cotton gave railroad Dahlonega slavery cotton gin government McIntosh Yazoo Tears language Atlanta Cherokee Ross shipping legal fraud
The
land
occurred
when
land
companies
bribed
Georgia
legislators
to
sell
them
Georgia's
western
land
at
low
prices
.
The
Yazoo
Act
was
repealed
in
1796
.
Eli
Whitney's
invention
of
the
.
in
1793
(
patented
in
1794
)
resulted
in
the
rise
of
as
Georgia's
primary
cash
crop
and
an
increase
in
to
tend
the
increased
acres
of
cotton
.
.
Georgia's
industry
flourished
during
this
time
period
.
Georgia
began
cotton
out
through
the
railroads
,
and
the
city
Terminus
(
later
)
was
developed
through
the
railroad
use
.
William
was
the
leader
of
the
Creek
Nation
.
He
was
involved
in
the
two
treaties
of
Indian
Springs
by
which
the
Creek
up
all
their
land
in
Georgia
.
McIntosh
paid
for
his
participation
with
his
life
.
The
had
adopted
many
of
the
ideas
and
customs
of
whites
,
including
developing
a
written
and
a
representative
.
Gold
was
discovered
near
in
1829
,
and
gold
-
seekers
poured
onto
Cherokee
land
looking
for
their
fortune
Although
John
and
the
Cherokee
tried
to
resist
removal
through
means
,
they
were
gathered
up
in
the
summer
of
1838
and
forced
to
move
to
Indian
Territory
.
Their
journey
was
called
the
Trail
of
because
so
many
died
along
the
way
.