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British build Fort King George settlement.
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Seven land proprietors gave their land rights over to England's King George II.
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England's King George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board on April 21, 1732.
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Jews in Savannah establish Mickye Israel, oldest congregation practicing Reform Judaism in U.S.
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Alice Riley hanged for participation in murder, first woman to be executed; Scot Highlanders founded New Inverness; Trustees enacted new law prohibiting slaves.
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during a war between England and Spain, the Spanish tried to force the English colonists out of Georgia but were unsuccessful.
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Trustees divided Georgia into two counties - Savannah and Frederica.
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Battle of Bloody Marsh between Spanish and English; English stopped invasion of St. Simons Island.
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(1749) Law prohibiting slavery rescinded
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Trustees surrendered charter to British government; Georgia became royal colony.
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The colony's declaration of independence at the beginning of the American Revolution (1775 Royal Georgia refers to the period between the termination of Trustee governance of Georgia and -83
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The state capital moved to Milledgeville and the there’s a boundary between Georgia and North Carolina established.
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Fight between sailors in Savannah and it caused a three day of riots.
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war began
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British burned fort at point Peter in the final battle of the War of 1812.
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First Seminole War began and the Indians raided white settlements.
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first Seminole war ended.
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Steamship SS Savannah sailed from Savannah to Liverpool, England first steamship to cross the Atlantic which I think would be hard.
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Fire in Savannah destroyed 463 buildings and most of the residents became
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Hurricane hit St. Simons Island 83 were killed!
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All Creek Indian lands ceded to Georgia.
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Tornado hit Gainesville and New Holland, 106 dead; earthquake struck Tybee Island/Savannah.
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Atlanta Race Riot continued for two days 26 got killed, many wounded.
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White residents of Forsyth County drove black population out; Girl Scouts founded in Savannah.
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Fire in downtown Augusta destroyed 32 city blocks, 600 homes and six blocks of businesses burned, over 3,000 homeless.
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Spanish flu struck; thousands died
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Boll weevils reduced cotton crop to half
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Delta Airlines starts as Crop Dusting Company
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Tornado in Cordele killed 23, destroyed 289 buildings
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47 railroad workers died in train derailment in Stockton.
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Jimmy Carter elected U. S. president.
