JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONS INDIAN REMOVAL ACT OF 1830
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Indian threat of violence caused people to want to move.
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Everyone was on the search for gold and wanted to keep moving locations until they found it.
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They could not find a location with good soil for growing cotton.
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Georgia’s increase in population caused the population center to move westward.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why did the capitals of Georgia change over time? Indian threat of violence caused people to want to move. Everyone was on the search for gold and wanted to keep moving locations until they found it. They could not find a location with good soil for growing cotton.
Detailed explanation-2: -Better rail accessibility and a growing population were touted as reasons for moving the state capital to Atlanta. The move was ratified in 1868 and Atlanta became the final state capital.
Detailed explanation-3: -Georgia has had five different capitals in its history. The first was Savannah, the seat of government during British colonial rule, followed by Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta, the capital city from 1868 to the present day.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Which was the main way that Georgia attempted to increase the population in the western part of the state in the early 1800’s? the state increased the size of the land grants.