Developments in GA & Indian Removal
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| invented by Eli Whitney --- made cotton farming productive --- allowed cotton to become "king". | Cotton Gin
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| 2 largest Indian nations living in Georgia during the Colonial and Revolutionary War periods | Creek and Cherokee
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| led to the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia | discovery of gold in Dahlonega
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| bill passed by US government in 1830 --- called for the removal of Native Americans from southern states | Indian Removal Act of 1830
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| 2 major agricultural products after Revolutionary War | cotton and tobacco
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| first public university in America - 1785 -- provided higher education at affordable cost | University of Georgia
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| headright system | distributed Indian lands to new settlers
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| replaced the headright system as a way of distributing land | land lottery
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| land companies bribed members of legislature to buy land cheaply at below-market prices | Yazoo Land Fraud
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| Creek chief -- signed a treaty giving up the last Creek lands in GA to federal government -- murdered by his own people | William McIntosh
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| removal of the Cherokee from Georgia | Trail of Tears
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| Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ---- ruled in favor of the Cherokee nation as being independent and able to govern itself | John Marshall
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| Cherokee leader who established a written constitution and represented the Cherokee before Congress in opposing the idea of giving up land | John Ross
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| campaigned on the idea that Native Americans should be relocated to land in the west - when he ran for president | Andrew Jackson
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| The Supreme Court case that stated the Cherokee as being a sovereign nation with the capability to rule itself apart from Georgia law was __________. | Worcester v. Georgia
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| Why did Georgia's first capital become inconvenient as a state capital during the early 1800s? | population moving west - Savannah was not centrally located
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| Impact railroads had on Georgia and the rest of the south | transport of goods at a much faster rate.
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