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University of Georgia founded
The University of Georgia was founded in 1785 as the first state-chartered university in the United States.The campus includes gardens, hills, extensive green space, etc. -
Capital moved to Louisville
The Capital moved to Louisville after the British left, after being moved to Augusta. Many people were unhappy with the movement and tried to get it moved to Atlanta. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The thirteenth amendment states, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
Fourteenth Amendment
The fifth section of the Fourteenth Amendment states, "Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article." -
Fifteenth Amendment
The first section of the fifteenth amendment states, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney wanted to create a way to make removing seeds from cotton quicker and easy. By lots of thought and patience, he created the first cotton gin in 1794. At first, the cotton gin was becoming mistake and very little money was being made and today it is a very big industry. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
The Yazoo Land Fraud was one of the biggest events that happened in the Revolutionary war. Georgia legislators were bribed to sell most of the land to 4 land companies that now makes up the state of Mississippi. It altogether sold for $500,000. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
The Dahlonega Gold Rush was one of the first public-accounted gold rushes. Benjamin Parks is the resident with the most known credit of discovery. Other 'first discoveries' came from Ward's Creek, Bear Creek, and even the Pigeon Roost Mine. All found in Dahlonega. -
Worcester c. Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia was a case in which the United States Supreme Court chose the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native-American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional. -
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Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of Native Americans nations in the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican–American War. -
Georgia Platform
The Georgia Platform was a statement executed by a Georgia Convention in Milledgeville, Georgia. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. -
Dred Scott Case
The Dred Scott case was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on US labor law and constitutional law. -
Election of 1860
American presidential election held on Nov. 6, 1860, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
In Georgia, Union strategy centered on Savannah, the state's most significant port city. Beyond Savannah, Union forces generally focused on securing bases of operation on outlying coastal islands to counter Confederate privateers. Confederate defensive strategy, in turn, evolved with the Union blockade. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. -
Battle of Chickamauga
The Battle of Chickamauga marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
The Andersonville Prison Camp was a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the final twelve months of the American Civil War. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
Sherman's Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864. -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman's March to the Sea was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army -
Freedman's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau was a U.S. federal government agency established in 1865 to aid freedmen (freed slaves) in the South during the Reconstruction era of the United States, which attempted to change society in the former Confederacy. -
Ku Klux Klan Formed
Six Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee created the original "KKK". The name was formed by combining the Greek kyklos with clan. -
Henry McNeal Turner
Henry McNeal Turner was a minister, politician, and the 12th elected bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a pioneer in Georgia in organizing new congregations of the independent black denomination after the American Civil War.
