Question

What happened to the Native Americans who lived in California before the gold rush?

Answer 1

Answer:

They learned to live with the miners even though they did not like it and they did not care about gold.

Explanation:

In america, there was a time when the California State experience the gold rush. This is as a result of the discovery of gold in the state with words spreading like widefire about the abundance of gold in that state.

This drew many people to California leading to quest to get the gold while the Native Americans where greatly discomforted. the had no other option that to watch and accept the fact that, the miners are there to stay and live with them.

Answer 2

Answer:

They were pushed out.

Explanation:

The Gold Rush in California started in 1849. This led to about (300,000) three hundred thousands Americans moving to California during this period.

However, before the influx of the gold seekers, about 150,000 native Americans are living in the area, and by the end of the gold rush period, many of the 120,000 Native Americans were dead, some as a result of diseases, lack of food, deliberate murder, and forced servitude.

In the end, only a few of about 30,000 native Americans were left, most of them were pushed out to reservations, far away from their homelands.