alejandro & joshua

  • hearight system

    hearight system
    Gavo win the head of the house hold a chance to win 200 acres of land and 50 acres per family member.
  • university of Georgia

    university of Georgia
    UGA was the first public school, but it was only for white men. it also was a land grant university created by state government.
  • lousville

    lousville
    third capittal of georgia. it was named after king louis xvi. unfurtanently there was an outbrake of malaria, so it moved to milledgville.
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin
    The cotton gin was created bby eli whitnety. Also it was used to seperate the cotton fiber from the seeds.
  • Yazoo Land fraud

    Yazoo Land fraud
    Alabama and mississippi were once Georgia's territory.Land componies wanted to buy Georgia's western lands and bribed Georgia's govener to sell the land.
  • Land Lottery

    Land Lottery
    A game where white men 21 and older could buy a ticket and apin a wheel for a chance to win land (years 1803-1833)
  • railroads

    railroads
    brought businesses,people, and goods into and out of the states. many railroads lines intersected in terminus, soon to be named Atlanta.
  • BAPTIST/METTHHODIST CHURCH

    BAPTIST/METTHHODIST CHURCH
    The two largest denominations in Georgia. Spread throught Geoorgia in the late 1700s.people were experiencing a religious "awakening".