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University of Georgia founded
The University was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly. The university was actually established in 1801. The university was originally was called Franklin College in honor of Benjamin Franklin. -
Capital moved to Louisville
The capital was named Louisville in honor of of Louis XVI of France, for helping in the Revolutionary War. The actual selection was a intersection between Savannah, Augusta, and Georgetown, which is now forgotten. The first capital in the United States was in Philadelphia. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
The Yazoo Land Fraud was one of the most important events in the Revolutionary War. Governor George Matthews Signed the Yazoo Act which transferred 35 million acres in present day Alabama and Mississippi. -
Missouri Compromise
Congress made the Missouri Compromise to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri. The request was to admission a state that would permit slavery. -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney was a U.S born inventor. The cotton gin was a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by increasing the speed of removing cotton seeds from cotton. Cotton is a ideal crop and it is one of America's leading export. -
William McIntosh
William McIntosh was a controversial chief of the Lower Creeks. He supported General Andrew Jackson in the Creek war or the Red Stick War. His participation of the drafting and the Treaty of Indian Springs led to his execution by Chief Menawa from the Upper Creeks. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
Mule-drawn wagons delivered 43 ounces of gold to Atlanta to build the Capital's dome. The gold rush was one of the main reasons the Cherokee was removed. -
Worcester V. Georgia
Worcester V. Georgia deals with laws that were passed in 1800. The laws were passed following an agreements between the Cherokee tribe and Georgia. Because of the laws non- Indians were allowed to live in Indian territory. -
John Marshall
John Marshall was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He won a election to Congress. President John Adams appointed him secretary of state. -
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Trail of Tears
During the removal era 100,000 indigenous people were forced from their homes. Over 4,000 Indians died of famine, disease and warfare during the Trail of Tears. The total distance the Cherokee tribe traveled was nearly 1,000 miles. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the U.S. He supported states rights and slavery extensions in the western territory. He was a lawyer and rising politician. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 had new laws like a new version of the legislature bill the Fugitive Slave Act. Some other laws passed because of the compromise includes making California a new state and creating Utah and New Mexico territories. -
Georgia platform
The Georgia Platform was a statement that qualified support of the U.S Union among the Georgia conservatives. It warned that the state would resist and future activities during the interstate slave trade. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by U.S Congress. It served to repeal the Compromise of 1850 which prohibited slavery. The act allowed people in the Kansas and Nebraska territories to decide if they want slavery in their borders or not. The act made many people in the North mad. -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott Case was one of the most controversial events leading to the civil war. Dred Scott was a slave that lived with his owner in a free state then later came back to the slave state. The case was Dred Scott said he had an emancipation because he lived in a free state. -
Election of 1860
The Election was one of the most pivotal presidential elections in history. It was between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democratic Part Senator Stephan Douglas. The issue was slavery and state rights. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
The Union Blockade was part of a strategy called the Anaconda plan. The blockade was meant to prevent any goods, weapons, and troops from entering the southern states. It started after the civil war started. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation. It was during the American Civil War. It declared that slaves will free. -
Battle of Chickamauga
It was during the civil war. Braxton Bragg's Army defeated a Union Force led by General William Rosecrans. Ten confederate generals had been wounded or killed. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
The Andersonville Prison Camp was served as a confederate prison camp. The prison in Andersonville is known as camp Sumter and it was the largest prison for capturing union solders. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
Sherman's goal was to destroy the army in Tennessee and capture Atlanta cutting off vital supply lines. He failed to destroy the army but he ended up capturing Atlanta. -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
The March to the Sea was to scare off Georgia's civilians into abandoning the confederate cause. When the people fought back the troops stole food and livestock, and burned the people's houses and barns.Sherman presented the city of Savannah as a Christmas gift to Abraham Lincoln. -
Freedman's Bureau
Freedman's Bureau was established by Congress to help former slaves and poor whites. It was formally known as Bureau of Refuges and Freedman and Abandoned Lands. The Bureau provided food, housing, medical aid, schools, and offered legal assistants. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment states, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been dully convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. It abolished slavery in the U.S. It was ratified after the civil war. -
John Ross
John Ross was a chief in the Cherokee Nation. He was born in Turkey Town. He led the Cherokee people 1,000 miles away from their homes on a trail which is now known as the Trail of Tears. -
Ku Klux Klan Formed
It is also called the KKK. It established in almost every southern state. They were considered domestic terrorist. They bombed black schools and churches and they hated black and white activists in the south. -
Fourteenth Amendment
The first section states,"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subjected to jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;nor shall any state deprive any person on life,liberty,or property without due process of law;nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of laws." -
Fifteenth Amendment
The fifteenth Amendment has 2 sections. The first section states,"The right of citizens of the United states to vote shall not be denied or abridged of the United States or any State on account for race, color, or previous conditions of servitude."
