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Headright System
What happned?
This event was important because it gave settlers land. How did this event affect Georgia?
This affected georgia because it brought more settlers in. -
University of Georgia
What happned?
This event was important because the university was free, that means that any one could come weather you were wealthy or poor. How did this affect Georgia?
Well because of the really cheap prices that made Georgia's population grow. -
Louisville
What happned?
This event was important because it was Georgia's third capital because the popluation continued to move westward. How did this event affect georgia?
This affected georgia because more people moved to the captial -
Cotton Gin
What happned?
This event was important because the cotton gin could get the seeds out faster.So now that they could get the seeds out faser, the farms grew and they needed more people at those farms. How did this event affect georgia?
This affected georgia because the farms got bigger the needed more slaves at those farms. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
What happned?
Members of the Legislature were bribed for cheap land prices and then that land was sold for high prices. How did this event affect georgia?
This affected Georgia because there were all ready settlers living on that land and now the people that bribed the Legislatures were selling that land for high prices. -
Land Lottery
What happned?
This event was important because it was a method used to distribute land and you had to buy a ticket used to determine the area of land they were given. How did this affect georgia?
This affected georgia because it distributed the land it made georgia grow. -
Railroads
What happned?
This event was important because this was a new and faster way of transportantion, you didn't need horeses, stagecoaches, and boats . How did this event affect georgia?
This affected georgia because the railroad tracks would end up in Atlanta, which back then was called Terminus. This event led to the grouth of terminus. -
Baptist/Methodist
What happned?
this event was important because Georgia's first camp meeting on record was in Hancock county and thousands of people attended. The baptist convention brought together different types of Baptist. How did this event affect georgia?
This event affected georgia because it helped the poplutation of georgia to grow.