Headright System
1,000 acres
What was the most land the head of the household could receive?
The Yazoo Land Act of 1794 approved the sale of land west of the Chattahoochee to ____________.
What are four land companies?
Paying for a chance to win something
What is a lottery?
Who was considered the head of a household?
Land companies convinced legislators to approve the sale of this land for this reason.
Land west of the Oconee River.
What land in Georgia was put up for lottery?
50 acres each
How many acres did families receive for additional family members?
Deceive, dishonest, cheat in order to create an unfair advantage for personal profit or gain.
What is fraud?
200 acres.
How large was each tract of land in the lottery?
10 acres
How many acres did a family receive for each slaved owned?
The Georgia citizens response to learning of the Yazoo Land Act.
What is vote the old legislation out and vote a new legislation in?
Reasons a person could have more than once chance to enter the lottery.
What are age, marital status, and war service
Land east of the Oconee River
Where was the land located that the Headright System affected?
$1.25 million
What is the amount of money the U.S. government paid to purchase the land west of the Chattahoochee?
A disadvantage of this system.
What is more citizens than land available?