Georgia

Canyon in Georgia? If you have never heard of it you may hear of it by its nickname, Georgia's Little Grand Canyon. Providence Canyon is obviously in Georgia, but it is in southwest Georgia. It is in Georgia's Coastal Plains region near the Alabama border. In the past the government has tried to make Providence Canyon a national park. Do you think Georgia's Little Grand Canyon should be changed into a national park? Providence Canyon is a state funded park in the state of Georgia. Over…

Memorial of the Cherokee Nation is about the plight of the Cherokee Indians in the 1830s. Beginning after the War of 1812 when the white men were moving south in to states such as Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, five civilized Indian nations occupied these states and the Cherokees in particular were located in Georgia. This land was prime for growing cotton and the white farmers wanted the Indians off of the land so they could prosper from cotton growing. There were federal treaties in…

Unlike many of the Civil War governors who were elected in and out of office while the war was in full swing, Joseph Emerson Brown served as the governor of Georgia throughout the entire Civil War era, from 1857 to 1865. His influence, thus, is broad, ranging from the conflicts leading up to the war and succession of the southern states to the defeat of the Confederacy. His voice, which continuously advocated for states’ rights, called first for the succession of the southern states out of the…

culture for a grant to settle among the people of Georgia. While Georgia was welcoming to this particular Indian tribe, it didn’t last long.…

tears was were they moved all of the indians on this trail. The main indians that they talked about moving on this trail is the chippewa indian they were moved from georgia to west of the mississippi during the trip many of the old people died because it was to hard for them to keep warm on the cold trail. When they were moved out of georgia they were transported by the military. Most indians tried to go to court to not get there and taking away from their land. Children were killed on the trip…

Indian Removal: Is it justified? The Act of Removal of the Cherokee Indians was a rough era in history. The Removal of the Indians happened because the citizens of Georgia wanted to mine on their land. The Cherokee Indians had refused to let them mine on their land because the land belonged to the legally and they were not going to let some strangers come and take their land away from them. How would you like it if someone came into your house and told you to leave? I don't think that you…

contaminated with E. coli is no surprise. Even with the vast amount of contamination, Georgia allows the dumping of waste to continue; they give out permits to dump in the waters. Without proper laws and regulations, the continued dumping of waste on the Chattahoochee River will eventually cause it to become too contaminated for human use and wildlife survival. The Chattahoochee River begins in the northeast of Georgia and continues down 524 miles to Apalachicola Bay, Florida. The river houses…

pioneers living in Georgia, frustrated by the lack of opportunity in the settled areas, pushed hard for new lands to purchase and farm. But the eastern part of the land was own by Cherokee…

Such terms were used to describe any of the various Indians immediately south or east of the Creek Nation (colonial Georgia and Florida) and included: “Seminolies” (or East Florida Creeks or “Alachuan” Seminoles), and members identified “Seminolian” or “Seminolean.” There would be attempts to identify some as “Mikasuki” (or Georgia) Seminoles to differentiate from Seminoles residing in Florida. The Hitchiti Indians who originated from the east side of Chattahoochee River…

initial settlement of North America They were fairly mobile people 9500-8000 BC By the end of the period, there were concentrations of populations varying by regions as well as cultural variation More people, less group movement Few early sites in Georgia, specifically along the Coastal Plain Piedmont has site increase in different environments in the mid-Paleoindian period During this time, Indian areas were beginning to be established According to the study, diagnostic stone tools found…