Britian was worried that Spain would want there colonies back so they couldn't ad so that the Europeans wouldn't expand there colony into ours.
The California Gold Rush was started when John Sutter moved to California and built Sutter's Fort in 1848. James Marshall was hired to build a saw mill and he found a piece of gold on the ground which was the official first piece found in the gold rush. There was two ways to get to California-- Covered Wagons on land, with crossing rivers and traveling by sea.
Most miners that came to California were of other trades, most of the miners liven in wooden houses or canvas tents and cooked over open fires.
The Gold Rush is what brought people to the West and expanded our nation from coast to coast. Also it back the US Currency.
The first convention for the planning of the Pacific Railroad was held in 1838 by John Plunbe. The Cantral Pacific Railroad Co. and the Union Pacific Railroad Co. were the main builders of the railroad.
The Union Pacific was founded in Chicage on September 2nd, 1862. The official groundbreaking was in December. On May 10, 1869 the two railroads met in Utah. The transcontinental railroad paved the way for western expansion in the West.
The Major causes of the Civil War was economic differenced between the North and South. The American Expansion, States right vs. Federal Rights and the Growth of the Abolition of War.
Some of the major battles of the Civil War was the First Battle of Bull Run on July 1861, where the South won. The Battle of the Antietam on September 17, 1862 which ended Robert E Lees advance into Maryland. The Battle of Shiloh which was the bloodiest battle. The battle of Gettysburg which was the sight of the Gettysburg Adress.
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