Land Fever in Georgia
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Land Fever in Georgia
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Essential Question–How did many Georgians obtain land in the twenty years following the end of the American Revolution?
Land Fever in Georgia
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What words do I need to know?–headright system–Yazoo land fraud–Land Lottery System
Land Fever in Georgia
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• Indian land in Georgia east of the Oconee River
was given to settlers•Every white male counted as a head of household
and had the “right” to receive up to 1,000 acres•This was generally replaced in 1803 by a land
lottery for government-owned land west of the Oconee
•All white heads-of-household could buy a lottery chance and win land; millions of acres in several states were given away
Headright System
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• Around 1795, four companies bribed the governor
and legislators•Bought millions of acres in western Georgia
(today’s Alabama and Mississippi) for 1½¢an acre•The public found out and protested; the legislators
involved were voted out of office•General Assembly repealed the law approving the
sale; the federal government paid more than $4 million to help Georgia settle Yazoo land claims
Yazoo Land Fraud
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•In 1802, Georgia ceded (gave up) its land
claims west of the Chattahoochee River to the federal government for $1.25 million
•President Thomas Jefferson doubled the nation’s size in 1803 with the Louisiana territory purchase; the U.S. paid France $15 million for land that stretched to the Rocky Mountains
The Western Territory
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After the Yazoo Land Fraud people were
suspicious of the headright system. In 1803, the Georgia Legislature passed a
Land Act establishing a land lottery system. Land was divided into 202.5 acre tracts or 490
acre tracts if the soil was poor and given out in lotteries.
Land Lottery System
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Georgia held multiple land lotteries between
1805 and 1833. During this time Georgia sold three-fourths of
the state to 100,000 families and individuals at an average of 7 cents per acre.
Land Lottery System