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Jan 1, 1000
Paleo Culture
The Paleo Culture existed 12,000 years ago. They would eat alrge animals like the mammoth. Also they are the animals raw. They gathered plants for food. Also they would eat fish from a river that could have been around them. -
Jan 1, 1000
Archaic
They would nuts, berries, fish, deer, turkey, bear, and oysters. Seasonal mirgrations, they returned everyear to the same spots. They used simple pottery and thinner, smaller, and more pointed. -
Jan 1, 1000
woodland
Used pottery, bow and arrows . Began to experment with growing food, and sunflowers. They also began to form tribs. Also they used mounds fro bural and religious purpose. -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Mississippian
They were the first that was successful at living off of agriculture. Also they were the first true civilzation. Used bow and arrows, and advanced pottery. Evidence of a type of government. ( Chiefdom) -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 12, 1200
paleo period
They used large spear heads, and clovis. They also hunted large animals . Nomadic moved plave- to- place, never staying. Thery also followed animals. -
Jan 13, 1000
Mississippian period
They were the first that was successful at living off of agriculture. Also they were the first true civilzation. Used bow and arrows, and advanced pottery. Evidence of a type of government. (chiefdom) -
Mar 1, 1540
hernando de Soto
He was explrine to find gold. He captured thousands of Native Americans and killed them. He also never found gold. Also exploreded most of southeastern Sates. -
ELI WHITNEY COTTON GIN
Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin. A machine that can do the work faster instead of using slaves. Also his invention offered southern planters a good idea to get more land to make more money, Whitney then gotton a major contract from introducing the cotton gin. -
charter of 1732
Acharter is a legal document that grants special rights. Issued by king George the charter established Georfe between the Spanish and Altamaha rivers. The charter excluded catholics blacks, lawyers, and outlawed liquor. According to the charter, trustees could not pass laws without the kings permission. -
Georgia founded by James Ogerthorpe
Became a member of the British parliament in 1722. he argued for prision reform and spoke out agaisnt any kind of slavery. Known for benevolence deeds. England expericend agriculture problems. -
salzes burgers arrive in Gerogia
The Salzesbugers arrived from Austria for religious reasons. They were behind persecuted by the Catholics in Europe. James Oglethrope provided themn with land and they named it Ebenezer. They moved because the land was not good, and named their new home new Ebenezer. -
Highland Scots arrive in Georgia
The Highland Scots were recruited by James Oglethrope to help the new colony from the Spanish. They were from Scotland and were considered to be great warriors. The Scots were not afaraid of anything. They settled in a city they could name Darien. -
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John Reynolds
He was the first royal governor and former naval captian Georgia was in great distress and lost alot of money. He was recalled back to England. He was also bossy and valued his authority.He aso established a structure for government , courts, counciol, and commons House. -
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Henry Ellis
He was the second royal governor, and "second founder of Georgia." He was greeted with enthusiasm. He made a relationship with the creek Indians. Poor health forced him out of office. -
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James Wright
Governor during the American Revolution. He was arrested in 1776 by patriots and returned to London. He came back to Savannah when the British captured the city in 1779. He left for good in 1782. -
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American Revolution
9 Year war between the French and the British. Proclamation line follows the Appalachian Mountains, called intolerable acts because they were so hardshed. Called this because the French were allies with the Indians. Fighting for Eastern North America. -
Elijah Clark and the battle of Kettle Creek
Led the trrops at Kettle Creek. Defeated a group of 800 British sloders. End result: patriots took needed weapons and horses, and rasied the spirits of the Georgia miltia. Elijah Clark: CLark county (Athens). -
Austin Dabney
Was a free born mulatto. Mulatto= a person of mixed parentage ( English parent and African parent). First non- white (black) to fight in the Revolution from Georgia (injured in battle.) Received land in Madison county for his service in the Georgia militia. -
Articles of confederation ratified by all 13 states.
State governments had too much power. National Government could not levy taxes, enforce laws , or control trade. No executive brance (President). No Judical branch (no federal courts to settle disputes between the states). -
University of Georgia established
The first public, state supported university in the United States. Established jan.27,1785 by the General Assembly,brought people to the area. the city of Athens formed after ,the unverisity was established and named after Athens, Greece. The first sate supported unverisity in the United States. -
constitutionals convenge of 1787.
