Essays on Californian Gold Rush

Asians in the Californian Gold Rush Introduction Having been a part of the Asian-American population for a little over a decade, I encountered hardships that only an Asian living in America would know. Reflecting upon those times, I wondered about the first Asians who came...

After watching “Gold Rush”, I learned a lot about how the Gold Rush affected not only the past, but the present. The discovery of gold in California affected immigration/migration, ethnic relations, and social and political developments in the United States in the mid-1800s. Watching Gold...

California became an American territory when the United States defeated Mexico in 1847. John Marshall discovered gold the next year, bringing people from all over the world to the port of San Francisco and the surrounding area. These prospectors scoured riverbeds and mountainsides, and eventually...

The Gold Rush occurred between 1849 and 1874 in California, where over a billion dollars of gold was unearthed from the ground. There was an influx of people who hoped to benefit from this fortune which affected the economic, social and political development in California....