Local Miners committees were formed and began enacting laws excluding “noncitizens” from many mining districts. So miner committees even resorted to flogging or mutilation of aliens (Textbook, 201). This sense of xenophobia and nativist attitudes were demonstrated by many Yankee residents and miners. In 1850, Yankee miners passed The Foreign Miners’ Licensee of 1850. This law indicated that every noncitizen miner who wants to mine is required to take out a license and pay a monthly twenty dollar fee (Miner’s License Document, Sec. 6). This regulation was really expensive for many foreigners and resulted in driving them out from mining operations. Thus, the migration of foreigners to California was not seen as favorable to its existing residents. Yankee Americans stressed extreme bigotry toward newcomers coming to the state and belittled the native Californian residents. This animosity did not create a tolerant society where everyone grew and
Local Miners committees were formed and began enacting laws excluding “noncitizens” from many mining districts. So miner committees even resorted to flogging or mutilation of aliens (Textbook, 201). This sense of xenophobia and nativist attitudes were demonstrated by many Yankee residents and miners. In 1850, Yankee miners passed The Foreign Miners’ Licensee of 1850. This law indicated that every noncitizen miner who wants to mine is required to take out a license and pay a monthly twenty dollar fee (Miner’s License Document, Sec. 6). This regulation was really expensive for many foreigners and resulted in driving them out from mining operations. Thus, the migration of foreigners to California was not seen as favorable to its existing residents. Yankee Americans stressed extreme bigotry toward newcomers coming to the state and belittled the native Californian residents. This animosity did not create a tolerant society where everyone grew and