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    United States Supreme Court voted on Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515, was a case in which the United States nullified the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional the President Jackson disagreed. S0, the Trail of Tears happened which was a series of forced relocation of Native American nations in the United States following the

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    Vulnerable Population Assessment: Savannah Georgia Savannah Georgia (GA) is home to a beautiful historic downtown area. The city of Savannah’s population is 145,674 people as of 2015 (US Census, 2016). On the periphery are abandoned or rundown residential areas. These areas are surrounded by various residential streets and businesses. Regrettably, Savannah has many homeless people living within these areas. Often they remain hidden in the woods just off the interstate where they live in tents.

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    Was the Georgia colony a success or failure? While the colony of Georgia was successful in defense however; charity and economy were a disappointment. In 1732 King George 2 granted a charter by giving named trustees permission to establish the Georgia Colony. Until 1752 the Georgia Colony had seen both dark and light moments; some of which include the construction of the settlement, the establishment of Fort Frederica, as well as declaring war on Spain. The corporation was made to be a charitable

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    government of Georgia violated some of the treaties and rulings of the Supreme Court, and took land from the Indians illegally. The Indians were trying to incorporate certain aspects of Western culture into their society such as a newspaper, constitutional government, and their own form of slavery to try to get along with their new neighbors. But, despite their efforts, the state of Georgia still considered the indians as, “Savages who had too much land” (Indian Country Diaries). Georgia still thought

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    Federal Road Through Georgia” Henry deLeon. Southerland - Jerry Elijah. Brown - University of Alabama Press – 1989 Authors Back Ground Henry deLeon Southerland Jr. was a resident in Mountain Brook, Alabama. He was born September 8, 1911, and passed away on April 26,2009. Henry also had a son named Edwina Hamilton Williams Southerland. Henry lived in many places like Athens Georgia, and Tampa, Florida where he graduated from plant high school. Southerland also went to the Georgia institute of Technology

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    The state of Georgia earned the nickname "The Empire State of the South" in the antebellum period largely because of its textile industry. From 1840 until 1890 the state consistently led the South in textile production, Antebellum towns including Macon, Milledgeville, Madison, and Greensboro experimented with steam-powered cotton factories, with varying degrees of success. The steam-powered factories in Madison and Greensboro went broke in the 1850s, while those in Milledgeville and Macon survived

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    Georgia O'Keeffe Essay

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    Georgia O'Keeffe "The meaning of a word - to me - is not as exact as the meaning of a color. Colors and shapes make a more definite statement than words. I write this because such odd things have been done about me with words. I have often been told what to paint. I am often amazed at the spoken and written word telling me what I have painted. I make this effort because no one else can know how my paintings happen. Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what

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    Going against the Supreme Court, which is the supreme law of the land, in the Worcester vs Georgia case demonstrates how Andrew Jackson abused his power as president. John Marshall, the chief justice at the time, ruled that the United States did not have possession or legal jurisdiction over Native American land, and no individual states had authority in Native American affairs. However, Jackson went above this, since the court did not order marshals to enforce it. In the Indian Removal packet, it

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    When the Cherokee Nation sued Georgia state they believed they were going to get justice. In some part during the ruling it was in their favor, they were named to be part of the United States and were Americans not Indians. The supreme court which was mostly ruled by Chief Justice John Marshall; had decided that they had no rights to any of their lands. They also denied them to self-govern because their lack of jurisdiction and they had no court power. Which the Cherokee people were against because

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    Georgia O Keeefe

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    Georgia O'Keefe was born on November 15, 1887, in the town Sun Prairie, Wisconsin to dairy farmers, Francis and Isa O'Keeffe. She was the second of seven children and the first daughter. She wished to become an artist at a young age and along with her sister, received tutelage from a local watercolor artist, Sara Mann. O'Keeffe graduated high school in 1905 and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1905-1906, she then attended the Art Students League in New York City where she

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