Impact of Land Policies

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Across
  1. 3. a new system that distributed land by lottery in 1803, allowed GA an equal chance of getting land
  2. 7. a system used to encourage immigration to the state.
  3. 8. a important status symbol, the more you had the more wealthier.
  4. 9. in 1795,speculators purchased huge tracts of land for one percent per acre
  5. 10. a stockholder who bribed his fellow legislators to support his plan
Down
  1. 1. dishonest conduction by those in power, mostly involving bribery
  2. 2. repealed act in 1796 and Georgia gave up power of the Yazoo Area to the US in 1802.
  3. 4. who hoped to buy land then sell it for a profit
  4. 5. the amount of land lotteries that gave 3-4ths of GA's land to 100,000 families
  5. 6. schemes were exposed,citizens were furious and voted out anyone who supported deal.