James A. Polk was the president when the 1849 gold rush near Sacramento CA happened.
California's population jumped high in numbers due to a flow of settlers coming hoping to make their fortune by finding gold in said gold rush.
According to historical records in 1850 10,000 people a day were arriving in California for the gold rush. Millions came and most left broke or stayed and started a business.
What happened was the men wanted to get to the gold rush areas so they went. The main colonies in Sydney and Melbourne were becoming smaller in population and that's not what the government wanted.
In 1849 gold was discovered in the traces of the John Sutter sawmill in Columa California. This resulted in the gold rush and in 1850 California became a state. Gold was also found in the BlackHills of Dakota in the 1800's and there was a gold rush onto Native Americans lands. The Yukon had a massive gold rush in the late 1800's, but the conditions there were brutal because of the cold and weather.
the Melbourne gold rush took place int he early 1850's
Gold was discovered in 1849 and so many people came to seek gold California became a state on September 9, 1850.
the californian gold rush was in the 19th century in the 1840's- 1850's.
Within the next year the gold rush happened and CA was a state in 1850.
Within the next year the gold rush happened and CA was a state in 1850.
the gold rush
The Alabama Gold Rush happened in 1835.
cariboo gold rush in b.c.,canada - 1857 but the actual gold rush didn't start until 1861
1850's to the 1900's
Gold rush
Nothing, because the Gold Rush was in 1849.
Yogi Bear's Gold Rush happened in 1994.