Georgia History Timeline

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Paleo Culture

    Paleo Culture
    The Paleo indians were no mads. they move from place to place following animalherds. paleo indians existed 12,000 years ago. paleo indians use spearhead to hunt and kill animals. paleo indians make their own clothes out of animal fur.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Archaic Culture

    Archaic Culture
    archaic Indians Existed 8,000 to 1,000 B.C. The Hunted with spearpoints made from stone including stone axis. they gathered Fish, berries, and nuts for food. Archic indians made clothes from animal fur.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Mississpian period

    Mississpian period
    They grew crops and relied and beans and corn. They didnt really hunt food. they also painted pottery Mississpian indians lived in villiage like names.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Woodland indians

    Woodland indians
    the woodland indians developed in agriculture. They hunted with bows and arrows. they also lived in villiages. They planted most of their food . they also fished.
  • Mar 1, 1540

    Hernando De Soto

    Hernando De Soto
    Hernando De Soto killed the natives americans. He was looking for gold. He traveled throughout the southeastern states.Hernando De soto died on the expedition jounery. It was his failure of finding gold.
  • Charter of 1732

    Charter of 1732
    King george ll granted a charter to oglethrope's group as trustees to establishing the colony of georgia and for magaging it for 21 years papists (catholics) blacks, liquor dealers, and lawyers could not join the charter trustees could not own any lanf, hold political office, or be gving money for their work , They could not pass any laws unless the king agreed.
  • Georgia founded by james Oglethrope

    Georgia founded by james Oglethrope
    Ogelthrope be proposed a colony to georgia. Poor people and wealthy people it was to help them with a new start oglethrope went on expedition.
  • salesbuger arrives inn Georgia

    salesbuger arrives inn Georgia
    The salesburger arrived from austria for religious reasons. They were being persecuted by the catholics in europe. james oglethrope provided them.
  • higland scouts arrrive in georgia

    higland scouts arrrive in georgia
    they come to protect the new colony and older colonies they were strong men. they came to help fight against the others they faught to protect us from the spanish. they also faught against the spanish.
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    Rew John Reynolds

    John Reynolds was the First Royal Governor. He was a former naval caption. He establish a structure for gverment,courts, concuil and a commons house. He was bossy and valued. Reynolds angered the Legislature. Members were dissatified with Reynolds.He recalled back to england.Great distress on Georgia loss of money and a negative image. John Reynolds was a weak governor.
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    Rew Henry Ellis

    Henry Ellis was the second Royal Govenor, "second founder of georgia." He was respondsible for self goverment in georgia. He greeted with enthusiam *made a relationship with the creek indians (friendly) poor health forced him out of office
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    Rew James Wright

    James Wright was the third royal governor of georgia. He was the governor during the America Revoultion.During his term georgia expanded and he encouraged settlement in the forntier.He was arrestedin 1776 by patirots and returned to london came back to savannah when he british captured the city in 1779. He left for good in 1782.
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    America revoultion

    There are four reason in the america revoultion. It was a 9 year war between the french and british war.Proclamation of 1763 was issued by king georgia III forbidding colonists to settle west/ of the proclamation line. Intolerable acts closed boston harbor until the tea was paid for this meant no ships. Declartion Of Independence short term cause. Document stating the reasons that the colonists were upset with the english.
  • Austin Dabney

    Austin Dabney
    Austin Dabney was a free born mulata. Mulatto= a person of mixe parnet age (english parnet and African parenet ). He was first non- white (black) to fight in the revoultion from georgia injured in battle ). He received land in madson county for his service in the georgia militia.
  • Elijah Clarke and Battle of Kettle Creek

    Elijah Clarke and Battle of Kettle Creek
    Elijah Clarkeled the troops at Kettle Creek.He defeated a group of 800 british soliders.The end result : partriots took needed weapons and horses and raised the spirts of georgia militia. Elijah Clarke = clarke county (Athens ).Kettle creek was the war Elijah clarke was in.
  • Articles Of Confedration Refiled By All 13 States

