California Gold Rush

  • John Sutter

    He sent a carpenter named James Marshall and make him build a sawmill by a nearby river.
  • The Population

    The popualtion increased from around 800 in march 1848 to more than 25,000 by 1850.
  • California Gold Strike

    President Polk had said and confermed that the California Gold Strike in his farewell message to congress in December 1848.
  • Forty-Niners

    These people who came to califonia were gold-seeking migrants were called/named forty-niners.
  • Chinese Men

    Invetween 1849 and 1853 around 24,000 chinese men moved to Californa.
  • Gold Production

    Californias gold production was at more than $60 million. Some stories had inspired many miners.
  • Stronger Economy

    They finally gave Californians the means to grow a stronger economy.
  • 1852

    Califonia placed a high monthly tax on every foreign miners.