Squatters' Riot

When

8 Aug 1850 – 15 Aug 1850

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

38.58° N, 121.50° W

The squatters' riot was an uprising and conflict that took place between squatting settlers and the government of Sacramento, California in August 1850 concerning the lands that John Sutter controlled in the region and the extremely high prices that speculators set for land that they had acquired from Sutter.

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