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University of Georgia
The University of Georgia was founded by the Georgia General Assembly. The purpose of the university was to make a place of learning. -
Treaty of New York
This treaty was signed by the Creeks and Henry Knox. The treaty forced the Indians to cede part of their hunting grounds. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney made a machine called the cotton gin that revolutionized the way people picked the seeds out of cotton. People could only pick seeds out of one pound of cotton per day, but the cotton gin could pick seeds out of fifty pounds a day. However, this increased slavery. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
The governor of Georgia and the Georgia General Assembly began to sell land to private land companies. People learned about it and took it to Supreme Court. In the end, Georgia gave up the land that they sold to the land companies and destroyed the Yazoo Act. -
Yazoo Act
In 1795, private land companies bribed the government to give them land. The government agreed, and the land companies took away Yazoo land. -
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
This battle between the U.S. and the Red Sticks was fought over the Mississippi territory. Leading the U.S. was Major General Andrew Jackson. -
Treaty of Indian Springs
William McIntosh signed the treaty of Indian Springs that gave away the last piece of land the Creeks had in Georgia. 3 months later, he was executed by his own tribe. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
In 1829, Georgia had a giant gold rush in what today is Dahlonega and started the Georgia Gold Belt. The arrival of the prospectors drove away Cherokee Indians. -
Worcester vs. Georgia
This case concerned Samuel Worcester, who claimed that non Indians could go on Indian land with a license. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Worcester, but president Jackson disagreed with it. -
The Treaty of New Echota
The Treaty of New Echota was signed by part of the Cherokees and the U.S. government. This forced the Indians onto the Trail of Tears.
