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Sep 20, 1000
Paleo
People may have been present before the Early Paleoindian subperiod, but identifiable remains have not been found in the state, and their recognition anywhere in America is still in its infancy. Archaeologists recognize sites dating to each subperiod primarily by the presence of distinctive projectile points. -
Sep 22, 1000
archaic
The Middle Archaic Period lasted from approximately 8,000 to 5,000 years ago. This was a time of changing climatic conditions in which the area may have become significantly drier and warmer than it is today. Pine forests would have expanded into areas previously dominated by oak and hickory. -
Sep 22, 1000
mississippian
This difference between elites and commoners rested more on ideological and religious beliefs than on such things as wealth or military power. For example, the Natchez of Louisiana, who were still organized as a chiefdom during the early 1700s, believed that their chief and his immediate family were descended from the sun, an important god to the Natchez. It was believed that the Natchez chief, probably like most Mississippian chiefs, could influence the supernatural world and therefore had the -
Sep 23, 1000
woodland
The Early Woodland subperiod, 1000–300 B.C., is marked by a continuation of many of the innovations that began during the preceding Late Archaic. Ceramic cooking vessels, which were invented during the Late Archaic, became sturdier with the substitution of sand and grit temper for the vegetable fiber that had been used previously. Pots were also more elaborately decorated, with surfaces bearing the impressions of fabric-wrapped or simple carved wooden paddles. -
Oct 20, 1000
salzbburger arrive
In 1731 Count Leopold von Firmian, the Catholic archbishop and prince of independent Salzburg, issued the Edict of Expulsion, forcing twenty thousand Protestants from their homes. -
Oct 20, 1000
charter of 1732
The most active members of the Trust, in terms of their attendance at council, corporation, or committee meetings, were, in order of frequency, James Vernon, the earl of Egmont, Henry L'Apostre, Samuel Smith, Thomas Tower, John Laroche, Robert Hucks, Stephen Hales, James Oglethorpe, and Anthony Ashley Cooper, fourth earl of Shaftesbury. The number of meetings attended ranged from Vernon's 712 to Shaftesbury's 266. Sixty-one Trustees attended fewer meetings. -
Oct 20, 1000
hernado de soto
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Oct 20, 1000
georgia founded
It had been more than five decades since the British had established a new colony. James Edward Oglethorpe, a philanthropist and an English general, along with twenty-one other men, created a charter to settle a new colony which they named Georgia in honor of King George II. The grant established land between the Savannah and Altamaha rivers as well as the waters of these rivers. -
john reynolds
John Reynolds (soldier) (1625–1657), soldier in the English Civil War. John Reynolds (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1713–1788), British naval officer and governor of the Province of Georgia. John F. Reynolds (1820–1863), American army officer active in the US Civil -
james wright
James Wright was the third and last royal governor of Georgia, serving from 1760 to 1782,
James Wright replaced Henry Ellis as royal governor of Georgia in 1760 and proved to be an efficient and popular administrator. During his tenure in office (1760-76) Georgia enjoyed a period of remarkable growth.
James Wright
with a brief interruption early in the American Revolution (1775-83). Almost alone among colonial governors, Wright was a popular and able administrator and servant of the crown. He p -
henry ellis
As a teenager Ellis left his irascible father in Monaghan County, Ireland, to take to the sea. Gifted with intelligence and ability, Ellis learned the science of navigation and the art of mapmaking, and at the age of twenty-five was offered the position of scientific observer on a ship bound for Hudson's Bay in a search for the Northwest Passage. His subsequent book about the voyage and his maps earned for him an audience with Frederick, Prince of Wales; the patronage of Lord Halifax, president -
higland scots arrive
The port town was established on the north branch of the Altamaha River in 1736 by Scottish Highlanders
Darien is a coastal tidewater town about sixty miles south of Savannah, located at the mouth of the Altamaha River. The port town's origins can be traced to the earliest years of colonial Georgia. Altamaha River, Darien from Inverness, recruited by General James Oglethorpe to assist in the defense of the colony. The Scots were highly capable soldiers, among the finest in the world. Known for -
elijah clarke/ kettle cr.
