1790 1840 WHAT ARE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS

1790 -1840 WHAT ARE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN GEORGIA DURING THIS PERIOD?

“American Progress”

CAUSE & EFFECT • People desire more space • Between 1790 & to settle. 1840, the population of Georgia quadrupled. • Cumberland Gap is discovered (pass through the Appalachian Mountains). • Settlers able to take covered wagons to rich lands that will one day be Kentucky and Tennessee.

CAUSE & EFFECT • Jefferson negotiates the Louisiana Purchase (1803) for $15 million from France. • Thousands settle the rich lands west of the Appalachian Mountains. • The land area of the U. S. almost doubles. • Indians are outnumbered and begin to be pushed out of their lands.

CAUSE & EFFECT • Samuel Slater invents a machine to make textiles. • Contributes to the creation of the factory system. • Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin. • Cotton & slavery become essential to South’s economy.

CAUSE & EFFECT • Henry Blair invents the corn harvester, Cyrus Mc. Cormick invents the mechanical reaper. • Georgia’s agricultural production improves.

CAUSE & EFFECT • Cherokee & Creek Indians went heavily into debt to shrewd white traders. • Georgia encourages new settlers to come to Georgia. • Creeks & Cherokees give up much of the backcountry region. • Georgia gains representatives in Congress, its agricultural economy grows & Native Americans pressured to cede their land.

CAUSE & EFFECT • The steamboat is invented. • Provides a fast & efficient way to transport large quantities of cotton up or downstream. • Georgia’s agricultural economy continues to prosper.

CAUSE & EFFECT • Georgia’s interior grows as settlers establish farms in the backcountry. • State government needs money to build roads. • Need for more connecting roads grew. • Turnpike corporations are approved.

CAUSE & EFFECT • Shipping cotton by • A need for better & wagon over rough dirt more dependable roads from inland transportation is towns such as Athens recognized. was slow & expensive.

CAUSE & EFFECT • The railroad is invented. • Georgia’s prosperity & development is boosted. • Building railroads is very expensive. • Georgia’s General Assembly decides the state should become a partner with private companies to build.

LET’S REVIEW THE REASONS FOR GEORGIA’S GROWTH & PROSPERITY FROM 1790 -1840! • Population grows as settlers desire land. Discovery of Cumberland Gap allows easy access for covered wagons to western territory (Kentucky & Tennessee).

• President Thomas Jefferson negotiates Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803. • The land area of the U. S. almost doubles.

• Inventions improve Georgia’s economy.

• Advancements in transportation make the backcountry accessible to population growth & settlement.

• Native Americans (Creeks & Cherokees) cede their lands to U. S. • Georgia’s land area expands.

• Georgia continues to prosper as towns are planned and developed.

How is this painting an allegory for this period of growth and prosperity? • Cite specific examples for: 1. the impact of technology. 2. the affect of America’s growth on Native Americans. 3. the white settlers’ view of this expansion.