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San Francisco population goes from 500 to 150,000
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James Marshall Finds gold in California
This is important becuse it is technically the start of the California Gold Rush -
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Start to end of Gold Rush
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First waves of miners arrive
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News of gold rush reaches Oregon
It took six month for news to reach Oregon. and once it did it let even more people know that the gold rush was on and if poeple wanted gold they needed to head to California. Also once news reached Oregon it spread pretty quickly getting to the east coast on a month later -
News reaches of the gold rush reaches the East Coast
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Populaton of San Francisco hits 25,000
In just less than a year the population of San Francisco goes from 1,000 to 25,000! This is important because it made San Francisco a major city. -
President James Polk confirms discovery of gold in East coast
Almost a year after it gold was discovered on the East Coast the presidnet confirms. It is important because it sowed people on the west coast and m=and mid land area that it wasn't a hoax it was actually happeneing. -
First waves of Chinese miners
This is important because it ment more people and different people from different countries. -
California becomes a free state
This is imporatnant because it was a big jump for california and with the gold rush it got publiscty and we had enough people there that it it was given stateship -
Hydraulic Mining is introduced
This is importnant because it is a technilogical advance and it was a quiker way to get gold than the traditional way of panning -
San Francisco Mint is built
Miners could turn gold bullion into US coins. It is important so then miners could gety paid quicker and easier.