U. S HISTORY 8TH GRADE 15 POINTS If I were in the 1800s and I was thinking about moving to California for the land and gold how you explain how living there would be like? Please explain in detail.

You would be exposed to a harsh reality. loneliness, homesickness, isolation, physical risk, lousy food and illness, and even death were all part of life in that time period. Mining was, above all, the most difficult job. Failure, as well as fortune, was just around the corner for everyone.

On January 8, 1848, James W. Marshall, overseeing the construction of a sawmill at Sutter’s Mill in the territory of California, literally struck gold. His discovery of trace flecks of the precious metal in the soil at the bottom of the American River sparked a massive migration of settlers and miners into California in search of gold. The Gold Rush, as it became known, transformed the landscape and population of California.
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