Georgia History Timeline

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Paileo

    Paileo
    Earlist known culture is that the paleo indian whose culture lasted until about 10,000 years ago.The paleo comes from the greek and means very old of long ago paleipo people were nomadic
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Arachic

    Arachic
    The arachic ate fish berries fruits and nuts.They used spear heads to kill large animals like big sloth and mommoths. they lived in temporay places they also lived in many groups.They lived until 8000 BC - 1000 BC.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Woodland

    Woodland
    The Woodlands grew thier crops like corn and grain.They slowly stayed in one place because of all large game aimals.that minimized the chance of them starving
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Missipaian

    Missipaian
    They grew thier own food thousands of families lived in one settlement cause the had big group.
  • Mar 1, 1540

    Hernado de Soto

    Hernado de Soto
    Hernado de soto was looking for gold but he never found it. He killed many native americans. Making them resentful of future explores.Failed his attempt in march of 1540.
  • Charter 1732

    Charter 1732
    King George the 2nd grante dthe charter to olgethorope group as trustees for establishigthe colony of georgia and for chaning it for twenty one years. Cathlics,blacks,liquor,dealersand lawyerscould not become colonists.Blacks not attmited so as not introduced to slavery.
  • Georgia founded by James Olegethorpe

    Georgia founded by James Olegethorpe
    Olegethrope proposed a coloney to an unforcunate but worthy people.
  • Salzburgers arrive in Georgia

    Salzburgers arrive in Georgia
    They were from Austria.They were prosucted of following by the cathlic in Europe.James Olegethopre gave them land and the salzburgers called it ebenezer the land wasnt good you couldnt plant anything so they moved to anothe place and called that New Ebenezer
  • Highland Scotts arrived in Georgia

    Highland Scotts arrived in Georgia
    They were men trianed in highland warriors among the world's finest fighting soliders so olgethorpe recriutedon earth works of the fort soilders and these who had brought thier familes
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    Jhon Renolds

    He was the first governor.He was a navy soilder.He also a weak governor because he evaulated peoples authority. Georgia lost money and no one wanted to live there was also extened authority and thier was no challanges.
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    Henry Ellis

    He was the 2nd governor of georgia but they all called him the 2nd founder of georgia he joined when Jhon Renolds left he got a thier they greeted him with enthuthiasm.He made it a self goverment so he has more control. He made a friendly relationship with the creek indians. When he took over the colonists were happy.
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    James Wright

    He is the 3rd governor He was the last britsh royal governor of the province of georgia he was born in May 8th 1716 he died in Novermber 20th 1786 He was bornin london england.
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    James Wright

    He was the 3rd governor he was last british royal governor of the province of georgia he was born in may 8th 1716 he died in november 20th 1786 he was born in the united kingdom>He was the most popular govnor in london. He made settlement in willamsbro georgia population 12,000
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    American Revolution

    The american Revolution or its nicknamed the Revolutionary war.Began because of the kingdomof great britan and the Thirteen coloines and then turned into the world war the usa was achived and europeans powers reconized the indepence.
  • Elijah Clarke and the Battle of Kettle Creek

    Elijah Clarke and the Battle of Kettle Creek
    It was fought in wilkes county about 8 miles away.The British decided to retreat from Augusta and recovered some prestige a few weeks later suprising a patriot force in Battle of Kettle Creek
  • Austin Dabney he fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek

    Austin Dabney he fought in the Battle of Kettle Creek
    was a slave who faught in the american revolutionary war.
  • Articles of confederation radified by all 13 states

    Articles of confederation radified by all 13 states
    Was a convection were important people met to talk about the disputes in the united states.
  • Universty of Georiga established

    Universty of Georiga established
    GA estalblishes UGA as america first satate supported universty (public) land grant universty state gov't provideds land.Abarham Baldwin 1st presidet.Athens georgia was named becaus eit was the center of learning in gerogia.
  • Constittuional Convention of 1787

    Constittuional Convention of 1787
    Was a convection were important people met to talk about the disputes in the united states.
  • Georgia Rateifies the Constitution

    Georgia Rateifies the Constitution
    Is a document where the 3 state branches are like executive,judical,legislative.
  • Invention of the Cotton Gin

    Invention of the Cotton Gin
    Eli Whitney made a machine that incerased the speed and production of cotton when it was made the production of cotton in Georgia increased highly.By picking it it took 10 minutes but when the cotton gin the speed was less than 1 minute.
  • Yazoo Land Fruad

    Yazoo Land Fruad
    The Yazoo land act was passed by the priesdent of the untied states and the genaral assembly because 4 large compaines bribed Governor Matthews and the Legislators but the legislors burned the paper where the Yazoo was in.
  • Capital moves from Augusta to Louisville

    Capital moves from Augusta to Louisville
    The capitial moves west to stay centrillized georaphy and based on population state house opended in may 1785 named after King Louise the 16th of france.
  • Dahlonega Gold Rush

