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Headright System
Heads of household (white men) given 200 acres+ 50 per dependent (including slaves) Fun Fact: Major way the government transferred land to citizens. -
Land Lotteries
Quality of soil is good or bad depending on the lot. Fun Fact: Gov. John Milledge called the legislature into a session to pass a new land policy. All new land was to be measured into lots of 202 1/2 acres or 490 acres if land is not as fertile. -
Cotton Gin
The invention of the cotton gin led to a massive growth in the U.S. cotton industry. Fun Fact: After the invention of the cotton gin the tobacco production decreased as more planters turned to cotton. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
An impact is the land on which gold was found belonged to Natives, it affected them because they were forced off the land by settlers. Fun Fact: People worked in he mines to make money.In 1838 the turned raw gold into coins. -
Baptists and Methodist Churches
People all around started building churches to praise in whom they believed in (ex:God) Ga was a religiously diverse state. Fun Fact: Late 1830 Methodists established what was later called the Wesleyan College for girls and Emory for boys. Baptists had founded Mercer College, and Presbyterians had started Oglethorpe College. -
Railroads
The railroads was built to transport cotton and types of resources. Fun Fact: As the railroads increased so did Atlanta, which had became an important railroad center by the start of Civil War.