New Perspectives on the West: James Wilson Marshall (1810 1885) Handout

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New Perspectives on the West: James Wilson Marshall (1810 1885)

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A brief biography of James Marshall who discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848, which led to the California Gold Rush.

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Concepts

gold, manifest destiny

Additional Tags

gold rush, california gold rush, james marshall, john sutter, new perspectives on the west, pbs, sutter's mill, weta, discovery of gold in california

Classroom Considerations

Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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