CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
*
Home
Turning Point for California
Thesis
California Statehood
James Marshall and John Sutter
Forty-niners
Traveling to California
Successes and Failures
Timeline
Process Paper
Annotated Bibliography
Thesis Statement
In 1848, a major turning point in history, the California Gold
Rush began, when gold was discovered there. This discovery led to thousands of
people settling in California and eventually statehood in 1850.