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People were called 49ers b/c the gold rush happened in 1849, sum 80,000 people migrating to California in search of gold.
People in fewer numbers also migrated in 1848, they were called 48ers.
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What were the California 49ers named after?
The were named after the people who came to California during the gold rush in 1849.
Who were the original 49ers and how have they imported the west?
They were people that followed the 'gold rush' of 1849. They did not import the west it was already there.
What are the prospectors who flocked to California in 1849 called?
Forty-Niners
Where was gold in 1848?
Gold was discovered in California in 1849The people who looked for gold where called the fourty-niners which stands for (1849)And in the period of time when gold was in California there was so much gold that they called it the gold rush and the gold rush brought more than 100,000 people to California and the rest of the United States
How did the gold rush affect Canada?
The Gold Rush in Canada helped boost the economy. This gold rush also brought a lot of people into Canada.
