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Fort King George, the first British settlement in Georgia, is built.
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Slavery is legalized in what is now Georgia.
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Georgia is named a state.
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Georgia decides to secede from the Union.
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The Civil War left most of Georgia damaged along with most of the rest of southern U.S
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The Union army attracts Chickamauga for two days. They were tryimg to retake Chickamauga and Georgia.
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Union soldiers set fire to Georgia factories making weapons.
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President Franklin Roosevelt dies in Hot Springs Georgia of a stroke. They later named his house (where he died) The Little White House.
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Rosa Parks was arrested when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. This was a crucial in the civil rights movment.
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The summer Olympics was held in Georgia.