    Dahlonega Gold Rush
    Summer of 1829 gold in dahonega a was founded by Benjamin Parks. 10,000 minors moved to the chrerokee land.The effects was lost homes,legal rights,Violence against the cherokee, no punishments,Could not speak out (testify) against whites cherokee land was placed under thier control.
  • Indian Removal Act

    Indian Removal Act
    The indian removal act was signed bya president jackson the reomoved indian from the us lands from west of the missipainan river in modren day oaklahoma this was forced not voulantary and resulted to the trial of tears
  • Worchester vs Georgia

    Worchester vs Georgia
    That said a white person could not live in cherokee land without taking an oath of alleged to the goverment of the people
  • Mayor Allen

    Mayor Allen
    Henry Allen came to Gloucester from Stroud with the late Alderman Joseph Reynolds in 1860, to begin operating the City Flour Mills. The Gloucester City Flour Mills had been operated by Joseph and Jonah Hadley since 1850. Henry Allen and Joseph Reynolds passed on the business in 1875 to their sons, John Allen and Vincent
  • Andersonville

    Andersonville
    Andersonville in Sumpterner county Georgia united states.Ansdersonville had the population of 255 it was located in the southwest part of the state about 60 miles southwest of Macon Georgia on the central of the Georgia's Railroad and all the population of Andersonville was Mainly all Union Soilders who have died of Dehydration or Deisease or Exposeure or the wounds they got from the war.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    Was the election between Abraham Lincon and Jhon Beckenbridge. It was 180-72 17 went with Mr.Abraham Lincon and 11states went for Mr. Jhon Beckenbrigde so 39.7% went with Abraham Lincon and 18.2% for Jhon Beckenbrigde
  • Union Blockade

    Union Blockade
    The Blockade in the American Civil war was a Naval tatic by the northren Goverment to prevent confedracey from tradeing,
  • Georgia Secedes

    Georgia Secedes
    On January 19, 186 Georgia seceded from the Union as the Republic of Georgia and joined the newly formed Confederacy the next month during the persute to the American Civil War. During the war Georgia sent nearly 100,000 soldiers to battle, mostly to the armies in Virginia. The state switched from cotton to food production but severe transportation difficulties eventually restricted supplies.
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    The 13th amendment was from the constittion which contributed to the work of emancipation proclomation offically abloished slavery.The amendendment was passed by congress and submitted to the states for ratifcations it was ratified in december 1865 by president Andrew Jhonson and it was ratified at the amendendment requirements for the southren states to rejion the union.Although the 13th amendment idi abloshied slavery but not all states.
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    Jim Crow Laws

    Was a law that segregated the blacks and whites from like schools,parks,bathrooom,everywhere that was a public place but it stopped when martin luther king jr did his speech.
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    International Cotton Expo

    The Expo was a very large Fair held in Atlanta Georgia from the 5th of october to the 31st of December of 1881 The place along westren atlanta Railroad Tracks.
  • Plessy vs Furgenson

    Plessy vs Furgenson
    Was a land mark in the united staes supreme court.
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    Atlanta Riot

    During the atlanta race riot that happened on September 22 to the 2th or September 1906 white mobs killed dozens of blacks wounded scores of thier was alot of property damage the local newspaper reports of alleged assults by black males and white females were in the riot.
  • Leo Frank Case

    Leo Frank Case
    The Leo Frank Case happend in april 26 1913 thier was man who was the manager of a pencil factory. Their was also a little 13 year old girl named Mary Fhlagan who was killed at the age of 13 and when she went to get her pay from Mr.Leo Frank which was only 1.50 that was normal back then but when she got it she left the room and later a man went to the basement of the pencil and found mary fhagan thier dead late he called the police they came the only ones thier at the time was Leo Frank and Jim
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    County Unit System

    was a voting system used by the us senator of georgia to determine a us victor in statewide elections.
  • Rebecca Felton

    Rebecca Felton
    Rebecca was a white supremesit,Lynching advocate, writer,lecturer,reformer,and a polotican who became one first women to serve in the USA senate or one of the most promonite women in Georgia
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    Mayor Hartsfeild

    Hartsfeild was an american poltican who served as the 49th abd 51st Mayor of in his tenure extended from 1931 to 1941 and again from 1942 to 1962 making him longest serving mayor of atlanta georgia.In his name they named a airport in his name jackson atlanta international airport it is named in his hornor
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    WW2

    WW2 was the second world war war It was a global war it was mailey lasted until 1939 to 1945.The reason the war started was because of the japenses war who attacked Peral Harbor.T Pearl Harbor was a staion where the Us navy would rest get some suppllies or get gas to get refilled and later that day it would get attacked.It was a cheap shot if you ask me because the navy was not ready to attack back until they found out it the japenese so what the what the United states do was dropped 2 bombs
  • Brown Vs Board of Education

    Brown Vs Board of Education
    Was a law to teach african american kids and to usegregate schools it was a uniomous decison to 9-0 the decision was made to unsegregate schools all over the united states.
  • 1956 State Flag

    1956 State Flag
    Was a flag that was that was hated by many afican americans because of the 13 stars in it which meant the 13 american states when the conely was forming.