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Chile 1843-1847
"On Feb 20th 1835, a large earthquake (estimated M8.1-8.2) shook the cities of Concepción and Talcahuano in Chile, and generated a large tsunami which battered the Chilean coastline." (disaster analytics). “That was the year of the floods, which were immortalized in schoolchildren’s textbooks and in their grandparents’ memories" (28). The 1835 earthquake and tsunami left a lasting impact on Chile, remembered and passed down through generations. Painter Unknown/uncredited (alchetron) -
China 1834-1848
“First Opium (First Anglo-Chinese) War. Treaty of Nanking signed (1842) ending the First Opium War. China paid large indemnity and extraterritoriality and most favored nation principle established in China.” (facing history). “In 1839, when the Opium War between China and Great Britain broke out, Tao Chi’en was sixteen years old. At that point the country was overrun by beggars.” (133) Poverty in China in 1839 showing the social turmoil Tao Chi’en witnessed duncan1890/iStock.com(britannica) -
Chile 1843-1847
"Between 1830 and 1850 Chilean silver mining grew at an unprecedented pace which transformed mining into one of the country's principal sources of wealth. The rush caused rapid demographic, infrastructural, and economic expansion" (dbpedia). “To top it off rich veins of silver and gold were discovered in the north” (65). Gold and silver were found in Chile creating an economic boom Chatgpt -
Chile 1848-1849
“The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, that brought an official end to the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), was signed on February 2, 1848, at Guadalupe Hidalgo.” (archives.gov). "The yellow pellet that unleashed the madness was found nine days after the war between Mexico and the United States had ended with the signing of the
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo." (96). Gold was discovered just days after the war ended Chatgpt -
SF 1848-1849
"January 24, 1848 — James Wilson Marshall checked on this day that the watercourse... He peered through the clear water, saw something shining up at him, and later recalled: “It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold.” (Smithsonian). “By then thousands of adventurers had briefly passed through on their way to the placers “ (269-270) . Describes the rush of the workers to the Gold Rush as soon as they arrived in San Francisco. Chatgpt -
SF 1850-1853
“Some 80,000 immigrants poured into California during 1850. They came overland on the California Trail and by ship around Cape Horn or through the Panama shortcut. The majority of them came in one immense wave during mid summer, as covered wagons reached the end of the California trail.” (Coloma) “By that time there were more than 100,000 argonauts in California, and, more kept arriving...” (329). The Gold Rush of 1850s brought a massive wave of people chatgpt -
SF 1850-1853
"California became the 31st state on September 9, 1850. California situated its first capital in San Jose. The city did not have facilities ready for a proper capital, and the winter of 1850 - 1851 was unusually wet, causing the dirt roads to become muddy streams." (parks.ca). “In September of 1850, Tao chi’en was present at the noisy patriotic celebration when California became the newest state in the union” (386). California became the 31st state in 1850 Chatgpt -
SF 1850-1853
"The winter of 1850 produced incessant rains with record and near record precipitation totals in the months of November, December, January and March." (Sierra Sun). “In December, overnight, winter descended upon the foothills and thousands of miners had to abandon their claims and move to town to wait for spring.” (364). Harsh winter storms in 1850 forced many miners out back into town Chatgpt -
SF 1850-1853
"Levi emigrates to Gold Rush San Francisco. He opens his own dry goods business to serve the small general stores of the American West." (Levi Strauss) “Miners were working on salary and the ones getting rich were the impresarios, as avid for sudden wealth as the adventurers of '49, but much cleverer, like that tailor named Levi who was making pants with double seams and metal studs, the obligatory miner's uniform.” (255) people profited from the Gold Rush by creating miners uniform ChatGPT