Unit 3, Lesson 3: How did the discovery of gold affect California?

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Questions
1. Who was building a new sawmill for John Sutter?
2. Where was the mill located?
3. What is the name of the river the sawmill was next to?
4. What was the purpose of the sawmill?
5. Who sold gold-mining tools?
6. What was the California Gold Rush of 1849?
7. What was the name of the new settlers?
8. What were the names of the boomtowns created by the Gold Rush of 1849?
9. Who used the name "Dame Shirley" to describe life in the mining towns and camps?
10. Life as a miner was hard.  True or False
11. What was the name of the document that gave miners the right to mine an area of land?
12. Waht is the official name for fool's gold?
13. Where was most of the gold in California?
14. What is a lode?
15. Where was the Mother Lode located?
16. What was the name of the entrepreneur that made jeans?
17. What was the name of the entrepreneur that didn't make money?
18. Who governed the area of California in 1840s?
19. Who own the El Dorado Hotel in Nevada City?