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    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.

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    portion at almost 10% of the budget is allotted to Criminal Justice. In the state of Georgia we have 159 state funded prisons that house over 57,000 inmates (Ga Prison Fact Sheet). This also includes over 13,000 state employees that run these facilities (AJC Prison). Each inmate takes approximately $51 a day. This includes housing, meals and general day to day activities (Ga Prison Fact Sheet). Forth largest in the Georgia budget is for Debt Services. Debt services include the payments of the principal

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    The Indian Removal Act Essay example

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    These tribes had populations were estimated to be around 65,000 people strong that lived in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. (Foner, 2012) The American Indians fought for their rights and beliefs through the American court system. Their other objective other than fighting for their rights was but in the end, they were forced out of their homes to move

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    Indian Removal Dbq

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    This view led to the start of Indian removal of the Creeks living in the Muscogee County area. Georgia pressured the Creeks to give up their lands through treaties. Under the Treaties New York (1790), Fort Wilkinson (1802), and Washington (1805) the Creeks ceded their lands east of the Ocmulgee River. Alexander McGillivray a Creek Indian Chief was

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    The Tri State Water War

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    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

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    independent nation. There have been former treaties stating the Indian Nations had already been declared as a sovereign to allow the tribe to cede their lands but the Georgia government didn’t recognize the status and saw the Indians as tenants that lived on the state land. “The Treaty of New Echota was a removal treaty signed in New Echota, Georgia by officials of the United States government and several members of a faction within the Cherokee nation on December 29, 1835.” The treaty had stated that united

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    the Civil War, the state of Georgia believed they deserved 35 million acres of land, so they claimed those 35 million acres of land from the Yazoo river which belong to the Native Americans. So basically, the land was kind of stolen. In the year 1795, the state legislator for Georgia sold those 35 million acre of state land to 4 private land companies for the price of 1.5 cent per acre. In 1796, a new legislator for Georgia found out that the previous legislators of Georgia who voted to sell parcels

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    Colonization is the act of setting up a colony away from one 's place of origin” (Colonization, 2015) .The history of the colonization of Massachusetts and Georgia is very interesting both of these two colonies were founded under basically the same premises which were seeking a better life. However, there are some similarities and differences that are evident. The founders of the New World’s mission were freedom. However, their number reasoning was spiritual freedom. They were tired of the Church

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    Carolina, as well as in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. The Cherokee developed a republican government ruled by a constitution in 1820, much like that of the U.S. Despite their organization, they could not stop the settlers push for possession of the Cherokee territory, especially when gold was discovered on their lands in Georgia. To keep the land in their own hands, the Cherokee passed a law that made any sale of Cherokee lands punishable by death. The state of Georgia then challenged the Cherokee

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    Georgia has a remarkable history however, in order to find out why one must look at the structure under the society itself. Georgia has a unique geographical location that distinguishes it from other countries. This country resides at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, in the Caucasus between the Black and Caspian Seas, which has always influenced the culture. “ According to archaeological excavations in the territory of Georgia there are the first hominids in Europe 1.8 million years ago. It

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