JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830
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To relocate the capital to where most of the states population was living
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Capital cities were selected every 10 years through a lottery system
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Indian attacks destroyed capital cities causing them to be relocated
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To center around the biggest railroad hubs in the state.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Reportedly, the desire to move the capital also arose out of a concern about malaria in the Louisville area. In 1802 Creek lands west of Louisville were ceded to Georgia. No sooner had this territory been divided into counties than a drive to move the seat of government was again initiated.
Detailed explanation-2: -During Reconstruction, Milledgeville’s innkeepers refused to allow African American delegates to the state constitutional convention. Without proper lodging for all delegates, General John Pope ordered that the convention be held in Atlanta. This was the beginning of the end for Milledgeville as Georgia’s capital city.
Detailed explanation-3: -Georgia’s Capital Cities Augusta Georgia moved its capital from Savannah to Augusta in 1785 to be more accessible to people moving west.
Detailed explanation-4: -For the first 43 years of Georgia’s existence, the cities that had been known as the capital were in the southeastern part of the state: Frederica and Savannah.