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GOLD RUSH (CALIFORNIA)
"Forty-niner"
-The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
-The California Gold Rush was important to world history because roads and other towns were built throughout California and in 1849 a state constitution was written, and a governor and legislature were chosen. California became a state as part of the Compromise of 1850.