1. Ten Days that Unexpectedly Changed America
These days were just as ordinary as yesterday, today or tomorrow, and not a single person, even the people who were involved, expected it to have made the impact that it did. ... The Puritans believed it was their job to "fix" them and transform them into civilized people. ... When rumors started to get out about the discovery of gold, most people thought it was just that- a rumor. ... Once the people heard about how easy it was to make money, people would mortgage their homes, borrow money from friends and family and leave their families in order to go search for gold in California...
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