The constitutional convection of 1787 was a meeting of all states in Philadelphia to discuss changes that needed to be made to the Articles of Confederation. Reprensentatives from each state were there and took part in writing the U.S. consititution. Abraham Baldwin and William Few were Georgi`s reprensentative. -
constitutional convection
Main business of conventittion started 4 days later when Governor Edmund was elected. Plan gave national government the power. Over the next three months delegates worked on series of compromise. In Rhode Island a state legislature was in control. -
Gerogia ratified constitution
One thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, resolved the problem. Which said constitution is solved. Several legilatures in order to be submitted chosen in each state. The 4th of Tuesday in December to adopt or reject and paperwork. -
Georgia Ratifies US, Constitution
William Few, and Abraham Baldwin signed the new constitution. Georgia ratified the new constitution for selfish reasons wantedd the fed. Goverment to have the power to unite the country. Needed Federal Gov`t to help fight Native Americans in order for Georgians to move westward onto new lands -
FURITIVE SATE LAW
Fugitive slave acts were a pair of federal law that allowed captured and returned runaway slaves. The slare acts were among the most controversial laws. Both laws were repealed by an act of congress. Northern states passed special legislation attempt. -
Invention of the cotton gin
Invinted by Elis Whitney in April of 1793. A machine to seprate the cottonseed. Before the cotton gin, it took hundreds of hours to seprate seeds. After the cotton gin up to 50 pounds could be cleaned in a single day. -
Invention of the cotton gin
Invented by Eli Whitney in April of 1793. A machine to seperate the cottonseed. Before the cotton gin, it took hundreds of hours to seperate the seeds. after the cotton gin up to pounds could be cleaned in a single day. -
yazoo land fraud
The state government could give land to its citizens problems arose as some dishonest country leaders began selling land. Worse yet, some slod land that did not exist. As the state grew, the countries took over the job. -
Yazoo land Fraud
The state Government could give land to its citizens. Problems arose as some dishonest country leaders began selling alnd. Worse did not exist. As the state grew, the countries took over the job. -
capital moves from Agusta to Lousville
The capital moved to stay in the center. Georgia- citizens moved west. law makers wanted the capital in the center of the population. They named it after King Louis XVI. -
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Missouri compromise
Northerners, led by Sentor Rufus King of New York. It prohibited slavery in the Northern states. Missouri compromise was by many southerners because it established the pricipale of congress. -
Missouri Compromise
36`36 to show border between free and slave states. To keep number of free states equal. Anything north of the Missouri line would be safe, and anything below the line would be slave sates. -
Dahlonega Gols rush
Gold was found in North Georgia summer of 1829. Benjamin Parks was said to have discovered gold white deer, hunting near dahlonega. Over 10,000 miners flocked to Georgia. lost alnd, leagol rights, and property -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
Gold was found in North Georgia summer of 1829. Benjamin Prks was said to have discovered gold white deer, hunting near dahlonega. Over 10,000 miners flocked to Georgia. Lost land, leagol rights, and property. -
Indian Removal Act
SWas signed into law by Andrew Jackson. The president grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange. A few tribes went siliently. Mny resisted relocation by the Goernment Cherokees were forcibly moved west. -
worcester vs. georgia
Supreme court case of Samuel Worcester vs the state. Worcester (white) was a mission dry living in Cherokee. Worcester and others were arrested by state government . HCeif John Marshell and in favor Cherokee and same Worcester stating. -
trial of tears
In the beginning of the 1830s 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of land. By the end of the decade few Natives were still in southeastern, Untied States. They had to cross the Mississippi river. This sometimes deadly journey is known for its Trial Of Tears. -
compromise of 1850
Attempted to keep the staes together. California became a free state. Slave trading ended in the District of Columbia, and law enforcement would return runaway slaves to their owners.New Mexico and Utah territories would deicide if they wanted to be a slave state or a free state. -
the compormise of 1850
It consisted of 5 laws that dealt with salvery. In 1849 calfornia reavesfod to be a free state. Henry Clay introduced an attempt to seek a compromise of crisis between the north and the South. Calfornia then entered as a free state. Then an ac was passed settling a boundary between Texas and New Mexico. -
The compromise of 1850
It consited of 5 laws that dealt with slavery. In 1849 calfornia requseted to be a frees tate. Henry Clay introduced an attempt to seek a compromise of crisis between the North and the South. Calfornia then entered as a free state. Then an act was passed setting a boundary between Texas and New mexico. -
Kansas, Nebraska act
Abraham Licoln`s oppnet irfluetial Licoln- Douglas Debates. A northern transcordinental railroad route benefit his Illinois, introduced a bill. Kansa and Nebraska repaled each other to the Missouri Compromise. The question was both states going to be free or were they going to be slave states. -
dred scott case
