1 / 5

Georgia Growth

Georgia Growth. Why did Georgia state officials want growth ?. How did technology impact Georgia’s growth as a state?. How was the location of GA’s capital affected by GA’s growth?. How was growth stimulated by the state gov’t ?. Why did GA state officials want population growth?.

elga
Download Presentation

Georgia Growth

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Georgia Growth Why did Georgia state officials want growth ? How did technology impact Georgia’s growth as a state? How was the location of GA’s capital affected by GA’s growth? How was growth stimulated by the state gov’t?

  2. Why did GA state officials want population growth? More population = greater representation in the U. S. Congress New settlers would turn forests into farms=Economic growth

  3. How was growth stimulated? Land!! 1. State Headright System: 200 acres to head of household; 50 additional acres for each member of the family (1000 max.) . 2. Land Lottery: replacesheadright system; names placed in barrels; had to be 21 and have lived in GA for a year. Valuable land given away in smaller amounts (in areas where gold found—40 acres), poorer land given away in larger amounts (pine barrens of Coastal Plain—490 acres = 40 acres

  4. How did technology affect GA’s growth as a state? Railroads & Steamboats: better transportation made cotton business more profitable; cotton could be grown inland and still be transported to market Cotton gin: sped up cotton production making it more profitable; inventor: Eli Whitney W & A Railroad was state-owned R. R. line built in GA; Town at railroads endpoint named Terminus, later Marthasville, finally Atlanta

  5. How was the location of the state capital affected by GA’s growth? As the population grew inland, GA’s capital was moved further inland—from Savannah to Augusta, then Louisville (state created town), Milledgeville, Atlanta (“SALMA”)

More Related