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University of Georgia founded
The University of Georgia was founded on January 27, 1785, but was established once a committee of the trustees finally selected a site of land for the college. The person selected to be the president of the collage was, Abraham Baldwin. -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney was invited to stay at a plantation of a widow, Catherine Greene, while being there he learned about cotton production. It took a cotton picker a day just to get out seeds from just one pound of cotton a day. Afterwards, he built an invention that could remove seeds from 50 pounds of cotton a day. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
The legislature sold around 25 million acres to 3 companies, in which they upped the prices 6 months later in 1789. The governor of Georgia at the time signed the Yazoo Act. Angry Georgians put up a fight by protesting the sale in petitions and street manifestations. -
Capital moved to Louisville
With Georgia's capital being moved many times due to the population moving more in, Louisville became the 3rd capital of Georgia. It had only stayed the capital for 7 years before being moved again. -
Missouri Compromise
At the time that this happened the United States had 22 states, it was equally separated in slave states and the free states. Adding Missouri in might've upset the balance since it would've most likely become a slave state. They ended up coming to an agreement that Missouri would be a slave state and Maine would be a free state. -
William McIntosh
William McIntosh was a chief of the creek tribe, who supported the United States. He ended up selling mostly all of the creek land in exchange for $200,000. His greed led him to getting murdered on April 30, 1825. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
Once people heard that gold had been found in Dahlonega people across the states came to mine. Due to the gold being on Indian grounds they decided to get them off the land, causing the dreadful and sad Trail of Tears. -
Worcester v. Georgia
Once this case was issued the lawyers struck down on Georgia extension laws about how they were recognized in past treaties. They won the case but Georgia ignored this and still made the Cherokees leave the land causing the Trail of Tears. -
John Marshall
John Marshall was chief of justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He helped in the case of Worcester v Georgia saying that the Cherokees were dependent under the United States. -
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Trail of Tears
President Andrew Jackson was the person to sign the Indian removal act causing the trail of tears to take place. The trail of tears caused over 4,000 deaths a long the way, since they couldn't stop walking many were buried in unmarked graves. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the president to sign the Indian removal act that caused the trail of tears. The Cherokee Indians took the case to the Supreme court and won. Jackson ignored the Supreme court ruling and enforced the Indian removal act. -
Compromise of 1850
This had to do with five laws passed dealing with slavery. It all started due to California wanting to enter the United States a free state, therefor upsetting many people. -
Georgia Platform
Due to the Compromise of 1850 the Country faced a threat of separation. 264 delegates attended the convention to vote for the Georgia platform, only 19 disagreed. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The act was passed so that people of the state could choose if they wanted to be a slave state or not allow slavery within the state. This caused a major uproar, due to anti-slavery forces. -
Dred Scott Case
It was a very controversial case before the civil war happened. Scott stated that if he had time spent in a free state it gave him the right to emancipation. The court decided that no black person, free or slave, could get U.S. citizenship. -
Election of 1860
The election of 1860 was a very important presidential election in American history. Lincoln already had shown previously how he did not like slavery, which did not work well with southern states. Lincoln still won due to the votes in Northern states. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
This was the Confederate defensive strategy against the Unions trying to get to the coastline. It was very hard for Lee to defend the whole coastline so the military played a major part in his plans using less of the Confederate navy. -
Emancipation
A year before the emancipation was officially issued, Lincoln already had decided to do the emancipation telling a member of his cabinet. Everyone agreed that it was a good idea but waited until the Union had a huge win to announce it, they did and around a year later it was official. -
Battle of Chickamauga
There was a struggle over control of a railroad in the center of Tennessee. The Union had already pushed the confederates out of Tennessee, causing the Confederates to go on the offensive. By the end of the battle the confederates made the Unions retreat. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
Out of all Confederate prisons this one held the most prisoners, over 13,000 of these 45,000 died while in the camp. The camp was a miserable place to all prisoners due to poor health conditions and more. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
The first few months of this Sherman engaged in many brutal fights with Confederate soldiers. The Confederates pulled out of Atlanta and Sherman got control over Atlanta's main exports. He ordered it all to be burned before leaving on his famous march. -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
Once leaving Atlanta, Sherman marched to Savannah, Georgia in order to scare Georgia civilians. They did not destroy cities but they did burn houses of civilians that tried to fight back against them stealing food and animals. -
Ku Klux Klan Formed
The Ku Klux Klan was formed in Tennessee, it was supposed to be a social club of Confederates. Their goal was to restore white supremacy. -
Freedman's Bureau
After the Civil war, this was established to help many of the millions of black slaves and poor white people. Over the years this helped feed millions and give medical aid to people. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment was passed to abolish slavery for good. Lincoln unfortunately was assassinated before he could see the ratification of this amendment. -
John Ross
Ross was apart of the Cherokee government being apart of it starting from 1827, the discovery of gold on Cherokee fueled white Georgians to want the removal of Cherokee indians. Ross fought against the Georgia lottery which was the first of a lot of political debates. -
Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment talks about the rights of citizens and the very many aspects of citizenship. In very many cases over the years this amendment helped greatly. It's the, 'Equal protection of the laws'. -
Fifteenth Amendment
This gave African american men the right to vote, saying that citizens can not be denied the right to vote due to the color of their skin. This amendment was not fully recognized until later.
