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1843-1847 Chile
March 15, 1832- Eliza Sommers arrived to Valparaiso, Chile. She was an abandoned baby not knowing where she came from. “…but when Eliza turned up on their doorstep he had to take her in because his resolve crumbled when he saw his sister, Rose, clinging to the babe as if its mother.” (Allende 8) -
1843-1847 Chile
“...rich veins of silver and gold were discovered in the north” (Allende 65). During this time, there was a lot of gold and silver found in the “...rich veins of silver and gold were discovered in the north” (Allende 65). During this time, there was a lot of gold and silver found in the -
1848-1849 Chile
In 1848 word of a land covered in gold made its way to Chile. Many men were overcome with greed and left everything in hopes of striking it rich in California.
“The wildfire of greed flared immediately among Chileans, who had the souls of miners, and the rush to California began the next month.” (Allende 146)
The narrator explains the greed of man like a wildfire, showing how it grew quickly and destroyed everything in its path. -
1848-1849 San Francisco
San Francisco became a large town in California due to its location on the bay, giving easy transport to other places in California.
“...San Francisco wasn’t much of a town but that it did sit on the most beautiful bay in the world.” (Allende 160)
The narrator described San Francisco’s bay as the most beautiful in the world. -
1850-1853 San Francisco
The search for gold caused environmental degradation and hurt the natural resources of California.
“By that time there were more than 100,000 argonauts in California, and more kept arriving, scattered all through the mother lode, turning the world upside down, moving mountains, diverting rivers, destroying forests, pulverizing rock, displacing tons of sand, and digging monumental pits.” (Allende 329). People searching for gold caused harm to the environment. -
1850-1853
After America's war with Mexico, the United States took their land, some of which were Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and California, becoming states in 1850.
“In September of 1850, Tao was present at the noisy patriotic celebration when California became the newest state in the union.” (Allende 386)
The narrator describes the celebration as noisy and patriotic making it seem annoying. -
1850-1853 San Francisco
In the summer of 1851, Jacob pursued Joaquín Murieta for four months, hoping to interview the bandit. Jacob constructs the legend that Murieta is “the avenger of oppressed Spanish peoples” (Allende 343), naming him “the Robin Hood of California.” -
1834-1848 China
“The population was divided among five tongs, on arrival every Chinese immigrant joined one of these brotherhoods” ( Allende 417)