e people in in Oregon Oregon , the , the Sandwich Sandwich Islands Islands Hawaii) and Hawaii) and Latin Latin America America , , ?? who were the first to start flocking who were the first to start flocking (群集;簇拥(群集;簇拥) ) to the state to the state (州(州) ) in late 1848. in late 1848. All in all, the news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. The effects of the Gold Rush ? A system of laws and a government was created, leading to the admission of California as a state in 1850 . ? New methods of transportation developed as steamships came into regular service, and railroads were built. ? The business of agriculture, California's next major growth field, was started on a wide scale throughout the state.
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