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mexican officals gave John sutter permission to start a colony
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Anglo californias were publishing newspaper advertisments and guidebooks
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Donner party began its journey
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rescue party found the starving and freezing group
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Sutter sent a carpenter named james marshall to build a sawmill
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sane fransicos population increased from around 800
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80,000 gold seekers came to california
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chinese men moved to california
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20,000 immigrants arrived in california
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san fracniscos popultion grew more than 25,000
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california became the 31st state
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california placed a high monthly tax on all foriegn miners
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californias yearly gold production peaked at more than $60 million.
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"from far and near we came and were pleased" wrote purchant Lai Chun- Chuen
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comletion of the transcontinetal railroad