Georgia History Timeline Project

  • Paleo Time Period
    Jan 1, 1000

    Paleo Time Period

    The first colonisation after the ice age. People are saying that he came from Asia. 12,000 years ago nomadic
  • archiac
    Jan 1, 1000

    archiac

    Ten thousand to three thousand years ago. Early Archaic people were hunters and gatherers and lived in bands of twenty to fifty people in each. Mid Archaic had drastic climate changes and their people had to migrate to the northern reigon of Peidmont and Blue Ridge. Late Archaic people start to travel long distances to trade for goods and services and started making permanent shelters and homes.
  • Woodland
    Jan 1, 1000

    Woodland

    1000 B.C. to A.D. 900 Many things have happend int his period and was a big step for Georgia in a forward motion. these new trends included increaces in sedentariness and social straticefaction, with aditions to many rituals and traditions
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    Mississippian pick this one

    development of the most elabrate societes the North America has ever had before. Not only did they adapt to the eviorment but it was a social thrive in this community. Their people were ranked to high and low depending on what they did and their state of living.
  • Hernando de soto
    May 21, 1542

    Hernando de soto

    Hernando de soto was the first Europeon to explore the interior to what is now Georgia. He was involved in many expositions and was very rich but not content with the money, he wanted to be socialy alive with the marquis. And eventualy was granted the ability to explore the region of Georgia and wich lead to found the teritory and it became Georgia
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    John Rrynolds

    A majior caption in the british navy and the first royal governor. first vessil comanded was the fireship scipio.
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    James Wright

    The third and last royal governor for georgia. severd from 1760 to 1782.
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    Henry Ellis

    the seconond royal governor of georgia. "Georgias second founder".
  • Charter of 1732

    Charter of 1732

    the first twenty years of georgia it was known as the trustee and established a charter with many rules and regulations
  • salzburgers arrives

    salzburgers arrives

    a german group
  • elijia clarke

    elijia clarke

    he was one of the american revolutionary war hero. he died in 1799.
  • Highland scots arrives

    Highland scots arrives

    immigrants of georgia came from a vast area of the atlantic basin. and they were all under different circumstances. more than 1 million acers in the 1730's. And almost 3.5 in 1763 but a slow decrease in population set us down to about 2 million acers in 18773.
  • Austin Dabney

    Austin Dabney

    A slave who fought against the british in the Revolutionary war. He was also the only African american to be granted land by the british because of his bravery in battle. but he died in 1830 due to natural causes in his home.
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    american revolution

    the war of independence waged aginst britain by the american colonies. it had many great battles and some known as the battle of bunker hill, the boston massacre, battles of lexington and concord, and the boston tea party.
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    it was first introduced during the revolutionary war and was a strictly american political innovation.
  • University of Georgia founded

    University of Georgia founded

    First state in the U.S. to establish a state suported University. Abraham Baldwan was the first selected president of the university.
  • Georgia founded

    Georgia founded

    Founded by James Oglethorpe
  • eli whitney and the cotton gin

    eli whitney and the cotton gin

    in 1793 he invented the cotton gin. it extracted seeds from the cotton making it profitable in its expansion in the south. it ultamitly sent the country into the civil war because of the increase in slaves per farm.
  • yazoo land fraud

    yazoo land fraud

    one of the most signifigent event in georgia's history. georgia was to weak after the war to defend so they sold the land to the yazoo.
  • Capitol moved to Louisvillle

    Capitol moved to Louisvillle

    this was the third capitol for Georgia to establish. But it doesn't last long because of malaria.
  • missouri comprimise

    missouri comprimise

    missouri wanted slavery to be permitted
  • dahonega gold rush

    dahonega gold rush

    No one is certin who found the first peice of gold. there are many stories for many people on who did it.
  • worcester v. georgia

    worcester v. georgia

    U.S. supreme court case held in 1832 constituted a nation holding sovergieon powers. but the Cherokee indians were eventualy removed from their home in the SOUTHEAST
  • henry mcmeal turner

    henry mcmeal turner

    fought after the american revolution to gain rights back to the african americans of the uninted states.
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    trail of tears

    the state of georgia expelled the cherokee indians from the state of georgia
  • comprimies of 1850

    comprimies of 1850

    five seperste bills were passed to the uninted states congress about terrorit in mexican.
  • kansas-nebraska act

    kansas-nebraska act

    it created teritories in kansas and nebraska making new land for settling
  • dred scott case

    dred scott case

    dred scott fought agains standford univercity to make slaves free.
  • Alonzo Herndon