One os the most controversial events replaced American Civil war. The case had been going on for a while. Dred Scott lived as a slave with his owner. Dred wanted to be free but he had no rights. Becauses he was a slave. If he tried to excape he would be captured and returned back to his owner. -
ELECTION OF 1860
Democrats met in Charlestion, South Carolina in April os 1860. Northern democrates felt that Stephin Douglas had the best chance to beat black republicans. Democrates stormed out of the convection without a condiate. -
GOERGIA SECEDES
Georgia`s secssion was almost evenly divided. Who thought Lincoln hadn`t done anything as a President. Georgia`s declaration of causes made it clear. Alexander Stephins warned the decision would lead to war. -
UNION BLOCKADE
The Union Navy established blockades of all major southern States. U.S. announcement was its intention to establish an offical blockade. Other foregion Governments issued statements. As Union Navy took steps to enforce blockade, arose with foregin governments. -
antienam
The army under command of George McCalellan. Powerful assaults agaisnt Robert E Lee`s forces near vicious counterattacks. Later, towards the center of the battleship, union. Late in the day, hte third and final major attack pushed over a bullet -
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gettysburg
Confederate gen. Robert E. Leeand his army around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania approched Union General. Top Southerners ganied ground but failed. Lee`s 2nd invasion of the North but failed.Cemetery Ridge and was repulsed with loses what is known as pideckett`s change. -
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chicamadga
Battle of chicmadga was the biggest battle ever in Georgia. If generally accepted as the second bloodiest was ever fought. 51,000 soliders were killed in this battle. On August 29,1863 union soliders crossed Tennessee River. First day`s fighting consisted of several confederate soliders. -
shermans march to the sea
Grant arranged two compaigns for the year of 1864. Sherman destroyed every thing in his path. He would take up rail road tracks and wrap them around trees. So that the south could not snsed any supplies to the north. Sherman prepared himself and his soliders to travel from Atlanta to Savannah. -
13th amendment
The 13 amendment was passed on jan. 31,1865. The 13th amendment was part of slavery. It acctualy started the slavery era. It was all over the south of the United States. It was also passed by the end of the civil was. -
ANDERSONVILLE
The cemetery site is where all of the civil war soliders and prisoners are buried. The prision site is where the prisoners were kept. Their were 13,800 Union soliders whose bodies were retrived from their deaths in the hospitals.The prison site was 26.5 acres long. That was for the prisoners. -
14 amendment
The amendment addressed citicenship rights and equal protection from laws. Amendment limits the actions of all the states. Americans descended from African slaves could not be citizens in the United States. Equal protection clause requires each state to have equal protection. -
15 amendment
In final years of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era followed congress. The court began to interpert the amendment. Federal poll taxes in Federal elections. Also it increased black particapation in the political system. -
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JIM CROW LAWS
They were racial segeration laws in all of the southern states. Black people had to use seperate water fountains, bathrooms, and buses. The condition were worse than the whites. blacks were disriminated agaisnt having good instad they had worse jobs -
INTERNATIONAL COTTON EXPSOTION
The exposition hosted over 1,000 cotton exposition. Over half of the south was planting, and picking cotton. Vistors from oll over the United States comes and look at the internatnational cotton expostion every year. Atlantans were eagered to invest in the cottong exposition. It is now located in Molture, Georgia. -
PLESSY VS FURGUSION
Mr. Homer Plessy, a black man boarded a train and sat in the white only area. He was asked to go to black section and refused. ZWhen he refused he was arrested at trial his attorney argued the 13-14th amendment. Judge Furgusion ruled htat the State had the ritght to regulate railroad companys within the state. The ruleing was appealed to the state Sepreme court and was up held. It was then appealed to the United States supreme court. -
1906 ATLANTA RIOT
During atlanta riot, white mobs killed dozens of blacks. Local newspapers alleged assaults from black males on white females. During reconstruction black men were then giving the right to vote. many whites began to blame black men for rising crime sites. -
COUNTY UNIT SYSTEM
It is issued by the state of Georgia, to decide the winner in statewide primary election from 1917-1962. The 159 counties in Georgia were divided by population into 3 categories with the county unit system. They were rural urban and town. Several lawsuits filed in the 1940`s and the 1950`s challenging the system. -
REBECCA L. FELTON
She was the first woman to serve as the United States senator. She also was a writer. She went to be a senator when Thomas Watson died in office. But she only served 1 day as the senator. -
FDR ELECTED
FDRwas the 32nd president of the United States. He also served 4 terms as President. he was still in office when Japan attacked pearl Harbor. He was rated by the top three scholars of the United States Preisdent. -
Great Depression
American economy entered ordinary recession. During summer of 1829. October.24,1929, stock morket crashed. Investors began dumping shares of stock. Great Depression was the deppest then ever before. -
