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University of Georgia being established
There were many battles over which university was the first in the U.S. to be established and many people believe it to be Georgia because it open first and and they found their land site first. Georgia got the charter to build the school in 1785, but they had already confirmed their land site in 1854. Although the university's graduating class came after UNC the fact that they established the building before makes them the first public university in the U.S. Source: Georgia Encyclopedia. -
The Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney created the Cotton Gin to clean cotton quicker than it could be done by hand. The Cotton Gin was meant to help pick the seeds out of cotton. Along with the invention of the gin it came with the need for more slaves, because they needed cotton to be picked quicker so they could clean it and make more profit off of it. Source: New Georgia studies textbook. -
Yazoo land fraud
This gave away land unfairly to people because the legislators had been bribed by land companies that wanted to buy 35-50 million acres of land. By the end of this fraud Georgia had lost all of it's Western territory. The legislators had been bribed to the point where they were selling land down to a penny per acre. The legislators participated in this because they would get personal benefits from it. Source: New Georgia studies textbook. -
The first tent revival
Tent revivals were made to rejoin people with the lord and reunite families and friends. Georgia became very popular because of these tent revivals because people wanted to be closer to their friends and families and also settle down for the preachings.
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Land lotteries
The land lotteries in Georgia started in 1805 and it was where the state would draw names and land was given out to widows, orphans, and veterans. During the 28 years the lotteries operated the state of Georgia sold 3/4 of the state to about 100,000 families. Source: Georgia encyclopedia. -
Treaty Of Indian Springs
In this treaty, the Creek tribe gave up land between the Ocmulgee and Flint rivers. On Janurary 8, 1821 Creek and U.S. representatives met at Chief Mcintosh's settlement to sign this treaty. The Creeks ceded their land between the Flint and Ocmulgee rivers and Georgia expand westward beyond the Ocmulgee river. Source: GeorgiaInfo. -
Worcester v. Georgia
This was a court case determining that the natives were their own nation and they did not have to follow the states laws but they did have to follow the United States laws.Because of this the U.S. could not remove the natives if they were considered citizens under U.S. law. -
The creation of the Georgia railroads
In 1832, the Georgia railroads were created by a man who in need of a better way to transport cotton to Augusta. He needed these railroads due to poor road conditions. These railroads definitely had a positive impact on Georgia. Many of Georgia's highways were built based off of where the railroads were, because many of the population lived along them. Source: New Georgia studies textbook. -
Dahlonega gold rush
Gold was discovered in Dahlonega in 1829 and many new settlers rushed to Georgia to find it. The bad thing about this though was the fact that the gold was found on the land that the natives lived on, but many settlers were angry about that so they forced them off that land. They forced them off because they wanted to be able to live there and also find gold. Source: GeorgiaInfo,