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Mounds served as a place for religious/social activities, and the capital of chiefdoms.
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The Spanish attempted to spread Catholicism to Native Americans.
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The Salzburgers moved to GA for religious freedom, and opened the first sunday school and orphanage, and also founded New Ebenezer in Effingham County.
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This was the many rules made for people living in Trustee GA.
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Wright was a Royal GA governor who was well liked by the colonists and expanded GA.
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King George III signed this proclamation stating that settlers cannot move west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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The British Parliament passed these acts to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
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GA's first constitution that granted basic rights to the people, but gave the government's power mainly to the legislature.
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This was the second bloodiest battle in the American Revolution.
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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.
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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.
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Louisville became the capital because it was closest to the states heavily populated area.
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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.
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Gold was founded in Dahlonega, causing everyone to rush to settle, forcing the Natives out of their land.
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The Union Blockade was used to prevent goods from accessing the Confederate's ports.
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This was Lincoln's effort to try and remove slavery.
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The 14th Amendment declared all men and women citizens.
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Turner was a black minister who was elected to the state legislature, but denied his position because of white majority.
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It was a large convention held in Atlanta to advertize the city and industrialization, promoting the New South.
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Frank was a Jew who was accused of killing a girl, then was sentenced to a life in prison, but was kidnapped, and lynched.
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When Ferdinand was killed by Serbia, which ignited WWI.
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This was the day the Stock Market crashed, leading to the Great Depression.
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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.
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The CCC was part of the New Deal Programs, and it created jobs for unemployed men to work on a public service project.
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Hartsfield was a mayor who helped develop the airport, which caused it to become a major form of transportation.
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This was a factory in Marietta that built Bomber Planes for WWII.
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Arnall had many accomplishments that student, blacks, and poor whites supported, but not by Eugene Talmadge.
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This allowed blacks to vote in primary and general elections.
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Georgia changed its flag to show that GA citizens didn't approve of the Brown v. Board's decision.
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The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee participated in non-violent civil rights movements.
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GA originally voted only democratic, but to express other people's beliefs (concerning segregation and states right, the Republican Party gained popularity.
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Holmes and Hunter were the first blacks allowed admission to UGA.
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This separated counties based on population, opposed to amount of land in each county, enabling equal say in voting.
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Young was the first black man since reconstruction, to be elected to Congress.
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The largest event in GA since the International Cotton Exposition that brought jobs, money and buildings to Atlanta.