    Articles Of Confedration Refiled By All 13 States
    The 1st Constitution was in the Articcles of confederation. Central Government was involed with the Articles of confederation.Those were the strengths of Articles of conferation. They had a weak national government. state government was too strong, Uni-cameral legislature congress means that they have one body confederation.
  • University of Georgia Established

    University of Georgia Established
    Georgia was established Uga as america first state supported Universatiy (public) land Grant University state govt. It provides the land abraham Baldwin (first President 0. Athens georgia named because it was the center of learning in ga.
  • Consitional Convection Of 1787

    Consitional Convection Of 1787
    Bi-csmeral legislature both big and small states (population). That was the Great Compansion. The 35th Compromise was 3 out of 5 slaves countesl toward population and were also taxed . There was the bill of rights and 1 ten.
  • Georgia Ratifies US Connsitution

    Georgia Ratifies US Connsitution
    Jan 2, 1788 Georgia became the fourth state ratify the united states constution. In the us, 12 amendants were suposed to open the us consititution issues. One of the issues was the bill of rights. It was passed. The rights gave citizens freedom of religion and rights to bear arms.
  • Eli Whitney Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney Cotton Gin
    Eli Whitney was the invetor of the cotton gin. Eli Whitney was a pioneer. in April of 1793 , Eli Whitney had made cotton gin. He Designed a machine that can make cotton. He had a buisness partner that was name Phineas Miller.
  • Yazoo Land Fraud

    Yazoo Land Fraud
    Yazoo Land Fraud was the name that was given to the sale. The sale was an act the georgia was doing in the Yazzo river.Yazoo Land Fraud was a big fraud. It sold people things at very low prices. It was perpetrated from 1794 to 1803
  • Capital moves from Augusta To Louieville

    Capital moves from Augusta To Louieville
    the capital moves west to stay centralize geographylicy based on population. State house open in may 1995. it was named in honor of king Louie the 16th of france.
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    in 1819, there were ii slave states & ii free states. There was a equal number of senators in each state. In 1820 missouri compromise was adopted by cngress. The measure of slavery was prohibited north of 36 20 latitude what was missouri southern border missouri compromise kept a balance of power with free and slave states.
  • Indian Removal Actt

    Indian Removal Actt
    The Indian Removal Act happened during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The indian removal act was for the indians to come together for their removal act with the south side of the united states. The indian removal act started on May 28 , 1830. The act was strongly supported by the non- native people of the south. Jeremiah Evarts had protested against its speech.
  • Worcester V. Georgia

    Worcester V. Georgia
    The case goes through a due process. Samuel Worcester was a reverend. He was also going against the state of Georgia. The case was held in the U.S Sepreme Court.The case was about worcester taking the cherokee indians land. The cherokee indians own the land that borders the state of georgia.
  • Rebecca L. Felton

    Rebecca L. Felton
    Rebecca L. Felton was an american white supremacist. She was the first woman to serve as an senate. She died january 24 ,1930. She was sworn in novemeber 22, 1922. She is also the only woman who serve for senate from georgia.
  • Trail Of Tears

    Trail Of Tears
    The tail of tears is a sad trail. Cherokee indians had to go to New Echota. On the trail, the indians havd little money and little food. some strave to death and some survied. some indians escaped and had hid in the north arolinas mountians. Many of the indians died.
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise  of 1850
    the compromise of 1850 was passed by congress. The compromise was to make the north and south happy for the union a free state. For the south, the territories of new mexico and utah would determine wheter they wanted to be a slave or free state. California's consitution did not allow slavery
  • Fugitive slave law

    Fugitive slave law
    This law was passed on Septemeber 18, 1850. It was passed by the untied states congress. The fugitive slave law is apart of the compromise of 1850 too. The north had fears of the slave power. It required escaped slaves. The escaped slavs had to return back too their owner.
  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    Kansas Nebraska Act
    Slavery was an issue in kansas nebraska act. in 1854 stephen douglas of iLLinois brought the passage that kansas and nebraska terrioties. popular sovereighty meant for the people who can vote.
  • Dred Scott

