what famous event started in calafornia in 1848?

Answer 1

The Gold Rush at Sutter's Mill on the American River in California.

Answer 2

The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began in January 1848, when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill. As news of the discovery spread, some 300,000 people came to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.

These early gold-seekers, called "forty-niners", traveled to California by sailing ship and in covered wagons across the continent, often facing substantial hardships on the trip. While most of the newly-arrived were Americans, the Gold Rush also attracted tens of thousands from Latin America, Europe, Australia and Asia. At first, the prospectors retrieved the gold from streams and riverbeds using simple techniques, such as panning, and later developed more sophisticated methods of gold recovery which were adopted around the world. Gold worth billions of today's dollars was recovered, leading to great wealth for a few; many, however, returned home with little more than they started with. Some made it rich. It was all by chance.

The effects of the Gold Rush were substantial. San Francisco grew from a tiny hamlet of tents to a boomtown, and roads, churches, schools and other towns were built. A system of laws and a government were created, leading to the admission of California as a state in 1850. New methods of transportation developed as steamships came into regular service and railroads were built. The business of agriculture, California's next major growth field, was started on a wide scale throughout the state. However, the Gold Rush also had negative effects: Native Americans were attacked and pushed off traditional lands, and gold mining caused environmental harm.

Answer 3

California Gold Rush

Answer 4

In January of 1848, James Marshall had a work crew camped on the American River at Coloma near Sacramento. The crew was building a saw mill for John Sutter. On the cold, clear morning of January 24, Marshall found a few tiny gold nuggets. Thus began one of the largest human migrations in history as a half-million people from around the world descended upon California in search of instant wealth.

The first printed notice of the discovery was in the March 15 issue of "The Californian" in San Francisco. Shortly after Marshall's discovery, General John Bidwell discovered gold in the Feather River and Major Pearson B. Reading found gold in the Trinity River. The Gold Rush was soon in full sway.

Answer 5

California Gold Rush

Answer 6

The Gold Rush

Answer 7

Gold Fever!

In 1848, the gold fever in California had started. The event that was to set the world ablaze and create an empire on the shores of the Pacific was the discovery by James W. Marshall of the precious metal on the American River January 24, 1848.
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Answer 8

The Gold Rush. Hence, San Francisco 49ers.

Answer 9

The Gold Rush.

Answer 10

California became part of the United States and the Gold Rush began.