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Yazoo Land Fraud 1795 Four land companies bribed legislators to sell them public lands. A law was passed selling 35 million acres for $500,000 roughly 1.5 cents per acre The citizens were upset The law was repealed, and legislators were voted out of office. Georgia cede all land west of the Chattahoochee River for $1.25 million dollars
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Chapter 6 Review SS8H5A,B,C,D
Headright System The “head” of each
family was entitled to 200 acres of land plus an additional 50 acres for each family member up to 1,000 acres.
Revolutionary war veterans were eligible for additional acreage based on their rank
The pieces were often irregularly shaped and many times were larger than they were supposed to be.
Yazoo Land Fraud 1795 Four land companies
bribed legislators to sell them public lands.
A law was passed selling 35 million acres for $500,000 roughly 1.5 cents per acre
The citizens were upset The law was repealed,
and legislators were voted out of office.
Georgia cede all land west of the Chattahoochee River for $1.25 million dollars
Railroads 1833 first railroad
chartered. 1836 Western and
Atlantic is established Georgia built railroads
which increased the speed and decreased the cost of east-west transportation.
Terminus and Marthasville
Cotton Gin ► Invented by Eli
Whitney in 1793► The Cotton Gin – it
made the production of cotton faster and cheaper
► Cotton became more economical to grow and led to an increase in the use of slave labor.
Cotton Gin and Railroad Both of these
boosted Georgia’s economy and made it an economic powerhouse in the 1800’s.
Baptist and Methodist Churches Early 1800’s the Great
Revival a protestant movement sweeps through the south.
Baptist and Methodist churches (Methodist church founded by John Wesley he came over with Oglethorpe) spring up as a result.
Many of these churches relied on circuit riders (traveling preachers)
University of Georgia Chartered on January 27,
1785 Nation’s first State
University Built on land set aside by
the state for education (land grant college)
Franklin College was it’s early name (named for Benjamin Franklin
Located in Athens a city planned as the site for the University
No classes for the first 16 years as it only exited on paper.
Cotton
Was Georgia’s most economically beneficial crop.
Alexander McGillivray Creek Chief in the late
1700’s Fought the Americans
during the Oconee War Signed the Treaty of New
York (1790) ceding all creek land east of the Oconee River
Worcester v. Georgia Supreme Court decision
handed down by Chief Justice John Marshall
Supported the missionaries (Butler and Worcester) who refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Georgia government.
The decision stated that the Cherokee nation had its own government and was sovereign, and that state law did not apply there.
John Marshall 4th Chief Justice of the
United States Render a decision in
favor of the Cherokee in Worcester v. Georgia.
This decision stated that the Cherokee nation was autonomous (independent) and that Georgia law did not apply there.
Andrew Jackson Army general fought in
the Creek wars at Ft. Mims an in the War of 1812.
7th president of the United States
Ordered the Cherokee (as well as other native Americans) removed
Was opposed to the decision in Worcester v. Georgia said “John Marshall has rendered his decision, now let him enforce it.”
William McIntosh Creek Chief who signed
the Treaty of Indian Springs giving away the last of the Creek lands for $200,000 dollars
“Murdered” by Menewa and his warriors for betraying his people
John Ross He was a principal chief
of the Cherokee nation who was opposed to the Cherokee removal and made numerous trips to Washington to protest this.
Opposed the Treaty of New Echota
Removal of Creeks and Cherokees The Creek removed
by 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs
Seminole early 1800’s.
Cherokee removed 1838 – 1839
All Native Americans were moved to Indian Territory
Sequoyah Of mixed parentage
(half European half Cherokee)
Created the “syllabary” an 85 character alphabet
Allowed the Cherokee to write their language
Dahlonega Gold Rush In 1828 Gold is
discovered in what is today White County
Led to an influx of outsiders seeking easy wealth.
Led to the stripping of rights of the Cherokee as well as their removal from Georgia
Trail of Tears Indian Removal Act is passed in 1830 Removed the Cherokee as well as other native
peoples from the southeast to Indian territory (Oklahoma and Arkansas)
Signed into law by President Andrew Jackson