California Here I Come!!!

Data in the Historical Narrative

Historical Comprehension

Draw upon data in historical maps in order to obtain or clarify information on the geographic setting in which the historical event occurred, its relative and absolute location, the distances and directions involved, the natural and man-made features of the place, and critical relationships in the spatial distributions of those features and the historical event occurring there.

Use visual and mathematical data presented in graphs, including charts, tables, pie and bar graphs, flow charts, Venn diagrams, and other graphic organizers to clarify, illustrate, or elaborate upon information presented in the historical narrative.

Historical Comprehension

Draw upon data in historical maps in order to obtain or clarify information on the geographic setting in which the historical event occurred, its relative and absolute location, the distances and directions involved, the natural and man-made features of the place, and critical relationships in the spatial distributions of those features and the historical event occurring there.

Use visual and mathematical data presented in graphs, including charts, tables, pie and bar graphs, flow charts, Venn diagrams, and other graphic organizers to clarify, illustrate, or elaborate upon information presented in the historical narrative.

1783

Louisiana

Purchase1803

530 million acres of territory

$15 million

$ .03 per acre

22.3% of the US

Adams-Onis1819

Webster-Ashburton1842

Texas1845

OregonTerritory

1846

MexicanCession

1848

GadsdenPurchase1854

Territorial Growth of the United States

Territory Year Cost Square Miles

Original Area 1783 treaty 827,844

Louisiana Purchase

1803 $15 mil 875,025

Florida 1819 $5 mil 70,107

Texas 1845 [$100 mil]

389,795

Oregon Territory 1846 treaty 288,689

Mexican Cession 1848 $18.25 mil

523,802

Gadsden Purchase

1854 $10 mil 36,211

Alaska Purchase 1867 $7.2 mil 599,446

Total $55.45 mil

3,610,919

California Gold Rush

Population

1848 – 14,0001849 – 85,000 people migrated to

California 40,000 by ship 15,000 via Mexico 30,000 over the Rocky Mountains

1850 – 92,5971852 – 223,856 1860 – 379,994

January 24, 1848 – Gold!

Travel

California Trail about 2 months

Travel

California Trail about 2 months

Via Chagres-Panama

only 5 months

Sea – Overland - Sea

Travel

California Trail about 2 months

Sea – Overland - SeaVia Chagres-Panama

only 5 months

Cape Horn took about

8 months

California Gold Rush

Population

1848 – 14,0001849 – 85,000 people migrated to

California 40,000 by ship 15,000 via Mexico 30,000 over the Rocky Mountains

1850 – 92,5971852 – 223,856 1860 – 379,994

1849 – California Population

Maritime Heritage Projecthttp://www.maritimeheritage.org/

January 1, 1849:

Californians: 13,000 Americans: 6,000 Foreigners: 5,000 Total: 24,000

1849 – California Population

January 1, 1849: Total, 24,000 April 11, 1849, by then “a great many

arrivals by sea and a few by land. By sea - 5,000 (of which one-half were

Americans) By land at 1,000

Californians: 13,000 Americans: 9,000 Foreigners: 9,000 Total: 31,000

1849 – California Population

January 1, 1849: Total -24,000 April 11, 1849: Total -31,000 April 12 to November 28, 1849: “reliable

statistics of the arrivals by sea” from Edward A. King, Harbor MasterMonth America

nForeign Male Female Total

Apr/May/Jun 3,944 1,942 5,677 209 5,886

July 3,000 614 3,565 49 3,614

Aug 3,384 509 3,806 87 3,893

Sept 4,271 1,531 5,680 122 5,802

Oct 2,655 1,414 3,950 119 4,069

Nov 1,746 490 2,155 81 2,236

Totals 19,000 6,500 24,833 667 25,500

As many as 100,000!

On April 11th “there were 31,000 inhabitants in the country, ... if we add thereto the 25,000 arrived by sea, we have a total of 56,500.”

“To this add some 6,000 Mexicans by land, and of which probably 2,000 still remain.”

“Further ... there have run away from the several vessels in port, at least 3,000 seamen.

Arrivals at other ports in California - 500 souls;

Via the Santa Fe and southern route, at least 2,000

Emigration by the way of the Plains “is variously estimated from 30,000 to 40,000.”

“Therefore we have a total of 94,000 souls, as follows:”

Americans: 62,000

Californians: 13,000

Foreigners: 18,500

Total: 94,000

NW Ordinance of 1787Steps to Statehood

Congress appointed a Governor, Secretary of State and 3 Judges for the territory

5000 free male inhabitants – elect a legislature with 2 houses

60,000 people reside in the territory could apply for statehood

Form a Constitutional Convention and draft a state constitution

Submit the document to Congress

International Appeal

Letter to Norway

New York San Francisco

Boots: $ 2.50 $ 20 Shoes: $ 0.75 $ 8 Saved:

May - $ 223 June - $ 295 May – mid-July: $ 750

Made $ 35 yesterday!

Bryan

Jackson

Lander

Western States Route Map

1776 Miles

California Here I Come!!!

Data in the Historical Narrative