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Gold Discovered
As though the past 15 years had no presented much change, an event occured that would forever transform California. Shortly after the decisive battle in the Mexican-American War, -
Gold Rush Began
Word Spread fast. In a short time everyone in the area from the coast of California to Mexico was searching for gold. Word spread across the United States and throuhgout the world by 1849, and the Gold Rush began -
Forty Niners
Forty-niners, who journeyed to California in 1849, started a wave of immigration. Eventually all gold seekers during the Gold Rush were called forty-niners. -
Compromise of 1850
Since California was already the thrity first state because of the population growth,The Compromosided of 1850 allowed California to be a free state. Slavery was prohibited, which upset the balance of free and slave states and California statehood became a background issue to the Civil War. -
Gold Mining
Mining techniques changed quickly from panning and picks to hydraulic jet of water. Wventually, large companies conducted muchof the gold mining in California. -
Growing California Population
By 18569, The California pupulation, excluding Native Americans, increased from about 15,000 to about 300,000. The fastest way to California from the east was by boat and transfer by land over th Isthmus of Panama. Some immigrants traveled by boat around th tip of South America.
