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Emancipation
the act of freeing someone from slavery. -
Eli Whitney And The Cotton gin
Eli Whitney created the cotton Gin. The cotton Gin is a machine that Removed the the seeds form the cotton fiber. -
University of Georgia
The university of Georgia has a total enrollment of 27,951. The University of Georgia was the first college ever in the state of Georgia. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
The Georgia Legislators were bribed in 1795 to sell most of the land that now makes up the state of Mississippi. They sold the land to four different land companies for the sum of $500 thousand dollars. -
Missouri Compromise
The U.s. house of Representatives passed their own bill to admit Missouri without slavery -
William McIntosh
McIntosh Was The Controversial Chief Of The Lower Creeks. McIntosh Supported General Andrew Jackson During The War In 1813-14 The Battle Of Kettle Creek. -
Dahlongea Gold Rush
The gold was found in Lumpkin County. 20 years before the gold rush of 1849 in the state of California, thousands of prospectors traveled to the Cherokee nation in north Georgia, marking the first gold rush in our country. -
Trail of Tears
Thousands of the Indians cheated out their own land and died during the forced Immigration. -
Wincester V. Georgia
the supreme court of the U.S. held in the year of 1832 that the Cherokee Indians Constituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers. The decision became the foundation of the principal of tribal sovereignty in our 20th century -
John Marshall
John Marshall was an American Politician and he was the fourth chief justice of the united states. Marshall had been the previous leader of the Federalist Party In the state of Virginia. -
Capital Moved To Louisville
When the British had finally left the capital was moved to Augusta,then was moved to Louisville. By the year of 1847 some of the people in Georgia were unhappy with the capital being in Milledgeville and elected for the capital to be moved to Atlanta. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 consist of five laws and dealt with slavery. In the year of 1849 the state of California requested Permission to enter the Union as a free state. -
Georgia platform
The Georgia platform event was a statement executed by a Georgia Convention in Milledgeville. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30,1854. -
Dred Scott case
The case was the culmination of the case of Dred Scott V. Stanford. he was one of the most controversial events preceding the Civil war. -
Election of 1860
The date was an american presidential election date.In which Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Demorcrat John C. Breckinridge. -
John Ross
John Ross was the first elected chief and the only elected chief of the Cherokee Nation from the time it was formed until his death in the year of 1866. John Ross also played American Games and He kept his ties with the Indians. -
The Albany movement
The Albany Movement Started in 1961 and ended in 1962. It was the first ever mass movement in the modern civil rights movement. -
March on washington
the march on Washington protest march that occurred in August in they year of 1963. 250,000 People had gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Also known as the march on Washington. -
1964 Civil Rights Act
The act ended segregation in public places. -
Andrew Young
Andrew young Began his career as being a pastor. he was a young leader in the Civil Rights Movement, he was serving as an executive director of the Southern Christian leadership Conference. Andrew Young was a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr., Later Andrew became active in Politics Serving as the very first U.S. Congressman from the state of Georgia. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Served as the 75th Governor of the U.S state of Georgia from the year of 1967 to the year of 1971. Lester was born in Atlanta Georgia He was born To Dean Garfield Maddox. -
Maynard Jackson Elected mayor
Maynard was a member of the Democratic Party and he was also Elected in 1973 at the age of 35. He was the First African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. -
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1996 Olympic Games
The Olympics Was held in Georgia's state capital which is Atlanta. There were a total of 271 events and 10,318 Athletes that competed. It was also Georgia's first time ever hosting the Olympics. -
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Jimmy Carter In Georgia
Jimmy carter was the united states president. he served through the years of 1977-81. He was also a governor after his 1 term as U.S. President.
