New Helvetia (his agricultural colony)

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New Helvetia was John Sutter’s mid-19th-century agricultural settlement in Mexican Alta California that became a key hub of early California colonization and the site associated with the onset of the Gold Rush.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican-era California rancho ⓘ
agricultural colony ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
alternativeName Nueva Helvecia ⓘ
Sutter’s New Helvetia ⓘ
linked to: Sutter’s Fort
approximateEndTime early 1850s ⓘ
associatedWithEvent California Gold Rush ⓘ
capital Sutter’s Fort ⓘ
center Sutter’s Fort ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
declineCause California Gold Rush ⓘ
land claims disputes after U.S. annexation ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
hide and tallow trade ⓘ
wheat production ⓘ
foundedBy John Sutter ⓘ
founder John Sutter ⓘ
governedBy John Sutter ⓘ
hasPart Sutter’s Fort ⓘ
historicalRole base for John C. Frémont’s expeditions ⓘ
key hub of early California colonization ⓘ
supply center for overland immigrants ⓘ
inception 1839 ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Mexican land grant to John Sutter ⓘ
locatedIn Alta California ⓘ
present-day California ⓘ
locatedOn American River ⓘ
Sacramento River ⓘ
namedAfter Helvetia ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
namedBy John Sutter ⓘ
partOf Mexican Alta California ⓘ
presentLocation Sacramento, California area ⓘ
region Sacramento Valley ⓘ
significantEvent discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill ⓘ
sovereignStateChange United States ⓘ
sovereignStateChangeDate 1848 ⓘ
startTime 1839 ⓘ
timePeriod mid-19th century ⓘ
usedLabor European settlers ⓘ
Hawaiian laborers ⓘ
Native American labor ⓘ

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John Sutter → founded → New Helvetia (his agricultural colony) ⓘ
Sutter’s Fort → partOf → New Helvetia colony ⓘ
linked to: New Helvetia (his agricultural colony)