    Dred Scott
    Dred Scott was a slave. He was taken to Missouri and to the free state of illnios. He was taken their by his owner. He tried to file a law suit saying since he lived in a free state he should be free. Allthough slaves could not be citizens. Dred Scott decision divided the north and south. He pushed it close to war.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    This election has to do with the democratic and republican. Abraham Lincoln and John C. Breakinridge were elected. This Election was held on a tuesday. The date on this election was Nov 6, 1860. This election was the 19th quadrennial presidental election.
  • Georgia secedes from the union

    Georgia secedes from the union
    Jan. 19, 1861 georgia seceded from the union. It was known as the republic of georgia. It joined the newly confederacy the next month during the prelude to the American Civil War. Georgia sent nearly 100,000 soilders during the war. Cotton was switched to food production in the state.
  • Union Blockade

    Union Blockade
    The Union Blockade was in the american civil war. The union blockade was stop the confredacy from trading goods and other things. The Union Blockade was a naval tactic by the goverment. It was proclaimed by president Abraham Lincoln. The proclaiment happened in April of 1861.
  • anitetam

    anitetam
    Antietam is near a town called sharpsburg, Maryland. It is called Antietam creek. North and south states collieded there on September 17, 1862. It was a one day bloodiest battle of the civil war. North Virginas first invasion into the north was the battle of antietam.
  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg
    July 1, 1863 confederate defeated union soliders through gettysburg to the cemetery hill. Robert E. Lee was the confederate leader. Gen. George G. Meade was the union leader. The union had 3,155 dead , 14,524 wounded , and 5,365 missing. the confederate had 3,903 dead , 18,735 imjured , and 5,425 missing.The battle of gettysburg was during the american civil war.
  • Battle of Chickamauga

    Battle of Chickamauga
    On September 19, 1863 the battle of Chickamauga was fought. Battle of Chickamauga was the most significant union in the western theather of the american civil war. Battle of Chickamauga was the first battle of the war that was faught in georgia. The battle was faught between the Army of the Cumberland and the Confederate Army of the Tennesse.
  • Andersonville

    Andersonville
    Andersonville was a cruel camp. It was a camp for prisoners. The prisoners didnt have much food to eat. They had to drink from the thing called providnce springs. Some straved to death.
  • 13th Amendant

    13th Amendant
    The 13th amendant abolished slavery. It was passed on April 8, 1864. It was adopted on Decemember 6, 1865. This happened during the americsn civil war. William H.Seward accepted this adoption.
  • Sherman's March to the sea

    Sherman's March to the sea
    March to the sea was the name given to the ,ilitary Savannh Campaign. Sherman's troops started the campaign by eaving to capture the city of Atlanta , Georgia on Novemeber 15.The campaign end with the capture of the port of savannah on Decemember 21. Maj.Gen. William Tescumseh Sherman was the leader of the leader of the union army. Sherman's forces destroyed military targets.
  • 14th Amendant

    14th  Amendant
    The 14th amendant was adopted on July 9, 1868. The 14th amendant forbade andy states fom denying anyones state "equal protection law.' It was passed in june of 1886. It ratified in July Of 1869. This amendant was for equal rights and protection of laws.
  • 15th amendant

    15th amendant
    The 15th amendant was granted all male citizens to the right to vote regardless race color. It was submitted on Feburary 3, 1870.The congress debated on the right of former black slaves. The 15th amendant was adopted on March 30, 1870. This amendant had o do ith race color.
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    Jim Crow Laws

    The jim crow laws were a racial segeration. in 1890 a "separate but equal" camed along for the african americans. Blacks and whites had their own bathrooms water fountians and etc. This sepration led africans americans to infe with white americans. Jim Crow laws also had public schools and public transportation seperated
  • Intern. Cotton Expo

    Intern. Cotton Expo
    The International Cotton expo was held in atlanta , georgia. It started on October 5,1881 to December 31, 1881.The cotton expo opened on site in 1882. The location of the intern cotton expo was along the western & atlantic railroad tracks.The intern cotton expo started to show progress since the battle of atlanta.
  • Mayor Hartfield

