People
Creek chief who sold Creek land to the state of GA in 1825 and was killed for it.
William McIntosh
The name of the treaty that sold remaining Creek land in GA to the state of GA
Treaty of Indian Springs
Used to separate seeds from cotton fibers quickly
cotton gin
Reason for moving the state capital at different times
To keep it in the middle of GA's population so people have easy access to it
Headright system
US President who refused to enforce the Worcester ruling, eventually leading to the Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson
"Cherokee are an independent nation and therefore GA and the US can't pass laws for or against them."
Worcester v. GA ruling
Inventor of the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
GA's 5 state capitals
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
Headright system
Long-serving Cherokee chief who fought politically to keep the Cherokee from being removed.
John Ross
Political divisions of the Creek Nation
Upper Creek & Lower Creek
How many pounds of cotton a day could a cotton gin clean?
50 pounds
First discovery of gold in GA was here...
Villa Rica
Used to sell land in western GA (west of the Chattahoochee River)
Yazoo Act
US Supreme Court justice who ruled the national and state laws did not apply to the Cherokee since they were their own nation
John Marshall
Name given to the removal of the Cherokee from their homeland in GA, NC, AL, and TN
Trail of Tears
The first railroad in GA connected which 2 cities
Savannah and Macon
Cherokee capital city
New Echota
The two states that came from the sale of western GA to the US government
Alabama and Mississippi
The first president of Franklin College
Abraham Baldwin
The Cherokee were removed to this current US State
Oklahoma
The reason the state of GA had to get involved with building railroads
Railroads were EXPENSIVE
People whose names were drawn in the land lottery
Land distribution system used to grant land to Revolutionary war veterans
Headright system