By 1848, California was the part of the United States. A carpenter named John Marshall hired Indians in order to build a sawmill. During the digging for water, Indians initially found gold. The word spread around the country; thousands of people caught so called “gold fever” and started moving westward. These people later became known as forty-niners. California Gold Rush attracted many people around the world. About 80,000 people moved to California by the end of 1849. Many of these people came from Chile, England, and mostly China. This movement accelerated the American economical growth. Immigration is one of the most important even the history of the United States. It changed U.S. citizens’ attitude toward the immigrants. People had sort