Abraham Baldwin - Georgia signer of the U.S. Constitution; also a U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, and the first president of the University of Georgia., S.A.L.M.A - An acronym for the capitals of Georgia: Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta., University of Georgia - The first state sponsored public University in the United States; founded in 1785., Headright System - Land allocation approach that provided the head of a family up to 200 acres of free land in the Georgia frontier., Land Lottery - Land allocation approach that gave the average Georgian a chance to buy land at pennies on the dollar., Yazoo Act (1795) - Georgia act signed by Georgia Governor George Mathews that transferred 35 million acres of land in present day Alabama to four land companies for $500,000; this led to the Yazoo Land Fraud., Yazoo Land Fraud  - An event where land companies bribed members of the Georgia General Assembly to sell land for pennies on the dollar.,

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