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Numbers indicate the order that gold was found and started to be mined.**
 * [[image:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/map/images/goldrush_map.jpg width="378" height="325" caption="Map of Major Gold Finds"]]

**Historical Question** "What were the benefits that came to America after the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall? Did it do a lot of good to America? If so, what?"

First of all, the California Gold Rush started about 10 days before the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was agreed upon, which is the name of the peace treaty that ended the Mexican-American War. California wasn’t completely “American” territory, because there were few people that lived in that area. A man called James W. Marshall one day, discovered small, shining pieces of rocks, which was later confirmed as gold. James, as anyone would do, tried not to spread the news around, hoping that only he would be able to get rich and live a rich life. However, a newspaper somehow got to know the news, and they published that gold was found. This triggered over 300,000 people from all over America to go to California in search of great fortune. However, most of them returned home with actually only a little bit more of what they had at the start. However, although this rush caused a bit of damage to the people, it caused a great economical burst in the country. First of all, it became very friendly with foreign countries in the matter of trade. Also, the Manifest Destiny actually became true, because everyone moved west to look for gold. America developed a lot in the west mostly due to the gold rush. When we look, back, the reason that San Francisco is so developed is because the gold rush of California.