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Term | Definition |
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first land grant university meant to educate all white men regardless of wealth or poverty | University of Georgia |
Georgia's second capital city | Augusta |
Georgia's first capital city | Savannah |
Georgia's third capital city | Louisvillle |
largest church denominations in GA after the American Revolution | Methodist |
one of the largest church denominations in GA after the American Revolution | Baptist |
heads of families given up to 1000 acres of land | headright system |
method of land distribution in Georgia; men, women, orphans, and widows bought tickets to determine the land they were given | lottery system |
machine invented that separated seeds from cotton making production faster | cotton gin |
inventor of the cotton gin | Eli Whitney |
faster mode of transportation, reduced the need for horses, stagecoaches, and boats | railroads |
major Georgia city built at the end of a railroad line | Terminus (Atlanta) |
final name given to city after Terminus and Marthasville | Atlanta |
present capital of Georgia | Atlanta |