social studies project
by :anyela torres
establishment of uga
A side note:hey guys this is angela and i know that u dont want to read alot so i tryed to make it as short as possible but not to short cuz mrs.donaldson might not like it hope you enjoy it.
in 1785 the uneversity of georgia was charted.all the people that went there where male and white,so basiclly a white college,girls might think its not fair but in 1918 girls were admitted.the federal government donated the land to uga.it is the oldest college in the nation can you imagin that and before it got the name of uga it was called franklin college.
http://collegeprowler.com/university-of-georgia/videos--and--photos/
this is a video of the university of georgia its pretty cool so watch it.
louisville
georgia had up to 5 different capitals savannah,agusta,LOUISVILLE,milledgeville,and atlanta.but this is about louisville.louisville was during the yazoo land fraud.capital site be called Louisville in honor of Louis XVI of France, in appreciation for French assistance during the Revolutionary War.
Baptist and Methodist
headright system
referred to a grant of land, usually 50 acres, given to settlers in the 13 colonies. The system was used mainly in Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Maryland. It proved to be quite effective by increasing the population in the British colonies.each white male counted as a "head" of the family and had the right to receive up too 1,000 acres of land.
Land lotteries
Yazoo land fraud
Georgians growing hunger for land reached a peek in 1795.georgians western borders were the Mississippi river and one of its tributaries (branches),the Yazoo river. Georgia was controlled by an elite group of aristocratic planters.rice and indigo thrived in the costal region around Augusta and savannah, allowing a few men to gain land, slaves, and wealth while leaving the majority of the white population poor and politically weak.
the cotton gin
this experiment was invented by Eli whiney in 1793. this invention. is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.The fibers are processed into clothing or other cotton goods, and any undamaged seeds may be used to grow more cotton or to produce cottonseed oil and meal.
eli whitney
Whitney was born in Westboro, Massachusetts on December 8, 1765 and died on January 8, 1825.Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States. Prior to his invention, farming cotton required hundreds of man-hours to separate the cottonseed from the raw cotton fibers.
railraods
wagon ways were relatively common in Europe (typically in mining) from about 1500 through 1800. Mechanized rail transport systems first appeared in England in the 1820s. These systems, which made use of the steam locomotive, were critical to the industrial revolution and to the development of export economies across the world. They have remained the primary form of land transport ever since for most of the world.
The removal of creeks and Cherokees
Alexander McGillivary
William McIntosh
Sequoyah
john ross
was the principal chief of the Cherokee nation from 1828–1866, serving longer in this position than any other person. Ross influenced the former Indian nation through such tumultuous events as the relocation to Indian territory.
worcester v.s georgia
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GCt1QrmO7DQ&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGCt1QrmO7DQ
dehloniga gold rush
In 1828 Dahlonega was the site of the first major gold rush in the United States. First discovered by Benjamin parks Auraria.