unit timeline project

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    Yazoo Land Fraud

    Summary- land was sold
    Fact- The Yazoo land fraud was one of the most significant event in the post-revolutionary war
  • 1793--- cotton gin

    Summary-The cotton gin was and made the slave count incerase.
    Fact-In 1793 Eil Whitney inventived the cotton gin ,because of this it made the production of upland cotton and led to its rise as Georga's major cashcrop
  • louisville

    Summary- started after the American Revolution
    Fact- Was georgia's 3rd capitak from 1796 to 1807
  • louisville

    Summary- started after the American Revolution
    Fact- Was georgia's 3rd capitak from 1796 to 1807
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    1805-1833---LAND LOTTERIES

    Summary-people had a chance to win there own land
    Facts- between 1805 and 1833 we had 8 land lotteries. The first one was in 1805 .During 28 years georgia sold 3-quarters of the state to 100,000 families and individuals
  • Cherokee Syllables

    Summary- made the cherokee have there own language
    Fact- Sequoyah invented a system of eighty-four to eighty-six characters that represented syllables in spoken cherokee. Completed in 1821 , the syllables was rapidly adopted by a larger number of cherokee
  • William McIntosh

    Summary- controversial chief for the creek
    Fact-in 1825 he negotiated and signed all of the creeks land away by signing the Treaty of Indian Springs
  • John Ross

    Summary- principal chief of the cherokee
    Fact- he became chief in 1827, He presided over the nation during the apex of its development in the Southeast
  • 1833---Railroads

    summary-Railroads were made to transport cotton across the state.
    fact-In 1833 the first raliroad to start being bulit was " The Georgia Railroad and because of this small towns sprang up