I think it was because of where it was. It had more control and had more to help them. I might not be 100% but thats what I could say.
Answer & Explanation:
Many people in California figured gold was there, but it was James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848, who saw something shiny in Sutter Creek near Coloma, California. He had discovered gold unexpectedly while overseeing construction of a sawmill on the American River.
<span>By 1775, the attitudes of America’s colonial rebels had shifted from "protest to war," since it became clear around this time that Britain was not going to give in to their demands regarding taxation. </span>
Explanation:
The distance between Great Britain and North America led to slow communication between the British government and the American colonies. ... This lack of enforcement allowed the colonists to develop their own representative institutions.
