| A | B |
|---|
| forty-Niner | Someone who digs for gold |
| Californio | Settlers of Spanish or Mexican Decent |
| Mariano Vallejo | A member of one of the oldest spanish families in America. He owned 250,000 acres of land. |
| John Sutter | Persuaded the mexican government to grant 50,000 acres of land in California. He built a fort on his land and dreamed of creating his own personal empire based on agriculture |
| James Marshall | A carpenter sent by Sutter to build a sawmill on the American River. One day when Marshall was inspecting the canal that brought water to mill, he saw something shining in the water. It was gold! |
| Gold | Element Symbol Au |
| Shovel | Tool used to dig holes for gold |
| Minning | The object of finding gold |
| San Francisco | Key Ctiy for miners |
| Pick Axe | Tool used to dig into rocks |
