Who inspired Walker's filibustering project in California?
Franklin Pierce
Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon
Cornelius Vanderbilt
His own ideas
Answer
Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon inspired William Walker's filibustering project in California. Raousset-Boulbon was a French adventurer who led an unsuccessful attempt to conquer Sonora, Mexico, in 1852. After his defeat, he fled to San Francisco, where he met Walker and inspired him to launch his own filibustering expedition in California.
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