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The California Gold Rush
in Heart of a Samurai
Mariko Tanaka
Based on a true story
Who is John Manjiro?
He was born on the year 1827.
He had an oldest sister, youngest sister, and
a brother.
He went to Bird Island, America in
Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and Suriname.
His transportation was by ship.
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What's the California Gold Rush?
When did it start?
• 1849-1855
• 1849- When pioneers started to come to California to mine
for gold
• At least ( 25,000-90,000 pioneers )
• Gold Rush is a PIONEERS
• big movement
• with many
• Miners going to
• A place to find
• gold
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How did the CA gold rush start?
On January 24th, 1848, James Marshall found gold. He put one on a
hard river stone, Marshall took 1 more and commenced hammering it.
It was soft and didn’t break.
When James Marshall announced his discovery, he only told John
Sutter and people who connected to the sawmill.
John Sutter owned the sawmill where Marshall found gold. Then
Samuel Brannan found out about it.
He was a newcomer to Yerba Buena, the tiny Pacific seaport not far
from Sutter’s mill that would soon change its name to San Francisco.
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How did the CA gold rush start?
With gold dust in his hand, he ran through the streets yelling," Gold!
Gold! Gold from the American river !” The exiting news sent hundreds
and thousands of people racing to the gold fields.
James Marshall Sam Brannan John Sutter
• THAT’S HOW THE GOLD RUSH STARTED
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Who made the most money ?
• He was the first millionaire
• Samuel Brannan sold tools such as
pans, pants, and other useful tools
Samuel Brannan
HOW PEOPLE GOT TO CALIFORNIA
(1) Around the Cape Horn by ship
(2) Overland
(3) Across the Isthmus of Panama
Manjiro got there around the Cape Horn by ship.
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HOW MUCH GOLD WAS FOUND?
There was an unknown amount of gold
found, but it is assumed to be a huge
amount.
WHAT DID THE MINERS EAT?
They ate :
BREAD
SHEEP MEAT
&
DRANK TEA
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DID CHINESE MINE FOR GOLD ?
CHINESE DID MINE FOR
GOLD!
DID THE PRICE OF GOLD GO DOWN ?
NO!
When John Manjiro died
He died of old age in 1898
He died at 71 years old
Thank you very much
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