Georgia By facebooker_2853321671368143 Feb 12, 1733 Foundation of the British Colony 1742 Invasion by Spanish 1752 Georgia became a crown colony 1776 Revolution and Declaration of Independence 1777 First State of Georgia's Constitution Jan 2, 1788 4th state to ratify the US constitution 1830 Pdt. Andrew Jackson signed Indian Removal Act 1861 Georgia joined the Confederacy 1870 Last Confederate state to be restored to the Union 1877 White Democrats poll tax 1957 Martin Luther King Jr. national leader in the civil rights movement 1960 28% of African Americans 1970 "The era of racial segregation had ended" Jimmy Carter 1972 First African American congressman elected 1980 Expansion of the Atlanta Airport 1996 Atlanta Olympics
