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worcester v. Georgia
The Georgia government recognized that Worcester was influential in the Cherokee resistance movement and enacted a law that prohibited "white persons" from residing within the Cherokee Nation without permission from the state. Georgia authorities arrested Worcester, Butler, and several other missionaries and teachers for violating the new law. -
John marshall.
John Marshall, became the fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1801. He was born on September 24, 1755. he died on July 6, 1835. -
University of Georgia founded .
The charter was approved on January 27, 1785. 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. In 1784 the General Assembly had set aside 40,000 acres of land to endow a college or seminary of learning. -
yazoo land fraud .
The Yazoo land scandal, Yazoo fraud, Yazoo land fraud, or Yazoo land controversy was a massive real-estate fraud perpetrated, in the mid-1790s, by Georgia governor George Mathews and the Georgia General Assembly. -
Eli whitney and the cotton gin .
Eli Whitney was born on December 8, 1765, in Westborough, Massachusetts. Growing up, Whitney, whose father was a farmer, proved to be a talented mechanic and inventor. Among the objects he designed and built as a youth were a nail forge and a violin. In 1792, after graduating from Yale College (now Yale University), Whitney headed to the South. He originally planned to work as a private tutor but instead accepted an invitation to stay with Catherine Greene . -
william Mclntosh.
William McIntosh was a controversial chief of the Lower Creeks in early-nineteenth-century Georgia.McIntosh was the son of a Creek Indian mother and a Tory officer father. he was also known as Taskanugi Hatke (White Warrior). -
Dahlonega Gold rush.
There are several popular stories of the beginning of Georgia's gold rush;
Benjamin Parks is said by some to be the person who discovered gold in Georgia.
Benjamin Parks
but in fact, no one is really certain who made the first discovery or when. According to one anecdote, John Witheroods found a three-ounce nugget along Duke's Creek in Habersham County present-day White County. -
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. But by 1847 some were unhappy with Milledgeville. and called for an election to move the capital to Atlanta. -
John ross.
John Ross became principal chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1827, following the establishment of a government modeled on that of the United States.Ross was born on October 3, 1790, in Turkey Town, on the Coosa River.
