I'm Puzzled! By: Gately Hawkins

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  1. 3. Most populous group of Native Americans. Some wanted to fight for their land and a civil war broke out because of it.
  2. 5. A treaty signed at the Cherokee Capital. This treaty gave up all the remaining Cherokee lands in the Southeast.
  3. 11. Signed the Treaty of New York which ceded all Creek lands east of the Oconee river (Headright).
  4. 13. Created a written alphabet (syllabary) for the Cherokee language.
  5. 17. Court case where the federal government ruled in favor of Samuel Worcester, but Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the ruling. In the case, GA claimed state laws had to be obeyed on Cherokee lands.
  6. 21. Was the leader of the Cherokee during their removal. He defended Cherokee land and petitioned Congress to prevent Cherokee removal but he failed.
  7. 22. Creek chief who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which resulted in all remaining Creek lands to be ceded to the government.  He was killed by his people for signing the treaty.
  8. 23. Affordable and dependable mode of transportation that supported Georgia's market economy. Also helped communication and transporting crops.
  9. 24. The removal of 15000 Cherokee on an 800 mile hike westward. About 1/3 of the Cherokee died on the trail.
  10. 25. What Atlanta was originally called.
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  1. 1. Second most populous group of Native Americans. They created a written language and adopted white culture in hopes of keeping their land.
  2. 2. Invented by Eli Whitney and this invention increased cotton production so it became a major cash crop.
  3. 4. Gold was discovered on Native lands, so the Natives were forced out of their own lands. This event sped up the process of Cherokee removal.
  4. 6. The President during Indian removal. He signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which forced all the remaining Indian Nations to go west. He also ignored the ruling of the Worcester vs Georgia case.
  5. 7. System of distributing land east of the Oconee river. (200 acres to white male head of household and 50 acres to every woman/child/slave under household and are Georgia residents.)
  6. 8. Land speculators bribed Georgia politicians to pass a law giving the speculators access to buy, sell, and use land at an extremely low price. Resulted in Georgia losing a lot of land and resources.
  7. 9. Acronym for the capitals of Georgia as they moved central to the population. (Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta.)
  8. 10. This act, signed my Andrew Jackson, forced all the Indian Nations west.
  9. 12. Land for a college donated by the government.
  10. 14. Formerly called Franklin college and is a land grant university.
  11. 15. One side of the Creek Nation in the Creek war. They wanted to fight for their land.
  12. 16. This changed many times throughout Georgia's history due to settlers moving west and keeping it central to the population.
  13. 18. Supreme court justice who ruled in favor of Samuel Worcester during the Worcester vs Georgia case.
  14. 19. System of distributing land west of the Oconee river. White males over 18 (sometimes 21), orphans, widows (entered twice), and war veterans (entered twice) could enter.
  15. 20. One side of the Creek Nation in the Creek war. They wanted to embrace U.S./white