    Mayor Hartfield
    Mayor Hartfield wasan amerian politician. He was born March 1, 1890.The airport in Atlanta Georgia called Hartsfield -Jackson International airport. He served as the mayor for the 49th & 51st year. He was the mayor of atlanta Georgia.
  • Plessy v. ferguson

    Plessy v. ferguson
    Plessy v ferguson was the labndmark the united states sepreme court. This was also a racial segeration. This also was with the quote' seperate but equal". This happened in 1896. This decesion was handed down by a vote. Plessy was a 30 year old colored shoemaers.
  • 1906 Atlanta riot

    1906 Atlanta riot
    This riot was held in atlanta , georgia. the 1906 atlanta riot waas a civil disturbance. 20 to 40 african americans were killed in this crazy violence. the main cause was the rasicims between blacks and whites. 2 european americans were killed also. atlanat was the place that whits and blacks could come together in harmony.
  • Mayor Ivan Allen

    Mayor Ivan Allen
    Ivan Allen was a junior. He was an american businessman. He servesd two two terms. He served as the 52th mayor. He was the mayor of atlanta, georgia.
  • Leo Frank Case

    Leo Frank Case
    Leo frank was accused of killing a young teenage girl called Mary Phagan. She was only 14 years old. Leo Frank was a jewish man who owned the penicl factory. The murder happend on April 26, 1913. Jim conley was in this case too because he did a testmony of leo frank. Jim conley said that he did mr. franks launduray. everytime jim conley camed up with something he always saying "i just remembered."
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    world war 1

    The world war 1 is known as the first world war. The war began on July 28, 1914. It eneded on november 11 ,1918. It was really called the european war, More than 9 million combanats was killed in the war. It was one of the deadlist wars in the untied states.
  • county court system

    county court system
    The court system was a voting system. It was used by the us stat goverment. This system was under an effect once. The democratic was just one in this system. It was with the Neill Primary act of 1917
  • black tuesday

    black tuesday
    On October 29, 1929 was when the stock market crashed. It was the biggest stock market crash in the untied states. In the 20s real estate values were on the risk of rising. when the stock market crashed the price of stocks compeletly crashed. this is known as an reson for the great depression to happen.
  • Dahlongea Gold Rush

    Dahlongea Gold Rush
    Summer of 1829 gold was found in Dahlongea. It was in July 22,1929. Benjamin parks found oil. 10,000 miners moved into cherokee. last names, land, least rights was on the effects of cherokee.
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    Great Depression

    The great depression was an really econimic depression. The Great Depression was in the decade with the world war 1. It was the longest , worldwide , deepest depression in the 20th century. The great depresion had devasting effects also, the rich and poor personal income had dropped really low.All around the world cites were hit hard by this horrible scene. Thats why it was called the great depression.
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    holocaust

    The holocaust was when the jews got killed. Some were killed by the gas chamber. The jews had to go to the camp called Conceration camp. This is a sad thing. They killed any jews. They also killed childern. Some get burned.
  • Fdr elected

    Fdr elected
    Fdr sever for president four terms. he was the 32nd presient of the untied states.He was a democrat. He was an american statesman. Frankiln Delano Roosevelt was the one who asigned the New deal should happen. Franklin gave a strong support to great britian and china.
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    Roosevelts new deal

    The new deal was a series of domestic programs. the programs were response to the great depression. The new deal was also to focused on the 3 'r's Relief , Recovery , and reform. the new deal prodced a political realigment. it was enacted in 1933 and 1936.
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    world war 2

    the world war 2 was the second war. it lasted form1939 to 1945. This war was between the axis and allies. It was the most wide spread war. The axis advanced was stopped in 1942.
  • pearl harbor attacked

    pearl harbor attacked
    the pearl harbor was attaked by the japense navy base. They attacked the united states navy base. this happened on december 7 , 1941. the attacked happened on purpoe. This happened on purpose because the japnese navy base had planned it.
  • fdr dies at warms springs georgia

    Fdr passes away on april 12, 1945. he was at an retreat in warms springs georgia. His wife name was elonar rossevelt. He had and affiar with lucy