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> The Georgia representatives to the constitutional convention were, Abraham Baldwin and William Few.

> The person to select the governor under Georgia's constitution of 1777 was the legislature.

> The writers of Georgia's first constitution wanted to limit the powers of the governor because they didn't want him to be like the king.

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> Until 1803, Georgia distributed land according to the headright system.

> All heads of households were entitled to 100 acres, plus 50 acres per family member, including slaves, to a limit of 1,000 acres.

> This system lead to massive immigration to Georgia.

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> Oldest city in the State of Georgia, dates back to being the capital in 1733.

> Founded by James Oglethorpe.

> Dubbed as "America's First Planned City."

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> Meant to educate all white men, regardless of whether they were poor or wealthy.

> Founded by Abraham Baldwin.

> Americas first state-chartered university.

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> Augusta was established by James Oglethorpe in 1736, and was named after Princess Augusta of Wales.

> Augusta served as Georgia's state capital from 1785 to 1795.

> The city had soon become the second largest inland cotton market in the world, during the time of the cotton boom.

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> A machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that separated seeds from cotton, called the cotton gin.

>  A result to the invention of the cotton gin, cotton rapidly became a dominant crop in the south, making Georgia the largest producer.

> The more cotton produced the more plantations were needed. Which resulted in more slaves.

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> The Yazoo Land Fraud was a bribery from four land companies, to Georgia legislators, to sell 35 million acres of land for the price of $500,00. Which is under priced.

> Land companies bribed legislators of land for low prices to sell them for higher prices for profit.

> One of Georgia's senators went as far to resign from Senate and vouched to personally shoot those involved in the fraud.

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> On January 7, 1795 George Mathews signed the Yazoo Act, which transferred 35 million acres to four land companies for the price of $500,000.

> As a result to the act being signed, the western boundary of Georgia was moved from the Mississippi River to the Chattahoochee River.

> The government reversed the Yazoo Land act in 1796. Burning all records of bill publicly.

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> Georgia's third capitol city of 1796 to 1807.

> The Jefferson County courthouse, built in 1904, stands on site of Georgia's first permanent capitol building.

> Located southwest of Augusta on the Ogeechee River.

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> A method used to distribute land to white men, orphans, and widows (people allowed). Those groups of people were allowed to buy tickets used to determine the area of land they were given.

> The idea was established in 1803 by Georgia.

> White men living in Georgia for one year were given one chance, while widows or veterans were given two chances. (Veterans being white men as well).

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> Milledgeville, Georgia is named after John Milledge, a revolutionary leader, member of congress, and Georgia governor.

> Milledgeville served as a capital for 61 years.

> Located in Baldwin county.

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> 1834 was the start of the building of the Georgia Railroad. Extending from Athens to Augusta.

> In 1838, the General Assembly passed a law to start the building of the Western and Atlantic railroad.

> In 1860 railroads became popular, covering over 1,200 miles of Georgia.

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> Atlanta has remained the capital of Georgia from 1868 to present day.

> When Atlanta was first founded in 1837 it was originally called Marthasville, in honor of the (during that time) governor's daughter.

> When Atlanta began in 1837 it was located at the end of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. 2 years later the city was renamed as a reference to the Atlantic Railroad.