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=__I am the Californian Gold Rush__= = = 

__What I Know__
- The Californian Gold Rush was something that was very crucial to the development of America's economy

- Started in 1848 -Gave great fortune to to others, but also gave some others nothing

- James W. Marshall first discovered gold -Started in Sutter's Mill - The people who rushed to California in order to pan for gold in 1849 were also referred as the forty-niners

__What I want to Learn__
- Exactly, what kind of changes did this Gold Rushes bring to America? - How did the news spread about gold? - How many people in total rushed for gold?

-The development in gold mining technology

__Where I can find the Answers__
- James W. Marshall's journals - Diaries or journals of some of the forty niners - News articles of the 1840's - Maps of places where gold was discovered

__What I have Learned is__
- Brought development in economy, but also help Americans spread towards the West, and developed the relationship with foreign countries

- James W. Marshall tried to keep news a secret, but rumors spread, and a news paper published the discovery

- Approximately 300,000 people came to find gold - At first, everyone panned gold, but later something called “hydraulicking” was developed, where water jets were shot at gold beds, which caused dirt and gold to go down a sluice, and later was sorted out