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University Of Georgia Founded
When the University of Georgia was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly on Jan 1 , 27 , 1785 . Georgia became the first state to charter a state-supported university . -
Capital moved to Louisville
Louisville is a city in Jefferson County , Georgia . Louisville was absorbed on January 26 , 1786 . -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
When Eli Whitney left New England and Headed South in 1792 , he had no idea that the next seven months he would invent a machine that would completely alter the course of American history . -
Yazoo Land Fraud
The Yazoo Land Fraud was the most typical events in the Revolutionary War . Georgia was too weak to defend its vast western land claims . -
William McIntosh
William McIntosh was a controversial chief of the Lower Creeks in early -ninteenth-century Georgia . His general opposed the United States and its efforts to obtain cessions of Creek territory alienatef him from many Creeks who opposed white encroachment on Indian land . -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
Many Georgia miners moved west when gold was found in the Sierra Nevada in 1848 , starting the California Gold Rush . From the start of the Gold Rush , trade in the gold region suffered from a limited circulation of currency .
