head-right system
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Head-right System. It gave the “head” of the family (the dad)up to 1,000 acres of land It was replaced by a land lottery in 1803. For a small fee you could spin a wheel through chance to win land. Qualifications for land lottery: 1. White male: 21 years old, unmarried - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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It gave the “head” of the family (the dad)up to 1,000 acres of land It was replaced by a land lottery in
1803. For a small fee you could spin a wheel through chance to win land.Qualifications for land lottery:
1. White male: 21 years old, unmarried 2. Widows, War Veterans, Married with children
Head-right System
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Land Lottery Wheel
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The state legislature allowed the land to be sold for $.01 an acre to the land companies.
The company bought 50 million acres of land for $500,000
In 1802, Georgia gave up its land West of the Chattahoochee River
Yazoo Land Fraud
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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In 1803, President Jefferson bought Louisiana Territory from France for $ 15 million dollars.
The Untied States now extended West to the Rocky Mountains.
Louisiana Purchase
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Louisiana Purchase
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He invented the cotton gin
Before the cotton gin, a worker might have been able to separate six or seven pounds of cotton. After the cotton gin about fifty pounds.
Eli Whitney
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Cotton Gin
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Turnpike- Major highways that were built by the federal government in the early 1800’s(Pay a fee)
Railroads- The railroads shortened travel time for passengers and freight
Depression- A sharp economic down turn. Banks and businesses fail. Farmers lose their land.
Transportation
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Turnpikes/Roads
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Railroads
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Methodist circuit riders – Ministers went from district to district and founded churches on the frontierJoseph Smith- Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)1787 – Free blacks founded Springfield Baptist Church in Augusta. 1788 – First African Baptist Church & first synagogue in Savannah 1816 – African Methodist Episcopal Church founded by Richard Allen1865- First A.M.E. church in GA in Savannah
Religion
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Land Grant University- A school for which the federal government donated the land.
1784 – State land grant used to build UGA, first land grant university
Academies- In 1786, the government required each county to open schools, gave them no money
By 1820 – only 40 schools in GA
Education