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| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| When was Abraham Baldwin born and where | In Connecticut in 1754 | |
| What was Abraham Baldwin | Patriot, Lawyer, Minister, and a Found Father of the United States | |
| What college did Abraham attend | Yale | |
| What was the problem of society and education in the late 1700s? | It was difficult to receive higher education if one was not wealthy | |
| What did Abraham Baldwin believe about education | Everyone should have access to education. | |
| After Abraham moved to Georgia in 1783, he began working on a charter for | The first state funded university in the country's history | |
| 2 years after the establishment, who approved the charter and what was it named and renamed. | The General Assembly approved this charter it named it Franklin College and then soon to be University of Georgia | |
| It wasn't built until | 1801 | |
| In 1801, who purchased land for the school and wear was this land set for the school?i | John Milledge purchased land in Oconee River and donated it to the school. | |
| Why was Savannah good but also a bad place for it to be the capital? And what time frame? | It was near water, leading to goods, services, jobs, transportation and domestic/international trade. But, the British constantly targeted that area during the American Revolution. | 1754-1785 |
| Why was Augusta good but also a bad place for it to be the capital? And what time frame? | It was still near the targeted land of Savannah | 1785-1795 |
| Why was Louisville good but also a bad place for it to be the capital? And what time frame? | No reason, just moved here to get in the center of the population and expand territory (ceded land from the creek) | 1796-1807 |
| Why was Milledgeville good but also a bad place for it to be the capital? And what time frame? | More ceded land | 1807-1868 |
| Why was Atlanta good but also a bad place for it to be the capital? And what time frame? | Rail lines, industries, and a lot of economic activity | 1868-Present |
| Since the Native Americans tribes sided with the British | Americans states believed Native Americans lost their claims to their claims to traditional land and began settling in native territory that was previously off-limits | |
| Georgia wanted to encourage settlement of these newly acquired lands resulting in... | To do this, Georgia created a system that granted land to those who qualified. | |
| To do this, Georgia created a system that granted land to those who qualified. What system is this | The headright system | |
| Conditions of the headright system consist of | White fathers ≤21 get up to 200 acres of land An additional 50 acres was granted for each family member Slave owners, veterans granted additional land 1000 acres was the limit | |
| The territory of Georgia covered the states | Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama | |
| But the headright system only distributed land on the... | Coast of Georgia | |
| As first approach was the Headright system, what was the second approach | Yazoo Land Fraud | |
| During the headright system, land covered | Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi | |
| During the land lottery, land only covered | Georgia | |
| Simply, how did the land lottery go? | Each eligible Georgia citizen could purchase one change, those eligible included white males, widows, and orphans. A second drawing took place to determine which tractor of land that individual would receive | |
| Who could purchase two times | Veterans and white men with families | |
| Not all land was valuable | Some had a chance for agriculture as others were less fortunate | |
| How did the land lottery cause conflict | Slavery and American Indian Removal | |
| What was the last approach | Land Lottery | |
| Four land speculation companies did what? | Struck a dead with Georgia's government. They would buy large tracts of land from the state and sell it to Georgia residents | |
| The companies also promised | Safety from Native American attacks | |
| The companies sold massive tracts land to Georgia residents at the price of... | 500,000 | |
| Why did so many of Georgia's legislators vote for the Yazoo land act | Because so much of them were bribed | |
| How happy were the Georgia residents about these news? | Not happy at all, they found out the legislators were bribed. | |
| What did these residents do? | Sign petitions opposing the sale of land to these four companies, burning legislation copies and protests | |
| What happened after the Yazoo land fraude | Land was reduced by 2/3 and bordered by the Chattahoochee from 1.25 million | |
| Who made the cotton gin | Eli Whitney | |
| Why was the cotton gin invented | An alternative for the economies profit of making cotton and it's easier to "deseed" the cotton | |
| An alternative for the economies profit since... | Tobacco was damaging the soil | |
| Two main negative side effects | Slavery and Boll Weevils eating cotton and laying eggs inside the cotton | |
| Boll Weevils eating cotton and laying eggs inside the cotton. Why wasn't this good? | Because the south was heavily dependent on it, and when this cotton goes bad, there will be nothing else of this cotton. Resulting in there be absolutely nothing because cotton was the only thing there | |
| What came first | Headright System | |
| What came second | Yazoo Land Fraud | |
| What came third | Land Lottery | |
| William McIntosh, a prominent but controversial Creek leader, was executed in 1825 for signing the Treaty of Indian Springs, | Which ceded tribal lands to Georgia without tribal consent. He had previously fought alongside U.S. forces in the Creek War and First Seminole War, | Earning the rank of brigadier general. His execution was carried out by a Creek National Council party for violating Creek law. |
| Creeks have been ceding (give up land/territory) their land since the 1790s | ||
| How did Andrew Jackson treat the Native Americans? | He removed Native Americans as he thought this would help them survive away from white people | Cherokee |
| How did John Ross treat the Native Americans? | He defended the Native Americans and wanted him to keep living in white settlements down in the south east | Cherokee |
| How did John Marshall treat the Native Americans? | He defended the moving of Native Americans as he ruled and thought they had the right to self-govern | Cherokee |
| Despite John Marshall's ruling, what happened? | Andrew Jackson didn't care, didn't enforce the ruling and still moved them | |
| What John Ross's reaction to this moving? | He still led them into Oklahoma and other western states | |
| Where did the Cherokee live? | The North Georgia Mountains | |
| Who did the Cherokee become trending partners with after the Spanish explored their land | The British | |
| What did the Cherokee do to themselves to try to save their land | Be like the Americans | |
| Was William McIntosh a leader of the Creek or Cherokee | Creek | |
| Cherokee leaders signed the 1835 Treaty of New Echota - ceded remaining Cherokee lands for new land west of the Mississippi River. Why? | They thought it was the righteous way to protect land and themselves from the white settlers. | |
| Was John Ross a leader of the Creek or Cherokee | Cherokee | |
| many died (4000) due to disease and exposure to extreme cold Approximately 400 Cherokee were able to escape to North Carolina. What adventure was this? | Trail of Tears | |
| What was the Treaty of New Echota | A document that ceded all remaining Cherokee lands for new land west of the Mississippi River | |
| Worcester vs. Georgia time? | 1832 | |
| When was UGA chartered? | 1785 | |
| When was UGA welcoming students? | 1801 | |
| What is the Morrill Act | Donated public land to states to create colleges that would teach agriculture, mechanical arts, and military tactics, though scientific and classical studies were not excluded | What it did to UGA basically |
| When did McIntosh signed the Second Indian Springs Treaty | 1825 | |
| When was the Indian Removal Act | 1830 |
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