    Alonzo Herndon

    He was the founder and the presedent of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company. He was the wealthiest and the most respected black person around his time and he was regonized for his service in eh advanced african american buisness.
  • election of 1860

    election of 1860

    the imeadiate start of the american civil war.
  • georgia platform

    georgia platform

    it was an distraction from the compromise in 1850
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    union blockade of georgia

    the confederation built a blockade around georgia and the battle of ship and shore began!
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    sherman's march to the sea

    it was the most destructive campaign of the war.sherman and his army made a direcgt push to the sea through the confederates.
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    andersonville prison camp

    established in macon county georgia it stored any union prisoners around the area of virginia.
  • battle of antietam

    battle of antietam

    a battle in antietam creek that is part of maryland.
  • emancipation proclamation

    emancipation proclamation

    the proclimation declared that all slaves that are in the southern states shall be free.
  • battle of gettsyberg

    battle of gettsyberg

    robert e. lee and his army awaited the arival of the union at the town of gettysburg. the union won the battle and went on to win the war.
  • battle of chickamauga

    battle of chickamauga

    this battle marked the end of the union offences in southeastern tenesse
  • sherman's atlanta campaign

    sherman's atlanta campaign

    sherman battled the confederates all through tenesse just so they can take control of north georgia and get to atlanta.
  • thirteenth admendment

    thirteenth admendment

    it deals strictly with slavery and all punishments for harbering slaves following the civil war.
  • Ku Klux Klan Formed

    Ku Klux Klan Formed

    they are crazy. :)
  • fourteenth admendment

    fourteenth admendment

    adresses legalization and all rights to laws.
  • fifteenth admendment

    fifteenth admendment

    deals with all rights to vote and requirments.
  • John and Lugenia Hope

    John and Lugenia Hope

    she was a comunity worker and tried to make the black communities better by conducting social experiments, comunity health campaings, and political presuree.
  • Atlanta Braves

    Atlanta Braves

    this is a a team in the mlb and they have three mascots named homer, rally, and Chief Noc-A-Homa. thier manager is freddie gonzalez.
  • international cotton exposition

    international cotton exposition

    it was mad to attract inventors and farmers to create new items and change cotton farming.
  • international cotton exposition

    international cotton exposition

    Atlanta held three cotton expositions. It was to make people atracted to the city with new inventions.
  • Carl Vinson.

    Carl Vinson.

    Carl Vinson served as a Georgia representitive and he was a Democrat. He was the first person to serve fo over fifty years. He died in June 1 1981.
  • Tom watson and the populest

    Tom watson and the populest

    He wanted white supremesy and divised a group to go against the black race and the Cathlic religion.
  • Eugene Talmadge

    Eugene Talmadge

    He was an agriculture comissioner for three terms and was elected for a fourth term but died before taking office.
  • goergia ratifies constitutuion

    goergia ratifies constitutuion

    georgia confirmed the ratification of the condtitution.
  • Brook t washington

    Brook t washington

    He was a leader in the new yorks main stream painters. he painted the general ideas he had in savannah. He was an only child of two russian immagrants.
  • william b hartsfield

    william b hartsfield

    This man was a georgia polititian and georgias 49th and 51st mayor of atlanta goergia. he died on febuary 22, 1971
  • William b hartsfield

    William b hartsfield

    He served as the 40th and 51st mayor of georgia. he was apart of the democratic party.
  • bejiman mays

    bejiman mays

    This man was a babtist minister and was in the black's civil rights movement.
  • Plessy vs. ferguson

    Plessy vs. ferguson

    This was a case regarding the segregation acts and was really crazy, ( seprate but equal)
  • Richard Russel.

