Chapter 6 Review SS8H5A,B,C,D

Headright System The “head” of each

family was entitled to 200 acres of land plus an additional 50 acres for each family member up to 1,000 acres.

Revolutionary war veterans were eligible for additional acreage based on their rank

The pieces were often irregularly shaped and many times were larger than they were supposed to be.

Yazoo Land Fraud 1795 Four land companies

bribed legislators to sell them public lands.

A law was passed selling 35 million acres for $500,000 roughly 1.5 cents per acre

The citizens were upset The law was repealed,

and legislators were voted out of office.

Georgia cede all land west of the Chattahoochee River for $1.25 million dollars

Railroads 1833 first railroad

chartered. 1836 Western and

Atlantic is established Georgia built railroads

which increased the speed and decreased the cost of east-west transportation.

Terminus and Marthasville

Cotton Gin ► Invented by Eli

Whitney in 1793► The Cotton Gin – it

made the production of cotton faster and cheaper

► Cotton became more economical to grow and led to an increase in the use of slave labor.

Cotton Gin and Railroad Both of these

boosted Georgia’s economy and made it an economic powerhouse in the 1800’s.

Baptist and Methodist Churches Early 1800’s the Great

Revival a protestant movement sweeps through the south.

Baptist and Methodist churches (Methodist church founded by John Wesley he came over with Oglethorpe) spring up as a result.

Many of these churches relied on circuit riders (traveling preachers)

University of Georgia Chartered on January 27,

1785 Nation’s first State

University Built on land set aside by

the state for education (land grant college)

Franklin College was it’s early name (named for Benjamin Franklin

Located in Athens a city planned as the site for the University

No classes for the first 16 years as it only exited on paper.

Cotton

Was Georgia’s most economically beneficial crop.

Alexander McGillivray Creek Chief in the late

1700’s Fought the Americans

during the Oconee War Signed the Treaty of New

York (1790) ceding all creek land east of the Oconee River

Worcester v. Georgia Supreme Court decision

handed down by Chief Justice John Marshall

Supported the missionaries (Butler and Worcester) who refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Georgia government.

The decision stated that the Cherokee nation had its own government and was sovereign, and that state law did not apply there.

John Marshall 4th Chief Justice of the

United States Render a decision in

favor of the Cherokee in Worcester v. Georgia.

This decision stated that the Cherokee nation was autonomous (independent) and that Georgia law did not apply there.

Andrew Jackson Army general fought in

the Creek wars at Ft. Mims an in the War of 1812.

7th president of the United States

Ordered the Cherokee (as well as other native Americans) removed

Was opposed to the decision in Worcester v. Georgia said “John Marshall has rendered his decision, now let him enforce it.”

William McIntosh Creek Chief who signed

the Treaty of Indian Springs giving away the last of the Creek lands for $200,000 dollars

“Murdered” by Menewa and his warriors for betraying his people

John Ross He was a principal chief

of the Cherokee nation who was opposed to the Cherokee removal and made numerous trips to Washington to protest this.

Opposed the Treaty of New Echota

Removal of Creeks and Cherokees The Creek removed

by 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs

Seminole early 1800’s.

Cherokee removed 1838 – 1839

All Native Americans were moved to Indian Territory

Sequoyah Of mixed parentage

(half European half Cherokee)

Created the “syllabary” an 85 character alphabet

Allowed the Cherokee to write their language

Dahlonega Gold Rush In 1828 Gold is

discovered in what is today White County

Led to an influx of outsiders seeking easy wealth.

Led to the stripping of rights of the Cherokee as well as their removal from Georgia

Trail of Tears Indian Removal Act is passed in 1830 Removed the Cherokee as well as other native

peoples from the southeast to Indian territory (Oklahoma and Arkansas)

Signed into law by President Andrew Jackson