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The founder of this university was Abraham Baldwin. The General Assembly set aside 40,000 acres of land for this college or seminary of learning.
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Savannah and Augusta was the capital of Ga. Ten years later the capital was established in the city of Louisville.
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Eli patented the cotton gin it was a machine that removed seeds from the cotton way faster.
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In 1975 Georgia legislators were bribed to sell the most land. The Yazoo Land Fraud was one of the most significant events since the Revolutionary War.
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Congress passed a bill under the condition that slavery was to be forever not allowed in the Louisiana Purchase. This was on the border of Missouri.
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This gold rush started in Lumpkin County and started to spread. The cherokee was flooded lusting for gold.
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The supreme court considered its powers to enforce the rights of native Americans. Samuel Worcester held the Georgia criminal statute which prohibited non Native americans on native american land without a license.
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On this trail nearly a fourth of the Cherokee population died on this trail. The trail ended in Oklahoma.
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The Compromise of 1850 happened in Milledgeville, Georgia. It was drawn up by Charles J. Jenkins
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This platform happened in Milledgeville, Ga. It happened in response to the Compromise of 1850.
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This act was passed by the US congress. It allowed people to be in the territories of Nebraska and Kansas.
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This decision was when the Supreme Court gave the right to slave owners to take their slaves into Western territories. It was also for letting black slaves become free.
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Abraham Lincoln defeated other Democrats and a Constitutional Union Candidate. The republicans needed 152 electoral votes and Abraham had 180.
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The Union Blockade of Georgia was during the Civil War. It was centered in Savannah most significant port city.
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The confederate and union troops in the Civil War which was the bloodiest one day in American history. President Lincoln put general McClellan in charge of the union troops.
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This was a Presidental proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln. It was for 3 million slaves enslaved people to go from "slave" to "free".
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This battle was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania around the American Civil war. The Confederals swept the Federals from the fields west and north of town.
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Where this battle was fought they named it Chickamauga Creek. The union continued to force the Confeereate army out of Chattanooga.
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Union General William T. Sherman led 60,000 soldiers on 285 mile march from Atlanta, Ga to Savannah, Ga. The purpose of this march was to frighten Georgia's civilization population.
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This was to free slaves in the south during Reconstruction of the United States. 4 million slaves gained their freedom.
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This Admendment was to abolish slavery. It went through the House, Senate and Congress
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He was a pioneer in Georgia. He also was a missionary for the Arican Methodist Episcopal Church.
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This admendment was to have equal protection of laws. It was in response to slaves from the Civil War.
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This admendment was for african american the right to vote. It was passed by the congress.
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The purpose of this Prison was for holding Confederate military prisoners. It was build in 1864.
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This group was formed in Tennessee. They tried to kill blacks.
