During the California Gold Rush, newcomers from the eastern United States asserted their dominance over California primarily by levying a heavy tax on foreign miners. This action targeted non-American miners, particularly those from Latin America and elsewhere, making it difficult for them to compete with American miners. The other options, such as honoring land titles created under Mexican law, did not represent an assertion of dominance and were part of the complexities of land ownership following the U.S. annexation of California.
During the California Gold Rush, how did newcomers from the eastern United States assert their dominance over California?
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They honored land titles created under Mexican law.
They honored land titles created under Mexican law.
They levied a heavy tax on foreign miners.
They levied a heavy tax on foreign miners.
They only allowed expensive placer mining.
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