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Cotton Gin - 1793
Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin to remove cotton seeds from cotton faster than doing it manually. With the success of Georgia's cotton industry at stake, Whitney went to work in a workshop provided by Catherine Greene, and Whitney used his familiarity with New England machinery to produce a working cotton gin. (New Georgia Encyclopedia) -
Yazoo Land Fraud - 1795
Legislators illegal sold 4 plots of land to certain companies/ businesses. Georgia was too weak after war to defend the Yazoo land, so in 1789 they sold 25 million acres to 3 companies, and as cotton spread, the national gov. proved unable to get rid of the creek and cherokee claims to the land. (New Georgia Encyclopedia) -
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Headlight System - 1803-1840
The Headright System established the economy by giving a certain amount of land depending on race, or amount of slaves. The key to Georgia's power was in it's land, with the expectancy of the Yazoo Land Fraud, most Georgia policies gave farmers land in a fair way. (New Georgia Studies Textbook) -
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Land Lottery - 1805-1833
This established a way to even out the land distribution by a random pick or draw. The land acquired on the frontier by lotteries was originally used for tobacco, but with the introduction of cotton and innovation of the Cotton Gin, it shifted to large scale cotton production, and this called for more and more slaves. (New Georgia Encyclopedia) -
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Sequoyah - 1820-1830
Sequoyah created a written language to communicate with the natives to help fight removal. The syllabary was used by many Cherokee, and it made Sequoyah the only person in an illiterate group to have created a successful system of writing. (New Georgia Encyclopedia) -
John Ross - 1827
John wrote a constitution which created laws that made natives a separate nation from the U.S. John Ross was in a position of power over the U.S. at the peak of its development in the Southeast during the Trail of Tears, and the rebuilding of Indian territory. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush - 1830
Gold was found and people rushed natives off of their land to get the gold. After the discovery of gold, miners poured into the area, and the gold rush started, Cherokee territory in Lumpkin county was sold to GA residents through land lottery. (New Georgia Encyclopedia) -
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Railroads - 1830-1840
Railroads were created because they needed a better way to transport cotton, and it was a main factor to city growth. Georgia had connected its towns and created the Atlanta rail system, and these railroads expanded until the 1920s -
Worcester V. Georgia - 1832
It was a court case that determined that the natives were their own nation and did not have to follow state laws, but U.S. laws. GA gov. realized that Worcester was influential in the Cherokee resistance movement, and created a law that prohibited whites from living in the Cherokee Nation w/o permission from the state. (New Georgia Encyclopedia) -
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Cherokee Removal - 1838-1839
U.S. troops rid the Cherokee Indians in GA from their homeland. The removal of the indians was product of the demand for arable land during the growth of cotton agriculture in the Southeast. (New Georgia Encyclopedia)