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Mound building Native American civilization; the last prehistoric cultural development in North America
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Spanish explorer & conquistador who led the first European expedition; first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River
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a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board
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a group of German speaking protestants colonists; received support from King George II and the Georgia Trustees after they were kicked out of their home
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A group of Scottish Highlanders sailed from Iverness; disembarked on the Northern Bank of the Altamaha
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colonial revolt that took place; the american patriots in the 13th colonies won Independence from Great Britian
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major encounter in the back country of Georgia; fought in Wilkes county : 8 miles away from present day Washington, Ga
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James Oglethorpe and a party of settlers crossed the Atlantic Ocean to begin the new colony of Georgia; they entered the Savannah River finally disembarking at Yamacraw Bluff
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Convention that drew up the Constitution of the U.S.; stimulated by severe economic troubles
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the delegated voted unanimously to ratify the consitution; 4th state to do so
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slave who fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War; born a Mulatto slave in Wake County, North Carolina
