John Sutter
LIFE CHART
NAME OF BIOGRAPHEE: John Augustus Sutter (born Johann August Suter)
BIRTH DATE: February 15, 1803 DEATH DATE: June 18, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kandern, Baden, Germany (near Switzerland)
WHERE DID THIS INDIVIDUAL SPEND HIS OR HER EARLY LIFE? Switzerland
DESCRIBE HIS OR HER EDUCATION: military academy, apprenticeship to printers and booksellers
NAME OF SPOUSE: Anette D’Beld
NUMBER OF CHILDREN: 5
NAMES OF SIGNIFICANT RELATIVES: none
CAREER(S): Clerk, Businessman, Innkeeper, Merchant, Farmer, Miner
MOST SIGNIFICANT CAREER(S): Merchant, Farmer, Miner
DURING WHAT YEARS DID THE BIOGRAPHEE HAVE HIS OR HER MOST SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES? 1848
ABOUT HOW OLD WAS THE BIOGRAPHEE WHEN HE OR SHE HAD HIS OR HER MOST IMPORTANT EFFECT OF AMERICAN HISTORY? 45
LIST ANY SIGNIFICANT LIFE EXPERIENCES THAT HAD A MAJOR EFFECT ON THE BIOGRAPHEE: 1. In 1834, creditors came after him to collect on his debts forcing him to flee to the United States. This is significant because otherwise he might have stayed in Switzerland and never had anything to do with the Gold Rush. 2. In 1848, gold was found on his land. This is the start of the Gold Rush.
PART II: CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY
January 24, 1848 the first official day of the California gold rush this would bring tens of thousands of people from Europe, China, Latin America and Australia in an attempt to gain vast amounts of fortune and fame. One man would leave his home land of Baden Germany to seek riches that lie within the land of opportunity, however he would do this fourteen years before the discovery of gold in California, he would be the man to start the gold rush. John Augustus Sutter, was a dreamer, a man who wished to escape poverty and the debts that he had sunken himself into. Most men or women who met Captain Sutter would tell tales of his heroic duties in the Swiss army or perhaps other adventures that he likely made up to inflate his already
NAME OF BIOGRAPHEE: John Augustus Sutter (born Johann August Suter)
BIRTH DATE: February 15, 1803 DEATH DATE: June 18, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kandern, Baden, Germany (near Switzerland)
WHERE DID THIS INDIVIDUAL SPEND HIS OR HER EARLY LIFE? Switzerland
DESCRIBE HIS OR HER EDUCATION: military academy, apprenticeship to printers and booksellers
NAME OF SPOUSE: Anette D’Beld
NUMBER OF CHILDREN: 5
NAMES OF SIGNIFICANT RELATIVES: none
CAREER(S): Clerk, Businessman, Innkeeper, Merchant, Farmer, Miner
MOST SIGNIFICANT CAREER(S): Merchant, Farmer, Miner
DURING WHAT YEARS DID THE BIOGRAPHEE HAVE HIS OR HER MOST SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES? 1848
ABOUT HOW OLD WAS THE BIOGRAPHEE WHEN HE OR SHE HAD HIS OR HER MOST IMPORTANT EFFECT OF AMERICAN HISTORY? 45
LIST ANY SIGNIFICANT LIFE EXPERIENCES THAT HAD A MAJOR EFFECT ON THE BIOGRAPHEE: 1. In 1834, creditors came after him to collect on his debts forcing him to flee to the United States. This is significant because otherwise he might have stayed in Switzerland and never had anything to do with the Gold Rush. 2. In 1848, gold was found on his land. This is the start of the Gold Rush.
PART II: CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY
January 24, 1848 the first official day of the California gold rush this would bring tens of thousands of people from Europe, China, Latin America and Australia in an attempt to gain vast amounts of fortune and fame. One man would leave his home land of Baden Germany to seek riches that lie within the land of opportunity, however he would do this fourteen years before the discovery of gold in California, he would be the man to start the gold rush. John Augustus Sutter, was a dreamer, a man who wished to escape poverty and the debts that he had sunken himself into. Most men or women who met Captain Sutter would tell tales of his heroic duties in the Swiss army or perhaps other adventures that he likely made up to inflate his already
Bibliography: Milado, Rowena. "John A. Sutter, Jr." Accessed July 19, 2011. http://sacramento.about.com/od/historylandmarks/ig/Sacramento-Old-City-Cemetery/John-A--Sutter--Jr-.htm Pashnit. "SuttersFort he Birth of Gold Rush." Accessed July 19, 2011. http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/SuttersFort.htm. Primary Source: Sutter, John A. "Diary of John A. Sutter." Accessed July 19, 2011. http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/sutdiary2.html#1845. West, Wild. "James Marshall: California 's Gold Discoverer." Accessed July 19, 2011. http://www.historynet.com/james-marshall-californias-gold-discoverer.htm Yuba City. "John Augustus Sutter." Accessed July 19, 2011 http://www.syix.com/yubacity/johnsutter.html.