The first group to travel overland to California as a wagon train was the Bidwell- Bartleson group in 1841. The trail lost popularity in 1869 with the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, which made the trip more affordable and quicker.
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Taxation without representation is when the civilians are taxed without their own consent, and it was a problem because in the north(new England) most colonists were very poor or did not make enough to tax and support