    Richard Russel.

    Richard Rusell JR was an American politician for Georgia and was in the Democratis party.
  • 1906 atlanta riot

    1906 atlanta riot

    The cause of the riot was increases in the blask population and that made job compitition and so the whites went on a riot and killed any blask person they saw.
  • Ivan Allen jr.

    Ivan Allen jr.

    Ivan was a georgia buisnessman who served towo terms as the mayor of atlanta georgia.
  • freedmans bureau

    freedmans bureau

    with more than 400,000 member families and had a huge impact on all agriculture around the uninted states.
  • Leo frank case

    Leo frank case

    He was one of the most notoreious people ever and was convicted of rape and murder of a thirtenn year old girl. It was so big that it inspired Jews and other poeple to protest against it.
  • herman talmadge

    herman talmadge

    he was an american polotitian from georgia. democratic party
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    World War 1

    It was known as WW1 or the Great war. It was the first World War. It was centerd in Europe and no battles were actually fought in America.
  • lester maddox

    lester maddox

    American politician who was the 75th Governor of the U.S
  • County unit system

    County unit system

    This system dominated the democratis ways and passed the neill primary act.
  • mlk

    mlk

    Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement
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    The Great Depresion

    The great depression was a big decline in the market and economy and sent just about everyone bankrupt. And the dust bowl didnt help at all.
  • andrew young

    andrew young

    He has served as a Congressman from Georgia's 5th congressional district
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    Holocaust

    The Holocaust was the biggest mass murder and one of the darkest times in earth's history. It was also called the Shirah. There were places that captured and harbored Jews and slowly killed every last one of them and the conditions of these places were about the same. They Jews were fed with so little that half of them died from starvation of onather desiese. They took the babies and used them for target practice. HOW COULD SOMEONE BE SO CRUEL AND UNFORGIVING JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIGON!
  • Agriculture adjustment act.

    Agriculture adjustment act.

    This was part of the new deal era and was made to prevent the surplus of crops to raise the value of them and to kill off extra livestock.
  • Civilian conservation corps.

    Civilian conservation corps.

    Among the many corperations that FDR established, this was most likley the most efective and the most productivce. They were created for foresry. erosion control, flood prevention and perk devolpment.
  • Rual electrification.

    Rual electrification.

    this was the process of bringing electricity to ramote areas.
  • maynard jackson elected mayor

    maynard jackson elected mayor

    American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, serving three terms
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    WW2

    This was the second world war and the last one (hopefuly). Even though there were conflicts leading up to WW2 it was never anounced till September 1 1939.
  • hamilton holmes charlyne

    hamilton holmes charlyne

    the first two African-American students admitted to the University of Georgia.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    It was a suprise attack by the Japanese on the military base stationed at pearl habor. This is what led America into WW2.
  • Social Security

    Social Security

    This social secruety act was established for victims of any actcedent or catastrophe.
  • Atlanta Hawks

    Atlanta Hawks

    The Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association as a member team of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division.
  • 1946 government race

    1946 government race

    they held a race for govener in georgia
  • brown vs. board of education

    brown vs. board of education

    States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional
  • sibley commision

    sibley commision

    the committee was charged with gathering state residents' sentiments regarding desegregation
  • 1956 state flag

    1956 state flag

    in 1956 the georgia government created a new flag.
  • student nonviloent coordination commitee

    student nonviloent coordination commitee

    a movement to clam student violence
  • the albany movement

    the albany movement

    a desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, on November 17, 1961
  • march on washingotn

    march on washingotn

    The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, one of the largest political gatherings in history.
  • civil rights act

    civil rights act

    United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
  • Atlanta Falcons

    Atlanta Falcons

    this is a NFL (national football leauge) team. their coach is Dan Quinn.
  • jimmy carter in goergia

    jimmy carter in goergia

    served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
  • 1996 olympic games.

    1996 olympic games.

    it was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, from July 19 to August 4, 1996.