Illustration of the causes and effects of westward migration in the years surrounding the Civil War. Impact on California, is one very dramatic And, in the same time period, the Native-American populationĭecreased from 150-thousand to only 30 thousand. The non-Indian population of the State of California Miners from the East Coast, Europe, South America, and Asia. The nearest harbor where ships could land with prospective gold In January 1848, gold wasĭiscovered in California, near the Sierra Nevada mountains, right about here. What happened? The short answer is, gold. Most culturally-diverse place on earth at that time period. Less than two years later, San Francisco had 30-thousand residents, mainly young men who hadĬome from all over the world, making the city perhaps the The water is crowded with ships, and the land is crowded with houses. territory at the close of the Mexican-American War. San Francisco only hadĪbout a thousand residents, and California had only There's a little smattering of houses, and a few boats in the water. This is a print showing the San Francisco Harbor in 1848.
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