california here i come!!! data in the historical narrative
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California Here I Come!!!
Data in the Historical Narrative
Historical Comprehension
Draw upon data in historical maps in order to obtain or clarify information on the geographic setting in which the historical event occurred, its relative and absolute location, the distances and directions involved, the natural and man-made features of the place, and critical relationships in the spatial distributions of those features and the historical event occurring there.
Use visual and mathematical data presented in graphs, including charts, tables, pie and bar graphs, flow charts, Venn diagrams, and other graphic organizers to clarify, illustrate, or elaborate upon information presented in the historical narrative.
Historical Comprehension
Draw upon data in historical maps in order to obtain or clarify information on the geographic setting in which the historical event occurred, its relative and absolute location, the distances and directions involved, the natural and man-made features of the place, and critical relationships in the spatial distributions of those features and the historical event occurring there.
Use visual and mathematical data presented in graphs, including charts, tables, pie and bar graphs, flow charts, Venn diagrams, and other graphic organizers to clarify, illustrate, or elaborate upon information presented in the historical narrative.
1783
Louisiana
Purchase1803
530 million acres of territory
$15 million
$ .03 per acre
22.3% of the US
Adams-Onis1819
Webster-Ashburton1842
Texas1845
OregonTerritory
1846
MexicanCession
1848
GadsdenPurchase1854
Territorial Growth of the United States
Territory Year Cost Square Miles
Original Area 1783 treaty 827,844
Louisiana Purchase
1803 $15 mil 875,025
Florida 1819 $5 mil 70,107
Texas 1845 [$100 mil]
389,795
Oregon Territory 1846 treaty 288,689
Mexican Cession 1848 $18.25 mil
523,802
Gadsden Purchase
1854 $10 mil 36,211
Alaska Purchase 1867 $7.2 mil 599,446
Total $55.45 mil
3,610,919
California Gold Rush
Population
1848 – 14,0001849 – 85,000 people migrated to
California 40,000 by ship 15,000 via Mexico 30,000 over the Rocky Mountains
1850 – 92,5971852 – 223,856 1860 – 379,994
January 24, 1848 – Gold!
Travel
California Trail about 2 months
Travel
California Trail about 2 months
Via Chagres-Panama
only 5 months
Sea – Overland - Sea
Travel
California Trail about 2 months
Sea – Overland - SeaVia Chagres-Panama
only 5 months
Cape Horn took about
8 months
California Gold Rush
Population
1848 – 14,0001849 – 85,000 people migrated to
California 40,000 by ship 15,000 via Mexico 30,000 over the Rocky Mountains
1850 – 92,5971852 – 223,856 1860 – 379,994
1849 – California Population
Maritime Heritage Projecthttp://www.maritimeheritage.org/
January 1, 1849:
Californians: 13,000 Americans: 6,000 Foreigners: 5,000 Total: 24,000
1849 – California Population
January 1, 1849: Total, 24,000 April 11, 1849, by then “a great many
arrivals by sea and a few by land. By sea - 5,000 (of which one-half were
Americans) By land at 1,000
Californians: 13,000 Americans: 9,000 Foreigners: 9,000 Total: 31,000
1849 – California Population
January 1, 1849: Total -24,000 April 11, 1849: Total -31,000 April 12 to November 28, 1849: “reliable
statistics of the arrivals by sea” from Edward A. King, Harbor MasterMonth America
nForeign Male Female Total
Apr/May/Jun 3,944 1,942 5,677 209 5,886
July 3,000 614 3,565 49 3,614
Aug 3,384 509 3,806 87 3,893
Sept 4,271 1,531 5,680 122 5,802
Oct 2,655 1,414 3,950 119 4,069
Nov 1,746 490 2,155 81 2,236
Totals 19,000 6,500 24,833 667 25,500
As many as 100,000!
On April 11th “there were 31,000 inhabitants in the country, ... if we add thereto the 25,000 arrived by sea, we have a total of 56,500.”
“To this add some 6,000 Mexicans by land, and of which probably 2,000 still remain.”
“Further ... there have run away from the several vessels in port, at least 3,000 seamen.
Arrivals at other ports in California - 500 souls;
Via the Santa Fe and southern route, at least 2,000
Emigration by the way of the Plains “is variously estimated from 30,000 to 40,000.”
“Therefore we have a total of 94,000 souls, as follows:”
Americans: 62,000
Californians: 13,000
Foreigners: 18,500
Total: 94,000
NW Ordinance of 1787Steps to Statehood
Congress appointed a Governor, Secretary of State and 3 Judges for the territory
5000 free male inhabitants – elect a legislature with 2 houses
60,000 people reside in the territory could apply for statehood
Form a Constitutional Convention and draft a state constitution
Submit the document to Congress
International Appeal
Letter to Norway
New York San Francisco
Boots: $ 2.50 $ 20 Shoes: $ 0.75 $ 8 Saved:
May - $ 223 June - $ 295 May – mid-July: $ 750
Made $ 35 yesterday!
Bryan
Jackson
Lander
Western States Route Map
1776 Miles
California Here I Come!!!
Data in the Historical Narrative
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