BLACK TUESDAY
It was nearly 5 days alter that nearly 16 million shares were bieng traded. It was happening during the Great Depression. Also it was going on while Roosevelt was in office. it took several years for the Black Tuesday was finished. -
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WORLD WAR 2
Origins of the 2nd WORLD WAR generally, viewed as being traced. In that war Germany ultra-nationaistiv Kasier willhelm 2 with its friends. War was directly blamed by victors on both sides. France had suffered a previous defeat. Hittler was appointed pesdident of Germany after ww2 -
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ROOSEVELT`S NEW DEAL
The Great Depression was in response to the programs. The wagner act promoted labor unions to the second.new deal. Fair labor standards, and farm security adminstration set minimim wages and maximum hours, for calegoris and workers. The largest programs were securities and exchange commission and social security system -
holocost
Nazis instigated their first action to Germany. The Nazis would capture the Jews and would either kill them or would hang them.After ww2 took place in 1939. Nazis wnet ordering the Jews to wear yellow star of david on their shirts. 30,000 Jews were arrested or killed. -
Pearl Harbor
Many sailors on the island were eating breakfeast. Around 8am the air was filled with sounds of machine gun. They were being attackted by the Jappenisse. Also their were lifes taken and hundreds of poele injured. The United States then went on the attck of the Jappenisse. -
PEARL HARBOR
Many sailors on the island were eating breakfeast. Around 8 am the air was filled with sounds of machine guns. The Japanese attack was a suprise to the soliders that were at Pearl Harbor. On Sunday morning dec.7th 1941 they destryoed most of the fleets that were in dock. They mostly destroyed the American Pacfic fleet. -
FDR DIES AT WARM SPRINGS
President Roosevelt suffers a stroke while on vacation in Warm Springs. He was elected President of U.S. 4 times on april 1945. He returned from a meeting with Russian leader and Britain Prime Minster drawn and sick. Two former allies had nearly reached the breaking point of the Cold War by 1947. -
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
The public schools would be seperated from the black and white students due to the State laws. The Plessy v. Furguson was overturned because of this case. The 14th Amendment ruled a violation ruleing was a clause. This intergration ruleing was a major victory for the civil rights movement. -
1956 STATE FLAG
Their have been many changes since the 1956 State flag. The 1956 georgia flag was the beinging of a quasi revolt. People wanted to send a message to the Georgia legislature. The confederate battle flag was an attempt an intimidation. -
SIBLEY COMMISSION
Its final assembly decision was scheduled for january 1961. The State leaders recommended accepting Hooper`s decision that would allow schools to stay seperate. A Federal Judge reversed the Governor`s decision the next day. Serious attempts of desegration would not begin across that State until the late 1960s. -
ALBANY MOVEMENT
The Albany movement was formed in Albany, Georgia. The movement attracted thousands of citizens nationwide to accomplish its goals. It also created a key lesson for the national civil rights movement. martin Lurther King because involved in assisting the Albany movement. -
MAYOR IVAN ALLEN
He was the 52nd mayor of Atlanta, served 2 terms. A founing member of Atlanta`s influential commerve club. Testified before Congress about equal rights for black people. Guided Atlanta through the racial intergation with out the violence that happened in other Southern States. -
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AT UGA
Mary Frances Early recived her masters degree in music education. She also was the first African- American to go to UGA. Also she transferred from Michgian to UGA. Even though Early was a native of Atlanta she earned a buchelar`s degree in music education. -
MARCH ON WASHINGTON
200,000 American gathered in Wasington dc. for politcal rally for the march on Wahington. Number of religious groups and civil rights shed light on social and political challenges. Martin lurther King had a speech called equality and racial justice. The march became a key moment stugle for the United States in the civil rights. -
mayor hartsfield
He servived as the 49th and the 51st mayor of Atlanta. His texture extended from 1937 to 1941. Hartsfield is famous for creating the airport in Atlanta. He was also a strong and in helping unatletic people to play sports. -
MAYNARD JACKSON
Jackson`s first term as amyor a lot of progress was made. He helped arrange the building of Hartsfield Atlant`s airport. He was also named after is new international termal at Atlanta`s Hartsfield airport. Also when Jackson was in his first term as mayor he coincided with the Atlanta child murders. -
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JIMMY CARTER
Carter was the 39th President of the United States. During his term as President he created two new cabinet- level departments. Also he established a national energy policy that conservation, price control, and new technology. Finally he took office when a period of international inflation and stagnation was going on. -
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1996 SUMMER OYLIMPICS
Atlanta became the 5th American city to have the Oylimpic games. Also it was the third time to hold a Summer Oylimpics. Atlanta`s bid to host Summer Oylimpics began in 1987. Finally Atlanta`s main rivial was Toronto whose front bid began in 1986.
