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The California Gold Rush: A Trans-Pacific Phenomenon-U.S

First Edition  ©2016 David Igler Formats: E-book

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    David Igler

Table of Contents

Central Question
Learning Objective
Introduction
Historical Background 
Primary Sources  
Edward Kemble, “San Francisco, 1848, First Drops of the Golden Shower,” Sacramento Daily Union, Saturday, March 22, 1873     
James K. Polk, Excerpt from State of the Union Address, December 5, 1848
“O Boys I’ve Struck It Heavy!” 1853      
“Chinese, Gold Mining in California”    
Foreign Miners License Stub, 1853      
“An Act to Prohibit Natives from Leaving the Islands,” The Polynesian, September 7, 1850        
Excerpt from the Diary of Miner Alfred Doten, December 22, 1851  
Louise Clappe, Excerpt from the “Shirley Letters,” 1851
Project Questions
Additional Assignments
Additional Resources for Research

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This document collection examines the ways in which events in California resonated throughout the Pacific Ocean, how different communities around the Pacific participated in and changed as a result of Californias gold rush, and offers a perspective on the "Pacific World" as a place of connections, migration, and transits. Students are guided through their analysis of the primary sources with an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical context.

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