New Helvetia (his agricultural colony)

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Mexican-era California rancho agricultural colony settlement

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
New Helvetia	0
New Helvetia colony	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mexican-era California rancho ⓘ agricultural colony ⓘ settlement ⓘ
alternativeName	Nueva Helvecia ⓘ Sutter’s Fort ⓘ surface form: Sutter’s New Helvetia
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 (Spanish colony) ⓘ surface form: Alta California present-day California ⓘ
locatedOn	American River ⓘ Sacramento River ⓘ
namedAfter	Helvetia ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
namedBy	John Sutter ⓘ
partOf	Mexican Alta California ⓘ
presentLocation	Sacramento metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Sacramento, California area
region	Sacramento Valley ⓘ
significantEvent	discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill ⓘ
sovereignStateChange	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
sovereignStateChangeDate	1848 ⓘ
startTime	1839 ⓘ
timePeriod	mid-19th century ⓘ
usedLabor	European settlers ⓘ Hawaiian laborers ⓘ Native American labor ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Sutter → founded → New Helvetia (his agricultural colony) ⓘ

Sutter’s Fort → partOf → New Helvetia (his agricultural colony) ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Helvetia colony