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Jan 1, 1200
Mississippian Mounds
Mounds served as a place for religious/social activities, and the capital of chiefdoms. -
Jan 1, 1568
Spanish Mission Church System
The Spanish attempted to spread Catholicism to Native Americans. -
Salzburgers
The Salzburgers moved to GA for religious freedom, and opened the first sunday school and orphanage, and also founded New Ebenezer in Effingham County. -
Charter of 1732
This was the many rules made for people living in Trustee GA. -
James Wright
Wright was a Royal GA governor who was well liked by the colonists and expanded GA. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III signed this proclamation stating that settlers cannot move west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Intolerable Acts
The British Parliament passed these acts to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
Georgia Constitution of 1777
GA's first constitution that granted basic rights to the people, but gave the government's power mainly to the legislature. -
Siege of Savannah
This was the second bloodiest battle in the American Revolution. -
Three-Fifths Compromise
This was the result of the Constitutional Convention; a "compromise" between the Virginia and New Jersey plan, where slaves counted as three-fifths of a person. -
Alexander McGillivray helps GA
McGillivray was a Cherokee Chief who fought in the Oconee War and signed the Treaty of New York as an effort to keep natives in GA. -
Louisville Becomes the Capital
Louisville became the capital because it was closest to the states heavily populated area. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri requested statehood where there was an even number of slave and free state, therefore leading to the compromise which stated that any states below Missouri's southern boundary can be admitted slave states, and above free. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
Gold was founded in Dahlonega, causing everyone to rush to settle, forcing the Natives out of their land. -
Union Blockade of Georgia's Coast
The Union Blockade was used to prevent goods from accessing the Confederate's ports. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This was Lincoln's effort to try and remove slavery. -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment declared all men and women citizens. -
Henry McNeal Turner
Turner was a black minister who was elected to the state legislature, but denied his position because of white majority. -
International Cotton Exposition
It was a large convention held in Atlanta to advertize the city and industrialization, promoting the New South. -
Leo Frank
Frank was a Jew who was accused of killing a girl, then was sentenced to a life in prison, but was kidnapped, and lynched. -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
When Ferdinand was killed by Serbia, which ignited WWI. -
Black Tuesday
This was the day the Stock Market crashed, leading to the Great Depression. -
Eugene Talmadge is Elected Governor
Talmadge caused a lot of destruction for GA as governor, and was extremely racist; he served as gov. for three terms, but died before taking office the final term. -
CCC
The CCC was part of the New Deal Programs, and it created jobs for unemployed men to work on a public service project. -
William B. Hartsfield
Hartsfield was a mayor who helped develop the airport, which caused it to become a major form of transportation. -
Bell Air craft
This was a factory in Marietta that built Bomber Planes for WWII. -
Ellis Arnall elected Governor
Arnall had many accomplishments that student, blacks, and poor whites supported, but not by Eugene Talmadge. -
End in of the White Primary
This allowed blacks to vote in primary and general elections. -
1956 State Flag
Georgia changed its flag to show that GA citizens didn't approve of the Brown v. Board's decision. -
SNCC is founded
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee participated in non-violent civil rights movements. -
Georgia Becomes a Two-Party System
GA originally voted only democratic, but to express other people's beliefs (concerning segregation and states right, the Republican Party gained popularity. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter entered UGA
Holmes and Hunter were the first blacks allowed admission to UGA. -
The End of the County Unit System
This separated counties based on population, opposed to amount of land in each county, enabling equal say in voting. -
Andrew Young Elected to Congress
Young was the first black man since reconstruction, to be elected to Congress. -
1996 Olympics
The largest event in GA since the International Cotton Exposition that brought jobs, money and buildings to Atlanta.