Yazoo Companies — Yazoo Fraud Yaz oo Fraud (U. S. Hist.) The grant by the State of Georgia, by Act of Jan. 7, 1795, of 35,000,000 acres of her western territory, for $500,000, to four companies known as the {Yazoo Companies} from the region granted; commonly so… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Yazoo Frauds Act — Yazoo Fraud Yaz oo Fraud (U. S. Hist.) The grant by the State of Georgia, by Act of Jan. 7, 1795, of 35,000,000 acres of her western territory, for $500,000, to four companies known as the {Yazoo Companies} from the region granted; commonly so… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Yazoo land scandal — The Yazoo Land Scandal, Yazoo Fraud or Yazoo Land Fraud was a massive fraud perpetrated by several Georgia governors and the state legislature from 1795 to 1803 by selling large tracts of land to insiders at ridiculously low prices.The Yazoo Land … Wikipedia
Yazoo — may mean: *Yazoo (band), a 1980s English pop band renamed Yaz for the U.S. market *Yazoo (drink), a flavoured milk drink made by Campina *Yazoo County, Mississippi *Yazoo City, Mississippi *Yazoo River, in the state of Mississippi *Yazoo Delta… … Wikipedia
Yazoo lands — The Yazoo lands were the sparsely populated central and western areas of the U.S. state of Georgia, when its western border stretched back to the Mississippi River. It was named for the Yazoo tribe of Native Americans. Several other places and… … Wikipedia
Yazoo land fraud — (1795–1814) Scheme to sell land in Georgia. After legislators were bribed to sell Georgia s western land claims around the Yazoo River to four land companies for $500,000, public anger forced a newly elected Georgia legislature to rescind the act … Universalium
Government of Georgia (U.S. state) — The state government of Georgia is the governmental body established by the Georgia State Constitution. The state government, which is a republican government, has three branches: the legislature, executive, and judiciary. Through a system of… … Wikipedia
Political scandals of the United States — This article provides a list of major political scandals of the United States.cope and organization of political scandalsCategorizing and listing scandalsDivision of this article s list of American political scandals falls into four categories… … Wikipedia
Territorial evolution of the United States — This is a list of the evolution of the borders of the United States. This lists each change to the internal and external borders of the country, as well as status and name changes. It also shows the surrounding areas that eventually became part… … Wikipedia
James Jackson (politician) — Infobox Senator name =James Jackson imagesize = jr/sr =United States Senator state =Georgia term start =March 4, 1793 term end =March 3, 1795 March 4, 1801 – March 19, 1806 preceded =William Few James Gunn succeeded =George Walton John Milledge… … Wikipedia
