Georgia History Timeline Project

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Paleo

    Paleo
    Paleo dians are nomadic. They aways followed the food supply. There they followed was mammoth,bisom,ground sloth,and sabor toothed tiger.They spear with round sides to kill the animals. They had round so they can jab in and out of the giant game animal.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Archaic

    Archaic
    the Archaic indians migrted seasonal. they came back to the same spot each season. They slept in caves or pit houses. The archaic did simple pottery . There spears were very pointy, pointer than paleo's. Ther spears were smaller also and had flat sides, cause they had to hunt smaller animals and dont have to jab so many times cause game animals are know extinct.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Woodland

    Woodland
    The woodland are not nomadic. The indians started talking to other tribes and villages. There houses were sturdy. They had bow and arrows know cause they had to hunt smaller and faster animals.There pottery was more advanced. They also experimented farming.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    missipian

    missipian
    missipian was the most advanced indians. The had advanced pottery and yhey lived off agriculture. that means they didnt have to hunt for food that often. The foods they grew were corn,beans,and , squash, and many more. They also built temples,temples were for religion. They may have traded also. As you see from all this they were more advanced.
  • Nov 9, 1540

    Desto

    Desto
    Desto was a explorer. He explored georgia insearch of gold.Alot of native american died from measels and small pox and many more.They died cause cause european explores followed desto, and the spreaded many disease. desto missions was a failur.He found no gold and many people died.
  • charter of 1732

    charter of 1732
    the charter is what king George the second signed. He signed the charter to grant land so that the poor could start over and get out of dept. The charter was granted April 21,1732, but king George signed it June 7,1732.
  • Salz Burgers

    Salz burgers came to Georgia march 12,1734. They settled in ebenezer. Catholics exiled them from Austria. They also moved cause of poor soil.They named there town new ebenezer Ine new ebenezer they made silk,lumber and cattle farming. which was a big succes to georgia.
  • Highland scotts

    The highland scotts came to Georgia Jan 10,1736. They were strong, tough, and loved to fight. They were snot afraid of the spanish. They made them a town and named it Darien.
  • Elijah Clarke

    Elijah Clarke
    Elijah was born 1742. He was a lieutenant conel of milita. He led a victory at kettle creek. he also fought the Cherokees in 1776.He got a wound in that fight. He got another wound when he fought in battle of Alligators bridge, Flordia. as you can see he was in alot of battles.
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    John Reynolds

    According to the article john reynolds was the first royal gov. He was well liked,untill he had a disagreement with the legislature. They couldnt decide how to spend money for the colony. Reynolds got upset and told the legislature to go home.By then people started not liking him.He started running things himself.The king finally replaced him.
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    Henry Ellis

    Georgia history.comBased on the text ellis was Georgia's second royal gov.The people liked ellis more than Reynolds. Ellis arrived in Georgia feb. 1757. He left Georgia cause he had poor health.
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    James wright

    According to Deaton.S Wright was the third royal gov. He came to Georgia cause his dad was cheif justice of Georgia. Him and his father came to South Carolina in 1730. Wright was the last royal gov.of the colony, but while he was the gov.the reveloutionary movement was going on. He could not stop it. They arrested him jan 1776, but he went to lodon. He came back to Georgia and served three more years. Royal gov. stopped when British evated Savvana july 11,1782, after that he went back to Lodon a
  • Austin Dabney

    Austin Dabney
    Austin Dabney was in Georgia millitary. He fought with the georgians in the reveloutionary war. Austin dabney was sent to the millitary by his owner Richard,aycock. Austin was born in North Carolina in 1760's. He was an african american that is why he is known in Georgia today. Austin was the only African American to own land in Georgia.(Giganito, Jim''austin dabney(ca.1765-18300'' new Georgia Encyclopedia. Jan.15,2015)
  • Georgia founded

    Georgia founded
    Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe. This colony was started cause people were in alot of debt and poor. This new colony would be called georgia afther King George. The new colony named Georgia was located in between Flordia and South Carolina.Georgia was ran by trustees. The trustee made the rules and many people didnt like. They couldnt own slaver and the cpuld sell or drink rum/liqiur Untill 1754 when georgia became a royal colony.
  • Eli whitney

