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

Land Lottery Wheel

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

Yazoo Land Fraud

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

Louisiana Purchase

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

Cotton Gin

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

Turnpikes/Roads

Railroads

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

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