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University of Georgia Founded
When the University of Georgia was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly on January 27, 1785, Georgia became the first state to charter a state-supported university. -
Eli Whitney and The Cotton Gin
Cotton gin, machine for cleaning cotton of its seeds, invented in the United States by Eli Whitney in 1793. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
In 1795 one of Georgia's worst political scandals took place - the Yazoo Land Fraud. At that time, Georgia's legal boundary extended west to the Mississippi River. Many state leaders wanted to open this area to settlement, but Creeks, Cherokees, and other Native Americans lived there. -
William Mclntosh
William McIntosh was a controversial chief of the Lower Creeks in early-nineteenth-century Georgia. -
Andrew Jackson
American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. -
Capital Moved To Louisville
After the British left, the capital was moved to Augusta, then Louisville while a new city was being built on the Oconee River, reflecting the western move of Georgia's populace. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
It started in 1829 in present-day Lumpkin County near the county seat, Dahlonega, and soon spread through the North Georgia mountains, following the Georgia Gold Belt. ... Many Georgia miners moved west when gold was found in the Sierra Nevada in 1848, starting the California Gold Rush. -
John Ross
John Ross became principal chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1827
