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Expansion & Growth
10 words (set 7)
Term | Definition |
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Headright System | land policy that provided the head of the family up to 200 acres of free land |
Creek Indians | lived in south GA and and removed from GA through treaties |
Worcester v. Georgia | Supreme Court case which declared the Cherokee were sovereign or an independent state and not subject to US laws |
cede | to give something up, especially land |
UGA | 1st state sponsored college in GA |
bribe | money paid to someone to get him/her to do something |
Land Lottery | land policy where a person could purchase a ticket to win a parcel of land |
Cherokee Indians | lived in Northwestern GA and forcefully removed as part of the Trail of Tears |
Trail of Tears | forced removal of Cherokee Indians from GA |
Yazoo Land Act | the sale of western land to 4 land companies after the governor & members of the General Assembly had been bribed |