The California Gold Rush of 1849
A DEFINING POINT IN AMERICAN HISTORY
As the nation celebrates the 150th anniversary of the California Gold Rush, it is both important and interesting to examine such an influential time-period in American history. The Gold Rush in many ways represented what America was, what it was becoming, and what it would eventually develop into.
The adventurous spirit that defined the Gold Rush transformed America. The pioneers and ancestors who had settled into the simple life of the American dream were swept away by a new spirit; entrepreneurial, wide open, and free. This transformation of the American dream would lead a nation less than a century old on the path to eventual global supremacy; always reaching for more, for better. If it was out there, Americans would find it. What spurned this adventure and lured individuals of all nationalities to California? How did the Gold Rush transform California, and America as a whole? Ultimately, how did it contribute in the development of the United States? Simply put, the California Gold Rush defined America.
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