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The document summarizes key people and events of the California Gold Rush of 1849. It introduces John Sutter, a Swiss immigrant who was granted land in Northern California, and his employee James Marshall, who discovered gold on Sutter's property in 1848. This sparked the California Gold Rush, as thousands of prospectors, known as "forty-niners", rushed to the region in 1849 seeking wealth. It also mentions Californio Mariano Vallejo, a member of an influential Spanish family, who took pride in his home state of California.
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- 1. MR. LEGGETT PRESENTS THE GOLD RUSH Chapter 13, Section 4
- 2. forty-niner A person who went to California to find gold, starting in 1849.
- 3. Californio People living in California during its time as a Spanish or Mexican state.
- 4. Mariano Vallejo A member of one of the oldest Spanish families in America. He took great pride in his home state of California.
- 5. John Sutter A Swiss immigrant to California. Sutter visited the Mexican governor in 1839 and convinced him to grant 50,000 acres of land in Northern California to him.
- 6. James Marshall An employee of Sutter’s that found gold on the American River (1848).
- 7. California gold rush A gold rush occurs when large numbers of people move to a site where gold has been found. Gold is valuable because it is scarce, beautiful, easy to shape, and resistant to tarnish.
- 8. THE GOLD RUSH PRODUCER: MR. LEGGETT DIRECTOR: MR. LEGGETT STARRING: JAMES MARSHALL, JOHN SUTTER, MARIANO VALLEJO, AND THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF FORTY-NINERS