Georgia History Timeline Project

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Archaic Period

    Archaic Period
    The archaic period of georgia prehistory lasted from about 10,000 to 3,000 years ago. Early, middle, and late. Each is distinguished by important changes in cultural traditions which generally follow a trend toward increasing social complexity.
  • Feb 1, 1000

    Hernando De Soto

    Hernando De Soto
    Hernando De Soto was born in c.1500 in Jerez de los caballeros, spain. In 1539 he set out for north amercia, where he discovered the mississippi river. de soto died of a fever on may 21, 1542, in ferriday luisiana.
  • Mar 1, 1000

    Paleo Period

    Paleo Period
    The Paleo Indians were classified as the first people who enterd and subsequently inhabited amercian continents . during the final glacial episodes. of the late Pleistocene period. The prefix paleo comes from
  • Apr 1, 1000

    mississippian

    mississippian
    The mississippian period in the midweastern and the southeastern united states, which lasted from A.D. 800 1600, saw the development of some of the most complex societies
  • Apr 7, 1000

    James wright

    James wright
    james was the last royal governor of georgia serving from 1760 to1782. james was born on may 8,1716 to isabella and robert wright. In 1730 when his father was appointed cheif justice of the colony . by 1740 wright was a practicing attorney in south carolina.
  • Apr 7, 1000

    georgia founded

    georgia founded
    james oglethorpe was born in london on december 22,1696 he was the tenth and last child of elenor and Theophilus oglethorpe. he was an english man who created a colony in georgia. he named the colony after king george. the colony was locatd on savannah river.
  • May 1, 1000

    Woodland Period

    Woodland Period
    The woodland period of georgias prehistory is broadly dated from around 1,000 B.C. to A.D.900. These trends include increases in sedentariness and elaboration of ritual and ceromony, and an intensification of horticulture.