Georgias Growth

By cfriden
  • Headright System

    Headright System
    The distrubuting of farm land. People lost their land and people gained new land.
  • University of Gerorgia

    University of Gerorgia
    First public school in the united states and made people want to come to georgia because the scholarships were cheap.
  • Louisville

    Louisville
    A city in kentucky where they grew a lot of tobacco and cotton so georgia needed more slaves.
  • Yazoo Land Fraud

    Yazoo Land Fraud
    Companies payed assembly members to make profits on land. People lost land and a lot of money.
  • Cotton Gin Was Created

    Cotton Gin Was Created
    A machine that seperates cotton seeds from the cotton. It increased the need of slaves and production of cotton.
  • Land Lottery

    Land Lottery
    Giving people land for winning the lottery. More slaves came into georgia and many people got angry when they didnt win land
  • Railroads

    Railroads
    A invention that allows you to go by train track. It made trade easy and was a fast way of transportation. They polluted the air and made the need for slaves greater.
  • Baptist/Methodist

    Baptist/Methodist
    Churches that united to make Georgias the Georgia baptist church