Land Policies
Land Lotteries
This capital was the first capital and would later become influential in Georgia's history as a deep-water sea port
Savannah
This discovery in the Blue Ridge Mountains in what would become Dahlonega, GA leads to the forced removal of the Cherokee.
Gold
Muscogee Creek land primarily was found in these two regions of Georgia.
Piedmont & Coastal Plain
This event is titled as such because of the mass amount of death that occurred as natives were forcibly removed from the southeastern states to Oklahoma.
Trail of Tears
This land policy was primarily for the heads of families where they would receive 200 acres of land and additional land for each family member and each slave. They could receive anywhere from 200-1000 acres.
Headright System
This became the capital during the American Revolution as the original capital was occupied by the British.
Augusta
This invention led to cleaning the seeds out of cotton faster, shifting Georgia's primary cash crop to cotton.
Cotton Gin
Assimilation
This court case ruled in favor of the Cherokees and declared them a sovereign (independent nation).
Worcester v. Georgia
This act was passed by the General Assembly, selling mass amounts of land to 4 land companies for pennies on the dollar. It was later revealed that members of Georgia's legislature was bribed.
Yazoo Land Act/Fraud
These three capitals can be found on, or near, the Fall line.
Augusta, Louisville, & Milledgeville
This invention connected cities to Georgia to Savannah, making the transporting of goods faster than before.
Railroads
Muscogee Creeks and Cherokees are descended from what historic tribe?
Mississippians
This person ignored the ruling of the Supreme Court and allowed the Cherokee to be forcibly removed. He refused to enforce the law.
Muscogee Creek land was distributed through what land policy?
Land Lotteries
This capital is known for protesters burning copies of the Yazoo Land Act on it's capital steps.
Louisville
This man is the inventor of the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney
This is the name of the chief who signed away the rest of Muscogee Creek land. He was later killed by his own tribe for the betrayal.
William McIntosh
This person was chief of the Cherokees and fought for his people through the courts. He even went with his people on the Trail of Tears.
Chief John Ross
These two states were formed after the Yazoo Land Fraud where the U.S. Government had to intervene to settle disputes in Georgia. Georgia sold the land to the U.S. government with the promise that the federal government would help remove natives.
Alabama & Mississippi
This used to be the name of Atlanta due it being the center of the railroads.
Terminus
Slavery
This document was signed by the Muscogee chief, ceding all Muscogee Creek land to Georgia.
Treaty of Indian Springs
This person was the Chief Justice who ruled in favor of the Cherokees, declaring them a sovereign (independent) nation and did not have to follow U.S. laws.
Chief Justice John Marshall