Californios After the Gold Rush
The Gold Rush was extremely difficult on the Californios. As a result of the Gold Rush, many Californios had their farm lands destroyed or taken over due to invasions of dissatisfied miners. Some had even lost their property rights in court, and their farm lands had been taken away from them. Others had lost an enormous amount of money, due to unjust laws imposed by the state of California. The great farm lands that they possessed before the Gold Rush, which they could grow crops and raise cattle on, were now gone, and the Californios struggled to survive.
In the end, the California Gold Rush had a negative effect on the Californios. The Californios had settled in California and were living a comfortable, successful life before the Gold Rush happened. Once the Gold Rush began, the Californios were treated horribly, and everything they had once had was taken away from them. The huge losses of power, land, and money that the Californios suffered during the Gold Rush had lasting negative effects on them.