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Period: 2016 BCE to 2016 BCE
Yazoo Land Fraud
The Yazoo land fraud was one of the most significant events in the post–Revolutionary War (1775-83) history of Georgia.The bizarre climax to a decade of frenzied speculation in the state's public lands, the Yazoo sale of 1795 did much to shape Georgia politics and to strain relations with the federal government for a generation.Georgia was too weak after the Revolution to defend its vast western land claims, called the "Yazoo lands. -
Period: 2016 BCE to 2016 BCE
university of Georgia founder
The history of physics in Georgia uniquely portrays the regional, national, and international impact that the state's colleges and universities continue to make in research, development, and education. the university's first president, was given $1,000 for the purchase of books and equipment.Meigs, born in Middletown, Connecticut, graduated from Yale in 1778. -
Period: 2016 BCE to 2016 BCE
capital moved to Louisville
Georgia has had five different state capitals. Only Massachusetts, Nevada, North Dakota, Vermont, Washington, and Wyoming have had a single capital city since their creations as colonies, territories, or states.In February 1733 James Oglethorpe and the first Georgia colonists landed at Yamacraw Bluff, where they laid out the new settlement of Savannah. -
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eli whitney and the cotton gin