JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830
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The federal government wanted to set that land aside for the Indian population
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The state did not have the millions of dollars required to purchase the land from Spain.
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The state could not claim the land because the General Assembly illegally sold it to private companies.
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They did not need the land because people desired to stay closer to the eastern coast for trade.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What caused Georgia to give up its land claims in present-day Mississippi and Alabama? The state ceded the land to the federal government in exchange for five million dollars to settle the Yazoo land fraud.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did Georgia give up land claims in what is now Mississippi and Alabama? The federal gov’t wanted to set that land aside for the Indian population. The state did not have the millions of dollars needed to buy the land from Spain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Georgia’s headright system was notoriously corrupt. Specifically, a great deal of fraud was enacted to consolidate control of land and power among a few notable citizens of Georgia.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why was this system used? Wanted to give land to people who would build homes, farm the land, and defend it. Their goal was to strengthen the state and increase the population in order to increase Georgia’s power in the House of Representatives.