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Answer:
because it was 1849 when the peak of the gold rush was (when everyone started to go to California)
Through Adam's sin, man became susceptible of disease and death as a punishment for his sin. He passed this condition to his children, which is the entire humankind, and now we all pay for our sins through death. We become sinners even before we were born, and of course before we could choose to sin or not, and therefore we pay for them with our immortality.
They weren't too eager to get involved in a war which they didn't know the outcome, and they didn't want to become involved because of the impact it may have on their trade with the other countries.
In order for a society to be considered a civilization, one of the first things it needs is food for the people. After all, there wouldn't be a civilization if the people didn't survive. Literature is necessary too.
