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| Nancy Hart | single-handedly captured a group of British loyalists who bragged of murdering an American colonel; Hart County is the only county named for a woman |
| Austin Dabney | fought with distinction and was wounded at Kettle Creek; he also saved Elijah Clarke’s life during that battle |
| Loyalists | People living in GA that were loyal to England. |
| Patriots | People who wanted the colonies to be independent. |
| Battle of Kettle Creek | Elijah Clarke led Georgia militia, defeated 800 British troops near Washington, Georgia |
| Siege of Savannah | 15,000 Americans and 4,000 French laid siege to Savannah. Colonists and French were unsuccessful. The British controlled Savannah until the end of the war in 1782. |
| Articles of Confederation | First document that created a government for the United States. Created a weak government (could not collect taxes). The Federal Government of the United States could not enforce any laws as it did not have a military. |
| Georgia Constitutional Convention | Held in 1777 to create Georgia's first Constitution. |
| Abraham Baldwin | Georgia delegate attended the 1787 U. S. Constitutional Convention. GA agreed to ratify the Constitution because with hope that the U.S. Government would help them fight the Native Americans in GA. |
| William Few | Georgia delegate attended the 1787 U. S. Constitutional Convention. GA agreed to ratify the Constitution because with hope that the U.S. Government would help them fight the Native Americans in GA. |
| University of Georgia | Held first classes in 1801. Allowed people from all economic backgrounds to go to college. |
| Headright System | Every white male counted as a head of household and had the “right” to receive up to 1,000 acres. |
| Yazoo Land Sale | Around 1795, four companies bribed the governor and legislators so they could buy land for less than it was worth. The public found out and protested; the legislators involved were voted out of office. This became known as the Yazoo Land Fraud. |
| Land Lotteries | All white heads-of-household could buy a lottery chance and win land; millions of acres in several states were given away. |
| Cotton Gin | Eli Whitney in 1793 invented a machine for separating cotton seeds from its fiber. This machine increased the amount cotton growers could process each day. This enabled farmers in the south to become very wealthy if they could own enough land and had enough workers to work the land (usually slaves). |
| Railroads | Once railroads came to GA they allowed products to be moved over land quickly. |
| Chief Alexander McGillivray | signed the Treaty of New York giving up all land east of the Oconee River, but could keep land on the west side. These treaties were often broken. After the Battle of Horseshoe Bend the Creeks were forced to give up nearly all of their land. |
| Chief William McIntosh | gave up the last of the Creek Land with the Treaty of Indian Springs. He was later murdered for this. |
| Worcester v. Georgia | The Supreme Court of the United States decided that the Cherokee were a sovereign nation and should be allowed to rule themselves |
| Trail of Tears | forced removal of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia to Oklahoma |