    Eli whitney
    Eli whitney madea great invention. A cotton gin! The cotton gin took the seeds out of cotton. The cotton increased afther that. Farmers started growing cotton more.Cotton replaced tabbacoand people started calling it king cotton. The increse for slaves went up afther eli whitney invented the cotton gin. Eli whitney was always talented.HE WENT TO YALE. Eli whitney was a smart talented inventar.
  • Yazoo land fraud

    Yazoo land fraud
    the Yazoo land fraud cause georgia to lose land. U.S. gov't took the land cause the yazoo land fraud. The land companies were bribing the Legislature. They were bribing the legislature to sell them land for a cheap price while the land companies sell them for alot of money.Eventually the people found out the legislature that participated in this act were fired.and the us gov't took some of georgia's land
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    louisville

    loisville became Georgia's capital in 1796. They made louisville Georgia capital cause population. Thats were people were moving to, so thats why they made georgia capital louisville. Louisville was close by the Ogeechee river. Louisville was named afther King Louis xvI of france.
  • Missouri compromise

    Missouri compromise
    In 1819 missouri became a slave state. In 1820 congress adopted the missouri compromise. Maine became a free state. They had to maintain balance between the free states.
  • Dahlonega gold rush

    In the summer of 1829 gold was discovered on the Cherokee land. When the state of Georgia found out they put the Cherokee land under state control. December 19,1829 the state passed a law stating that the Cherokee had no right to gold mine. While this was happening Cherokee were losing there land. They made the Cherokee leave every thing behind
  • worcester vs georgia

    worcester vs georgia
    December 22,1830 Georgia passed a law, stating that no cherokee indian can live on georgia land. The cherokee's who lived on that land had to sign an oath. Worchester refused, he was sent to jail along with any body else who refused. Worcester took his case to the supreame court. John marshall ruled in worcester vs georgia. The president wanted all cherokees gone so he said he would not enforce john marshall descision.
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    henry mcneal turner

    hese men were all expelled cause they were only allowed to vote not hold political office. With the help of the 13th amendment African Americans were allowed to vote and helped those african american men to hold office for the short time they got.
  • Dred scott

    Dred scott
    In 1834 a slave named dred scott was taken to a free state by his owner. He then thought he was free cause he was in a free state. Scott took it to the court,March 1857. They ruled that he could not sue cause he was property. This case made the north and south even more angry at each other.
  • compromise of 1850

    Sept. 1850 California became a free state. This decision messed the balance up. cause of this, Washington DC had to stop trading slaves, but could own them. This decision also changed Utah and New Mexico. After California decision they had to vote on slavery. They made a law saying that all runaway slaves must be returned to there owner.
  • Knsas newbraska act

    Knsas newbraska act
    The kansas nebraska act caused a big comotion. People were killing other people. This was called ''bleeding kansas''. The proslavery and frr soilers were fighting. Some people were mad cause they could not have slaves north of missiouri southern boundry.
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    union blockade

    The union blockadewas so that the southerners could'nt transport cotton. The southerners couldnt get pass the northerners ships. If they could not transport there cotton then they could not make any money. Which was not a good for the south cause if they didntmake any money then they could not buy any weapons to defeand themselves when the north came.
  • Election of 1860

    Election of 1860
    Some democrats met at a convection. The democrats had an argument over a party platform. Southern democrats beleived slavery should be allowed and that it was neccesary. The democrats then split. The republicans were doing the same. Both got presidents.
  • battle of antietam

    battle of antietam
    Near sharpdburg maryland there is a creek called antietam creek. The southern and northern armies collieded there on sep. 17,1862. This battle was the bloodiest one day battle of the civil war. 23,000 soilders were wounded, killed, or taken.
  • Andersonvill prison camp

    Andersonvill prision camp was were confderate soilders put the union soilders when they captured them during the civil war. Many soilders died at andersonvill camp. The camp made the soilders starve and wounded. some men had diseases. The soilders there had to live in terrible conditions.
  • thirteenth admendment

    The 13th amendement was made to abolish slavery. Many slaves were happy they made this amendement. Slave owners however did not. How ever we still have the 13th amendement today.
  • Freedmans burea

    The freedmans bearo was for freedslaves. The slaves had no homes, no clothes, or foaad, and shelter. This benifited land owners cause they didnt have any any body to take care of there crops. The land owners would pay for everything, and the person taking care of there crops must pay back the owner with how much money he get back from the crops.
  • Ku Klux Klan

