Savannah
Louisville
Atlanta
Athens
1,000 acres
2,000 acres
2,500 acres
5,000 acres
Tomahawk rights
Land lottery
Surveying
Land rush
Only men could participate.
A person had to pay a fee to participate.
A person could not return the land they won
Orphans, Widows, & War veterans were given extra chances.
Georgia’s land lottery
Mississippi land fraud
Trail of Tears fraud
Yazoo land fraud
It led to a massive infestation of the boll weevil
Slavery to become profitable again,ensuring the survival of this practice
It put peanut famers out-of-business
It led to much alcoholism in the new state of Georgia
Pick cotton.
Plant cotton.
Turn cotton fiber into thread.
Separate the seeds from the cotton fiber.
A majority of the railroads went through the city.
The railroad line ended there at one time.
No major railroad went through the city.
All the railroads ended here.
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Western and Atlantic
Canals
Highways
Railroads
Riverboats
He signed a treaty giving Cherokee lands to the United States.
He signed a treaty moving the Cherokee to the Indian Territory.
He gained fame as a hunter and trapper and traded the fur for weapons.
He developed a syllabary so the Cherokee could have a written language.
Silver on Creek lands
Gold in Dahlonega
Oil in Columbus
Zinc in Madison
William McIntosh
Chief Menawa
John Ross
Sequoyah
President would not enforce the Supreme Court decision.
Congress and the president agreed with and supported the decision.
Supreme Court was the supreme law of the land and could do whatever it wanted.
Supreme Court could not enforce the decision without the support of the president.
Long Journey Home.
Overland Trail.
Trail to Nowhere.
Trail of Tears.
To be fair to each city
The Governor of Ga was picky about what they wanted
It moved to follow the population of the state
Savannah was burned during the Creek War and it was forced to move.
A Circuit Rider
A Holy Roller
A Naval Store
A Country Preacher
The Treaty of Indian Springs
Worcester vs. Georgia
The Treaty of New York
Plessy vs. Ferguson
William Few
William McIntosh
Elias Boudinot
Alexander McGillivray
Elias Boudinot
Alexander McGillivray
William Few
William McIntosh
Headright System
Land Lottery
Footright System
Outright Sales
Money and land was lost due to the Mississippi Land Fraud.
The federal government claimed it after the Yazoo Land Fraud for 1.25 million dollars
The state could not claim the land because the General Assembly sold it to the Creek
The federal government wanted to set that land aside for the Indian population.
Discovery of Gold
Invention of the Cotton Gin
Red Stick attack on Fort Mim's
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend
The land for the college was donated by the federal government.
The college was a public university open to all.
The land was granted by Oglethorpe after he met Tomochichi
The college was established as an agricultural college to improving farming.
Yazoo land fraud
Mississippi land fraud
Georgia land lottery
Trail of Tears
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