Eatonton, Georgia

"My friends, circumstances render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community. You have but one remedy within your reach...that is to [move] to the west...The sooner you do this, the sooner you will commence your career of improvement and prosperity." These were the words spoken by Andrew Jackson to Congress on the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Indian Removal Act (aka the Trail of Tears) was a brutal, unfair tragedy that should not have happened to the Native Americans

In Forest McDonad’s States Rights and the Union: Imperium in the Imperio, 1776-1876, he simply begins the book by stating the main problem that the United States faced during the first one hundred years of existence: the state and national government authority were not easily separated. Before the time period of which McDonald analyzes, the people of the future country, the United States, lived in England, where the line between state and national government authority was clear. McDonald mentions

The events leading up to the Second Seminole War remain some of the most perverse and contentious proceedings to have occurred in American history. Between 1819, the ending of the First Seminole War, and 1835, the beginning of the Second, the United States government did everything within its power to not only remove the Natives Americans from its borders, but did so through seditious and deceptive legislature. It was during this time that the expansion of the power of the president and a complete

Was Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy Motivated by Humanitarian Impulses? Authors: Anthony F. C. Wallace, Robert V. Remini, A Summary By: History 2111 Summer 2011 A summary comparison of views regarding the Indian Removal Act of 1830, Was it an act of humanitarianism intended to help and save the Native American culture from the white settlers, as Robert V. Remini has argued? Or was his intent to destroy the tribal culture and to get rid of the Native Americans, as Anthony F.C Wallace

the deadline. When we were forcefully removed out of our homes, put into cattle pits in the pouring cold rain, and had to march through the cold winter snow were we had to burry a lot of my people and close ones. I have always wanted to know what Georgia wanted from us or our land. But from one thing I know or heard it was a large land for them that they found value in our land like fertile, soil and

Consequently, the Cherokee Nation ceded large amounts of land in the Carolinas and Eastern Georgia to the United States. After the Revolution General Elijah Clarke of the Georgia Militia attacked the Cherokee nation on behalf of the American '"'revolutionaries.'"' In 1787 he defeated Indians at Jack's Creek and prompted the Cherokee nation to cede more land in Northeastern Georgia. To thank Clarke for his service the Georgia House of Assembly granted him a plantation, which was located on old Indian land.

Gone with the Wind, was published in May 1936. The author, Atlanta born, Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her efforts. The novel was the first and only published novel of her career. Miss Mitchell was a storyteller from the time she could speak. She enjoyed writing stories and plays. She would cast herself and her friends in the different roles. She lived in Atlanta all of her life and she was enchanted in the history of the city. Miss Mitchell was influenced by the stories

Thesis: Georgia should be able to continue their withdrawals from Lake Lanier and the water basins because of their water supply needs for irrigating its crops in the south, flood control, and sustaining its rapidly growing population in the metro Atlanta area. Epa, U. (2013). Georgia: Upper Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, (2). Retrieved December 7, 2014, from http://www.epa.gov/ncer/events/calendar/2013/feb26/metchis2.pdf In the past, Georgia has experienced

history of Georgia and its reflection on the state impacts the health and well-being of its communities today as it relates to cultures and institutions. The population of African Americans is higher in Georgia than in the United States because of the transatlantic slave trade, which brought an abundance of African Americans to the state by force. The history of slavery still impacts African Americans today and causes many health disparities that can be seen around the world not only in Georgia. The obvious

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Busiest passenger airport in the world since 1998. One-hundred fifty U.S destinations and more than 75 international destinations in 50 countries. Home to the largest air traffic control tower in North America and the 4th tallest in the world. With more than 250,000 passengers a day on more than 2,500 flights and within 2 hour flight time of 80 percent of the United States population.( ATL FactSheet) Atlanta is by far the greatest airport around and