The United States and mexico a peace treaty on February 2, 1848. Mexico had to give up much of its land to the US The land included Texas, Arizona, new Mexico and California. The treaty signers didn’t know that james Marshall had just discovered gold in California 10 days earlier. Nobody knew this outside of the area near the Scaramento River. One year later everbody knew.
In 1849 the world heard about the gold discovery. Gold fever brought thousands of people to California . We call the people who joined the gold rush “forty-niners”. They All thought they could become rich quickly. They thought they could stay in California a shirt time and return home as wealthy People
In 1849 the world heard about the gold discovery. Gold fever brought thousands of people to California . We call the people who joined the gold rush “forty-niners”. They All thought they could become rich quickly. They thought they could stay in California a shirt time and return home as wealthy People
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