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Early Pioneers (California gold rush (Mining towns (law and order (lots of…
Early Pioneers
California gold rush
gold first discovered by James Marshall in 1848
people went crazy and moved
lived in makeshift camps
49ers in 1848-52
Mining towns
law and order
lots of drinking and gambling
armed constantly
claim jump land
criminal and con men moved for the gold
Journey
expensive
2000 miles
took 5 months
bad weather
Donner party
survived by eating dead
took a wrong shortcut
stuck in snow
50 survived
Mountain men
knew routes that would become trails
Used native American survival skills
explorers and trappers
Manifest destiny
God-given right to own all land
caused conflict with plains indians
believed their religion was superior
why go west
pull
new start
cheap land
gold
reports from ohers
push
poverty
disease
taxes
social persecution
over population