Gold Rush Unit

James Marshall finds gold at Sutter Creek

Jan 24, 1848

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/marshall.htm

The Tready of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed

Feb 2, 1848

http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/war/wars_end_guadalupe.html

Sam Brannan announces GOLD is found to all

May 12, 1848

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/peopleevents/p_brannan.html

Native Americans represents most of miners

Jun 14, 1848

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/sfeature/natives.html

90,000 migrants reach California

Mar 12, 1849

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-antebellum/5425

Foreign Miners' Tax

Mar 12, 1850

http://immigrationtounitedstates.org/506-foreign-miner-taxes.html

Government set aside land for Native Americans

May 10, 1850

http://settlersinthewest.weebly.com/native-americans.html

Compromise of 1850 - California becomes a free state

Sep 9, 1850

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/california-becomes-the-31st-state-in-record-time

20,000 Chinese immigrants come to California looking for gold

Jun 9, 1852

Hydraulic mining was invented

Mar 13, 1853

http://explore.museumca.org/goldrush/fever19-hy.html

End of the Gold Rush

Jun 24, 1858

http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/goldrush.html