Land Distribution

What can we do with the additional land we now have?

• 1- do nothing (govt protect land, no tax $, X pop.)

• 2. give land (inhabitated= natural defense, production= $=taxes, + pop)

• 3. sell land (inhabitated= natural defense, immediate profit, production=$= taxes, + pop)

• Grow tobacco, cotton, rice, wheat = $

• Build houses = communities

• Producing trees

• Raising livestock

• What were the 2 ways of distributing land?• -Headright system (male, head-of-house, )

– land lottery (white, widow, war veterans, head of household w/ kids, male 21yr., pay a small fee)

• -Which group(s) of people are not included in the distribution of land?

• Blacks & indians• Why? Lack citizenship

• Which form of land distribution do you believe to be the most feasible for the majority? Why

• Citizenship-Yes; ensure outsiders will not start a war with us

• Money- $3 fee; money maker for US; show able to pay up-coming taxes

• Age-16-45; young, strong, mature and experienced

• Gender-open; land to support all types of families

• Race- whites & free blacks; more land + more hands= more $

• Education= none; not available to all

• Land allotment- 5acres/person; enough for one person to handle

• How will the U.S benefit from allotting land? $= taxes + products produced from land

Yazoo Land Fraudread pgs. 139-140

• What 2 rivers formed the western border of Georgia in 1795?

• How did land companies get the General Assembly to pass a bill allowing them to buy land?

• About how much was paid per acre?• What did many citizens call for?• What did the sale of these land become

known as?

• •Motivation or pressure may include financial problems, addictions like gambling, shopping or drugs, pressure to show good performance or results, or just the thrill of being able to get away with something.

• •Rationalization is when individuals think they are justified because they are underpaid, or it's for their family, or they need it now but they'll pay it back before anyone notices.

• •Opportunity is created when there are weaknesses in controls. Individuals think they won't get caught because nobody is looking, or reviewing, or performing reconciliations and reviews.

Was the Yazoo Land Fraud illegal?

• Legislature benefited “personally” from the sales of land

• Sold land that was already allotted/sold

What was the Yazoo Land Fraud and how did it change Georgia’s

boundaries?• West of the Mississippi river area was

ceded to United States.– Nat’l gov’t paid Georgia $1,250,000 and

promised to remove remaining Native Americans from the state.

Railroads

• Why does GA desire to utilize/expand transportation?

• Expanded transportation=$• Better ways needed to distribute goods

and move people• Expand population (people move to

unsettled areas, cities and towns develop and expand)

• Entice businesses to relocate

Why is Georgia interested in utilizing the port of New Orleans?

• Expand buyers internationally

Problem

• 300 farms in Tville must get their products out of Tville. Ideally quickly, cost efficiently, and large quantities. What is the solution?

How did state gov’t address the problem of maintence of roads?

• Allow companies to create/build private roads which are maintained by tolls

• How did the state gov’t expand and connect roads in a cost efficient manner?

• $ = create turn pikes

What is the name of Georgia’s first state owned railroad system?

• Western and Atlantic

• Why was it important to the creation & growth of Georgia?

• Connected Augusta, Macon, milledgeville, and Columbus with America’s interior

• Enticed business

• Enticed/increase of pop.

What are the qualifications for an area to be considered a capital?

• Well maintained roads/available transportation

• Lodging

• Restaurants

• Places for meetings

• Centrally located

What are the benefits of a capital?

• + pop

• Jobs=$=taxes

• +houses

• + businesses

• well maintained roads

• Stagecoach depots/stops; railroad coming

Think Think Think

• How will the railroad impact Georgia’s growth?

• How will railroads impact city development?