California Gold Rush1849

Power PointCreated by: Billy Geis

The BeginningThe gold rush started because James Marshall had a

work crew building a mill for John Sutter. James Marshall found a few golden nuggets when he started building the mill. This started one of the greatest migrations of people in history. The mill is currently known as Sutter’s mill.

Sutter Mill LeftJames Marshall

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Great Migration

Around 300,000 men, woman, and children traveled to California for the gold rush. Even though this many people came for the gold rush only about 80,000 people settled there after the gold rush.

Large group of people on leftLarge migration of people on

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Forms of TravelThere was four common ways to travel

to California during the Gold Rush. The most common was by boat leaving the San Francisco Bay and go up the Sacramento River to Sacramento. Second, you could travel by covered wagons from wherever you were in the country. Third, trains began to be a way you could travel in America. Finally, you could travel by horse. Horse was another option but it was less common because you can’t carry as much gold back home with you.

Natives of California

Around 300,000 Native Americans live in California until the Gold Rush. This is because the Gold Rush brought violence and many new diseases to the natives of California. This brought the Indian’s population down to 30,000 people.

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Two billion dollars and 750,000 pounds of gold was extracted during the California Gold Rush. Even with all this money being brought out of California, only a few people left California a lot richer. Most people left California with little more than what they came with.

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The End 18551855 Was the last year where the

California Gold Rush was a big deal.Quick Facts

On The Richest Man in California at that time.

1. Samuel Brannan Was the Richest man in California thanks to the Gold Rush

2. He went to Hawaii and Tried to overthrow the king of Hawaii

3. He created a resort that failed after he got in a drunk fight with one of his employees and got shot eight times. He survived the shooting.