer #10 · answered by J.D. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