HST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 47: Coloma, California, Allan Macnab, Caroline Affair
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California gold rush: gold was discovered by james w. marshall at sutter"s mill, in coloma, News of the discovery soon spread, resulting in some 300,000 men, women, and children coming to california from the rest of the united states and abroad. These early gold-seekers, called "forty-niners," traveled to california by sailing boat and in covered wagons across the continent, often facing substantial hardships on the trip. San francisco grew from a small settlement to a boomtown, and roads, churches, schools and other towns were built throughout california. A system of laws and a government were created, leading to the admission of. A series of events beginning in 1837 that strained relations between the u. s. and. American sympathizers helped out a group of canadian rebels, settling near the border of new york. Sir allan macnab (british) is sent to seize the caroline (boat supporting the rebels), and set it on fire and sent it over the niagara falls.
