Bellringers

1. Bellringers • When was the University of Georgia established? • Who approved its charter? • Identify Georgia’s 5 state capitals in order. • What was wrong with Louisville being Georgia’s capital? • Why was Atlanta a better choice? • Who founded the Methodist church?

2. Land Policies in Georgia The Headright System, Land Lotteries, and the Yazoo Land Fraud

3. Today’s Agenda Open: ~ BrainPop Video Work ~ Read-Aloud and Discussion Session: ~ Interactive PowerPoint Notes ~ Video Logs Close: ~ Answer Essential Question

4. Element Standard SS8H5 The student will explain significant factors that affected the development of Georgia as part of the growth of the United States between 1789 and 1840. b. Evaluate the impact of land policies pursued by Georgia; include the Headright System, land lotteries, and the Yazoo Land Fraud.

5. Essential Question What are the differences between the Headright System and the land lottery system of land distribution and how did each impacted the growth of Georgia? What was the Yazoo Land Fraud and how did it change Georgia’s boundaries?

6. Westward Expansion Video Logs Record at least 2 facts to share with the class. BrainPop Video: Westward Expansion

7. Textbook Read-Aloud Use textbook pages 177-178 to answer questions 1-8 on your notes sheet. You may answer questions on your own paper or on the back of your note sheet.

8. Georgia Has Land To Give Away • After the American Revolution, Georgia gained a large amount of land from the Native Americans who had sided with the British • This land stretched all the way to the Mississippi River • The question was, “How should the state of Georgia distribute this land to the people?”

9. (1) Headright System Non-Soldiers: • “Heads” of households had the “right” to free land • White men over 21 years old could receive up to 200 acres of land • White men who had families or slaves received even more land (up to 1,000 acres) • Headright System ended when there were too many claimants and not enough land to offer

10. Soldiers: • Georgia gave thousands of acres of land to soldiers who had fought for independence in the American Revolution • Austin Dabney is one example of a soldier receiving free land after the Revolution

11. (2) Yazoo Act (1795) • Named after a river in present day Mississippi • Georgia sold land that would become Alabama and Mississippi to four land companies for $500,000 (1 ½ cents per acre) • Soon it was discovered that these companies had bribed (paid) members of the General Assembly to sell them the land • Land companies sold the land to citizens for much higher prices • Georgia citizens were outraged but the state did nothing • Ga. U.S. senator James Jackson resigned and returned to the state. He and his political allies nullified the Yazoo Act

12. Yazoo Land Fraud • 1802: Georgia and the U.S. government made a deal: • Georgia would give up the land involved with the Yazoo Land Act for 1.2 million dollars (2) U.S. government promised to remove the Creek Indians from Georgia James Jackson burns the Yazoo Land Act in Milledgeville

13. (3) Land Lottery System • Georgia had 8 land lotteries between 1805 and 1833 • Citizens submitted their name and purchased a ticket from the state • Names were placed in one drum and numbered land lots were placed in another • Participants could have their name placed in the drum more than once depending on their age, marital status, if they had children, and war service • Land lotteries gave ¾ of Georgia’s land to 100,000 families

14. Land Lottery

15. Yazoo Land Fraud Video Log Record at least 1 fact to share with the class. Goanimate.com Video

16. Essential Question Answer each question under your video log. What are the differences between the Headright System and the land lottery system of land distribution and how did each impact the growth of Georgia? What was the Yazoo Land Fraud and how did it change Georgia’s boundaries?