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.
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<span>b.gaining economic benefits.</span>
Adam Smith advocated a capitalist economy in which people could freely pursue their own self-interest with government repression. But, in pursuit of self-interest led to oppression and greed, that's when the government should intervene with their invisible hand. Smith was truly an economic genius.
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To declare the separation of the colonies from Britain and explain the colonists' right to revolution.
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