Georgia Capitals
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What were the 5 Capitals of Georgia, In CHRONOLOGICAL order?
What is:
Savannah
Augusta
Louisville
Milledgeville
Atlanta?
What is: 200 acres of land?
This Creek Chief signed the Treaty of Indian Springs without his tribe's consent and gave up their remaining land, leading to his eventual execution by his own tribe members-
Who is: William McIntosh?
Invented by Eli Whitney in 1793, this machine provided an efficient process for removing seeds from the cotton crop-
What is the Cotton Gin?
The discovery of a valuable natural resource on Cherokee land saw Cherokee laws ignored and people rushing to their land and destroying it. What was this event called?
What is: The Dahlonega Gold Rush?
This capital of Georgia was the original colony founded in Georgia by James Oglethorpe through the Charter of 1732-
What was:
Savannah?
Land distribution system that held events in which Georgians had the chance to win the right to buy land from the state.
What are the Georgia Land Lotteries?
Legislation passed by the President with the purpose of taking American Indian land east of the Mississippi River and relocating the inhabitants west of the Mississippi-
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Thanks to the development of the steam engine, this mode of transportation quickly spread through Georgia, providing a faster way to ship goods and people around the state and the US-
What is the Railroad System?
The Principal (Head) Chief of the Cherokee Nation, this man fought to keep Cherokee land and live peacefully with US citizens-
Who was: John Ross
This Capital of Georgia is a major hub of transportation throughout the country-
What is:
Atlanta?
The land distribution policy signed by Georgia Governor George Mathews that transferred 35 million acres of land west of Georgia to four land companies for $500,000-
What is the Yazoo Act?
The event in which any remaining American Indian tribes in the US were forcibly removed from their homes and relocated West to present day Oklahoma is known as-
What is the Trail of Tears?
This agricultural invention provided a quick and efficient way to cut grain across a field, eliminating the need to cut grain by hand-
What is the mechanical reaper?
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that the Cherokee were a sovereign nation and not subject to US Law-
Who is John Marshall?
What were the 2 MAIN reasons for the Capitals moving Westward during this post-revolutionary period?
What was:
1. Statewide desire for westward expansion
2. The population of Georgia shifting westward through the use of land policies in the State
The first way Georgia distributed land; this could provide heads of household and revolutionary war veterans with free land along the east coast of Georgia-
What was the Georgia Headright System?
- Pushed for the passing of the Indian Removal act of 1830
- Forced thousands of American Indians to be relocated west of the Mississippi
- His actions led to the Trail of Tears, where over 4,000 American Indians died on the march
These all took place under which President?
1. The first State-Chartered University in the US, established to provide all citizens with access to an education, is known as-
2. The man who created the Charter for the establishment of Georgia Was-
1. What was the University of Georgia?
2. Who was Abraham Baldwin?
1. The Supreme Court case in which the Cherokee were declared a sovereign (independent) nation, and therefore NOT subject to US law-
2. Which man said the following statement in response to the Supreme Court decision, "John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it!"-
1. What is Worcester v. Georgia?
2. Who is President Andrew Jackson?
-This city was the capital of Georgia from 1796-1807
-This city was named after a French king as thanks for assisting the Georgia militia in the Siege of Savannah during the revolutionary war
- The capital would be moved out of this city due to a malaria outbreak that took place throughout the city
What is:
Louisville?
As a result of the Yazoo Land Fraud, Georgia's borders were moved from the _______________ river to the ____________________ river.
Georgia ceded over 40 million acres of land to the US Government due to the Yazoo Land Fraud. Which two present day states does this ceded land now consist of?
What is the Mississippi River, to the Chattahoochee River?
What are the present day states of Mississippi & Alabama?
The Second ___________________, signed in 1825, gave up remaining Creek lands in western Georgia
Second Treaty of Indian Springs
What was:
1. An exponential increase in the enslaved population in Georgia
2. An over-reliance/over-dependence on cotton production in the State (stop producing anything else except cotton)
An early name given to Atlanta due to the Railroad Systems all crossing through the city. This word means "the end of the line"
What is: Terminus?