Foreign Miners' Tax

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:appliesTo Mexican miners
Chinese miners
foreign miners
gptkbp:consequence forced many foreign miners to leave California
led to anti-Chinese sentiment
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1850
gptkbp:effect discriminated against non-U.S. miners
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:California_State_Legislature
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:California_Gold_Rush
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Foreign Miners' Tax
gptkbp:location gptkb:California
gptkbp:purpose raise revenue from non-U.S. citizens
gptkbp:reinstatedIn 1852
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Chinese_Exclusion_Act
discriminatory laws in U.S. history
gptkbp:repealedBy 1851
gptkbp:taxAmount $20 per month (1850)
$3 per month (1852)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anti-Chinese_sentiment_in_California
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7