The last person to be elected under the 12th Amendment was John Quincy Adams
The event led to a rapid population increase in California in the late 1840s is the discovery of Gold in California. Due to the discovery of Gold a lot of people like miners and traders settle in California and thus starting the Gold Rush in late 1840s. Also due to the Gold Rush in California a large number of foreigners and people around the globe flocked in California for gold.
Americans came to the new land to be separated from Britain. We found ourselves wanting to become a nation of our own. Americans came together to go against Britain by not paying their taxes and also dumping that tea resembling we will never stand along side Britain again.
