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Eli Whitney, in 1794, created the cotton gin.The cotton gin removes seeds from the cotton & that increased the cotton production.(NEW GA ENCYCLOPEDIA)
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The General Assembly was bribed to sell 25 million acres of land to 4 companies who sold it for half the price they bought it for.Citizens & businesses bought out the land & developed the area which weakened the government by causing them to pay 4.3 million dollars to get it the land back .
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University of GA was created in 1801 & was thought to be the first Public University in the US. The creation of UGA successfully helped any person in GA get an education. (NEW GEORGIA STUDIES TEXTBOOK)
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The land lottery gave me, women, & orphans a chance to win land. It helped people gain land who didn't have or wanted more land . (NEW GEORIGA'S TEXTBOOK)
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The gold was found & people rushed to settle & forced natives off their land . The rush helped Georgians gain wealth & land.
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Railroads were created because Athens needed a better way to transport goods to other places. The railroads expand across GA which helped GA gain new cities including Atlanta. (GEORIGAINFO)
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Worcester v. Georgia was a court case which determined weather natives could be their own nations with their on land. This successfully helped Natives not be considered citizens.
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The trail of tears caused natives to be forced off their land & moved to Oaklahoma. This tragical time weakened the Natives & caused alot of deaths do to the long walk.