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Tag: South America

  • The Gold Rush of 1849

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    Gold Miners During the California Gold Rush. Photographer Unknown.

    On January 24, 1848, James Marshall and Johann Sutter made a discovery that would transform the territory of California and bring about pandemonium in American society. The specks of gold that they discovered, while they may have hoped to keep secret, were anything but a secret.

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  • The Transcontinental Treaty of Washington

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    John Quincy Adams in 1818. By: Gilbert Stuart.

    John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State from 1817 to 1825, was a principled, “tough negotiator.” Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: Transformation of America, 1815-1848, 107.

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