1.) 1st way land was allocated in GA

2.) Type of land allocation strategy used

3.) During what time period was it used?

4.) Describe it briefly – using a min. of 5 bullet points?

5.) Draw the land allocation method in a way that those with the basic reading skills of a farmer living in the late 1700s – mid 1800s could understand it?

1.) 1st way land was allocated in GA

Headright System

2.) Type of land allocation strategy used

Sharing

3.) During what time period was it used?

1773-1802

4.) Describe it briefly – using a min. of 5 bullet points?

5.) Draw the land allocation method in a way that those with the basic reading skills of a farmer living in the late 1700s – mid 1800s could understand it?

#4:

•Free land

•White, male head of household = 200 acres

•50 acres for each family member

•50 acres for each slave up to 10

•No family could get more than 1,000 acres

•Rev. War vets who enlisted and served 3 yrs. = 100 acres; those vets who served til end of war got 250 extra acres

•Rev. War heroes and those of a higher military rank (general, etc.), could receive 1,000-20,000 acres like Elijah Clarke.

1.) 2nd way land was allocated in GA

2.) Type of land allocation strategy used

3.) During what time period was it used?

4.) Describe it briefly – using a min. of 5 bullet points?

5.) Draw the land allocation method in a way that those with the basic reading skills of a farmer living in the late 1700s – mid 1800s could understand it?

1.) 2nd way land was allocated in GA

Allocation by Price (Yazoo Land Fraud)

2.) Type of land allocation strategy used

PRICE

3.) During what time period was it used?

1794-1803

4.) Describe it briefly – using a min. of 5 bullet points?

5.) Draw the land allocation method in a way that those with the basic reading skills of a farmer living in the late 1700s – mid 1800s could understand it?

#4:

•GA state legislators were bribed by 4 land companies who wanted to purchase “Yazoo lands” cheaply (1 ½ cent per acre) from GA.

•Legislature created the “Yazoo Act” which gave GA permission to sell land.

•The land companies marked up the price of the land and sold it back to GA citizens and groups, but it was still a good value.

•News broke that legislators were bribed. Public was outraged, and the Yazoo Act was repealed and the crooked legislators were voted out of office.

•The Yazoo lands were supposed to be returned to the state, but many people didn’t want to hand back over land they bought. They decided to sue the state of GA (US Supreme Court).•OUTCOMES: The federal govt. bought up all the invalid land claims from the land buyers for $4,000,000, and the Georgians in Yazoo lands had to leave. GA was paid $1.25 mil. dollars for the remainder of the Yazoo territory, and Georgia’s new western boundary became the Chattahoochee River. The federal govt. also promised to help remove Natives Americans so white could have more land.

1.) 3rd way land was allocated in GA

2.) Type of land allocation strategy used

3.) During what time period was it used?

4.) Describe it briefly – using a min. of 5 bullet points?

5.) Draw the land allocation method in a way that those with the basic reading skills of a farmer living in the late 1700s – mid 1800s could understand it?

1.) 3rd way land was allocated in GA

Land Lottery

2.) Type of land allocation strategy used

Lottery

3.) During what time period was it used?

1803-1832

4.) Describe it briefly – using a min. of 5 bullet points?

5.) Draw the land allocation method in a way that those with the basic reading skills of a farmer living in the late 1700s – mid 1800s could understand it?

#4:

•Considered fair because it is based on luck

•Total of 8

•White males, 21+ could enter for a small fee

•Orphans and widows could also participate

•Name drawn from one barrel; lot # drawn from a second barrel

•Blank lot slips included b/c there were always more people who wanted land than available land

•War vets, widows, and men with children would get extra chances if they got a blank slip

•¾ of the land in the state was given out this way