An early name for the city of Atlanta; in 1837, this was the site where the end of the Western and Atlantic Railroad “terminated,” hence the name Terminus.

Land allocation approach that provided the head of a family up to 200 acres of free land in the Georgia frontier.

Land allocation approach that gave the average Georgian a chance to buy land at pennies on the dollar.

Georgia Act signed by Georgia Governor George Mathews that transferred 35 million acres of land in present day Alabama to four land companies for $500,000; this led to the Yazoo Land Fraud.

An event where land companies bribed members of the Georgia General Assembly to sell land for pennies on the dollar.

A machine that would separate cotton from the seeds. It revolutionized the farming of cotton.

One of the major technological advances in the 19^th century. Georgia was one of the leaders in this development in the 1830’s and many of Georgia’s towns and cities were established due to the this technolgy.

Created an early cotton gin that separated the cotton seeds from the cotton lint.

Battle between the U.S. and its Indian allies against the Read Creek Creeks; last battle of the Creek War.

Creek chief who illegally signed the Second Treaty of Indian Springs;

was murdered by his tribesmen for this action.

A Creek Indian civil war between the Red Stick and White Stick factions of the tribe.

Treaty signed by William McIntosh that gave the remainder of Creek land to Georgia; McIntosh was killed for this act.

An 1821 treaty signed by the Creek Indians and the United States that forced the Creek Nation to cede all of its land east of the Flint River in Georgia.

Creek Indians during the Red Stick War who were loyal to the United States.

Native American tribe that lived in northwestern Georgia; forcefully removed from the state in the early 1830’s.

Site of America’s first gold rush in 1828; discovery of gold in the

area was a factor in the Cherokee removal.

A road that ran through Cherokee territory which connected eastern and western Georgia.

Act signed into law by Andrew Jackson that required the removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole to Indian Territory.

Seventh president of the United States who was an advocate of Indian Removal.

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who ruled in favor of the Cherokee

in the Worcester vs Georgia case; President Jackson refused to enforce the

Supreme Court’s ruling.

A national emergency in 1832 when South Carolina attempted to make null and void the National Tariff of 1832.

Principal Chief of the Cherokee Indians who tried to use legal means to fight against removal.

Final removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia in 1838; over 4,000 people died on the force march from Georgia to Oklahoma.

A Treaty (1835) between the U.S. Government and a minority representation of the Cherokee tribe that ceded all Cherokee land in the South east to the U. S. and allowed for their move to Indian territory (Oklahoma)

Landmark Supreme Court case which declared that the Cherokee were sovereign and not subject to the laws of the U.S. Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the Court’s decision and the Cherokee were later removed from Georgia.

Named after French King Louis XVI for his assistance during the American Revolution, was Georgia’s third capital.

Was named after governor John Milledge. It was the state capital for sixty years.

The final state capital

Served as the colonial “capital” of Georgia.