1 gen 1850 anni - Foreign Miner's tax
Descrizione:
Background: gold rush, racism by American miners, Chinese miners arrived in the employ of Chinese companies-White miners called for racist laws to expel Chinese miners
description: A discriminatory tax, adopted in 1850 in California Territory, that forced Chinese and Latin American immigrant miners to pay
high taxes for the right to prospect for gold.
effects: The tax effectively drove these miners from the goldfields.
Aggiunto al nastro di tempo:
Data:
1 gen 1850 anni
Adesso
~ 175 years ago