    Ku Klux Klan
    The ku klu klan was a secret organization. The ku klux klans were confederate soilders. They dressed themselves in robes and hoods, so no one would recognize them. They made this organization so that they could stop african americans from voting. This organization was succesful., cause no african american would vote. People started getting murdered and beat. The ku klux klan was a vilont organization.
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    WEB DuBoise

    Duboise was the first African American to earn a PHD at havert unversity. He spoke for african americans to get equal right and he helped organize pan african congress , so that he could help free african slaves from euoropeans. duboise became a professer and a writer. He published many books that he wrote. A nd was very active in getting african americans there civil rights, but enfourtanly he died Aug 27,1963
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    Benjamin mays

    benjamin mays was a civil right movement person. he did not like segregation. He was the president of morehouse collage. he published books. and more but enfortanly he died
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    carl vinson

    Carl vinson was a house of rep. He also was a U.S. congress. He supported the millitary defeanse. Vinson did alot of things in his life. He was the youngest men in congress and he was a judge for the Baldwin county court. He also defeated Tom watson in 1918. 1930 vison started wanting to streanthin the U.S. forces. As you can see he did alot of great things with his life and he didnt stop there, but sadly he died June 1,1918.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    on december 7,1941 the Japanese attacked the pearl harbor. This attack was one of the most deadlist. Many people were hurt and some killed. This incident occured on the naval battleship. This meant war for the united states.
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    lester maddpx

    in 11946 maddox opened the pick rick cafeteria. In the atlanta mayoral race maddox challanged wiliam b hartfeild. He was not succesful he lost again four years later. He lost the liutenant gov. race also by then he felt the politcal thing wasnt for him. His bussiness pick rick was segreationist. The news paper called him a racist. So he closed his resturaunt, but he became a gov.
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    Martin luther king jr.

    Martin luther king jr was a civil rights person. He wanted every body to be equal. He gave the i have a dream speech. he also participated in many marches. He did what he thought was right and he marched and fought for equal rights and he got arrested many times.
  • andrew young

    Andrew young worked with Dr. martin luthur king jr. He was active in yhe civil rights movement. He was the mayor of atlanta. He was a helper at citizen ship schools, were they tutored african american kids. Andrew young was also vice president of scic. He was also a house of rep. he was the first african american in house of rep.
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    Andrew young

    Andrew young worked with Dr. martin luthur king jr. He was active in yhe civil rights movement. He was the mayor of atlanta. He was a helper at citizen ship schools, were they tutored african american kids. Andrew young was also vice president of scic. He was also a house of rep. he was the first african american in house of rep.
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    holocaust

    The holocaust was a terrible thing. The holocaust was when nazi germans did not like jews. They wanted to kill them or torture them to death. over 6 million jews were murdered. They put them in camps were they die from starvation, dieseases or either just killed. These camps were called consentration camps. Adolf hitler was the master mind behind all of it.
  • civilian conservation corps

    the ccc was part of roosevelt new deal program. The ccc provided young men jobs during the great deppression. CCC improved a lot of things like giving men jobs and improving public appearence cause they build and fix things.
  • Ariculture Adjustment Act

    the ariculure adjustment was made during the great deppression. The AAA was to help farmers restore there crops. Farmers had many things messing with there crops, such as the boi weavle and droughts. The AAA made prices for seeds really low and affordable at the time of the great deppression. The AAA was apart of the new deal.
  • Social Security

    Social Security
    Social security was made to help people with needs, like unemployment.illness,disabilitys,and more. This benifited many people with econmic issues. social security was made in 1935. This was one of the many theings he did to help united states come out of the Great deppresion.
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    The Great Depression

    Many things caused the great deppression. Mainly cause people loaned out money to people and some people could not pay the money back. This put people in debt. Also the stock market crashed. people were unemployed and broke. Even farmers were in debt. Luckly president roosevelt was our presedent and he helped us come out of the great deppression.
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    Albany movement

    The albany movent occured cause of desegergration. Many people were jailed because of these. Martin luther king jr was a preticapent in this movement. This movement was not succesful
  • Atlanta Hawks

    The altlanta hawks is the first basketball team created in atlanta. This made atlanta move towards an city look other than a contry look. Atlanta did alot of things to change there look and this was one of them.