tjared
How did the Forty-Niners establish legal rights to their claims?
California Gold Rush
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cyclotreker
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California existed under military control at this time as there was no legislature, executive or judicial body for the region.
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melintur
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The Forty-Niners made up their own codes and enforced these codes themselves.