Hi, here is the Latest Chronicle about the Californian Gold Rush and how it helped shape the west. It links to push and pull factors and also tacked the impact of the Gold Rush on the Native Americans.
The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.The sudden influx of gold into the money supply reinvigorated the American economy.The Gold Rush had severe effects on Native Californians and resulted in a rapid population decline from disease, genocide and starvation.
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