Among the few heroes of the Revolutionary War from Georgia, Elijah Clarke (sometimes spelled "Clark") was born in 1742, the son of John Clarke of Anson County, North Carolina. He married Hannah Harrington around 1763. As an impoverished, illiterate frontiersman, he appeared in the ceded lands, on what was then the northwestern frontier of Georgia, in 1773. -
austin dabney
Austin Dabney was a slave who became a private in the Georgia militia and fought against the British during the Revolutionary War (1775-83). He was the only African American to be granted land by the state of Georgia in recognition of his bravery and service during the Revolution and one of the few to receive a federal military pension. -
american revolution
The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the authority of Great Britain, and founded the United States of America -
university of georgia founded
The University of Georgia, founded in 1785, and commonly referred to as UGA or simply Georgia, is an American public land-grant and sea grant research university. -
constitutional convention
he Constitutional Convention (also known as the Philadelphia Convention, the Federal Convention or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia -
constitutional convention
the constitutional convention is also known as the philadelhia convention -
Georgia Founded
foundend by james eduond oglethorpe located in the southeasthern united states -
yazoo land fraud
Yazoo land fraud, in U.S. history, scheme by which Georgia legislators were bribed in 1795 to sell most of the land now making up the state of Mississippi (then a part of Georgia's western claims) to four land companies for the sum of $500,000, far below its potential market value. -
fifteenth amendment
the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and the state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
missour compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries -
dahlonega gold rush
There are many stories of the first discovery of gold in Georgia. -
worcester v georgia
was a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester -
capital moved to louisville
After the British left, the capital was moved to Augusta, then Louisville while a new city was being built on the Oconee River, reflecting the western move of Georgia's populace. But by 1847 some were unhappy with Milledgeville and called for an election to move the capital to Atlanta. -
compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 -
georgia platform
The Georgia Platform was a statement executed by a Georgia Convention in Milledgeville. -
kansas nebarska act
reated the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, -
tom watson and the populists
The public life of Thomas E. Watson is perhaps one of the more perplexing and controversial among Georgia politicians. In his early years he was characterized as a liberal, especially for his time. In later years he emerged as a force for white supremacy and anti-Catholic rhetoric. -
election of 1860
The Democrats met in Charleston, South Carolina, in April 1860 to select their candidate for President in the upcoming election -
battle of antietam
particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek. -
emancipation proclamation
as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. -
battle of gettysburg
ake place in and around the tone of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War -
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andersonville prison camp
The Andersonville National Historic Site located near Andersonville Georgia preserves the former Camp Sumter. -
thirteenth amendmen
o the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude -
freedman's bureau
The U.S. Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands popularly known as the Freedmen's Bureau -
fourteenth amendment
to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments -
battle of chickamauga
he Battle of Chickamauga marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia -
john and lugenia hope
Lugenia Burns Hope was an early-twentieth-century social activist, reformer, and community organizer. Spending most of her career in Atlanta, she worked for the improvement of black communities through traditional social work, community health campaigns, and political pressure for better education and infrastructure. -
john and lugenia hope
ugenia Burns was born on February 19, 1871, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Louisa M. Bertha and Ferdinand Burns, a successful carpenter. She was the youngest of seven children. -
international cotton expossition
In the late nineteenth century, fairs and expositions were an important way for cities to attract
This engraving shows the 1887 Piedmont Exposition's main building. Located in Atlanta's Piedmont Park, the structure was 570 feet long, 126 feet wide, and two stories high. The Exposition opened on October 10 to nearly 20,000 visitors.
1887 Piedmont Exposition Main Building
visitors and investors who, in an era before radio and television, were eager to see new technological marvels on display. The -
carl vinson
Carl Vinson was a United States Representative from Georgia. He was a Democrat and the first person to serve for more than 50 years in the United States House of Representatives. He was known as "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy" -
plessy v. ferguson
Beginning
A sign, pictured in 1943, indicates separate facilities for black customers at a bus station in Rome. Segregation of blacks and whites became a common occurence in the South with the rise of Jim Crow laws in the 1890s.
Bus Station Sign
in the 1890s, Georgia and other southern states passed a wide variety of Jim Crow laws that mandated racial segregation or separation in public facilities and effectively codified the region's tradition of white supremacy. -
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William B. Hartsfield
William Berry Hartsfield, Sr., was an American politician who served as the 49th and 51st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia -
booker t. washington
Booker T. Washington, a black educator and spokesman, gave a speech later known as the "Atlanta Compromise" at the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. In the speech, Washington condoned social segregation of the races, provided that educational and economic opportunities were equal. -
1906 atlanta riot
The Atlanta race riot of 1906 was a mass civil disturbance in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), which began the evening of September 22 and lasted until September 24, 1906. It was characterized at the time by Le Petit Journal and other media outlets as a "racial massacre of negroes". -
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van Allen, Jr.
van Allen, Jr., was an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, during the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s -
county unit system
In effect, the system of allotting votes by county, with little regard for population differences, allowed rural counties to control Georgia elections by minimizing the impact of the growing urban centers, particularly Atlanta. -
world war 1
World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history.[ Over 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war (including the victims of a number of genocides), a casualty rate exacerbated by the -
alonzo herndon
An African American barber and entrepreneur, Alonzo Herndon was founder and president of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, one of the most successful black-owned insurance businesses in the nation. At the time of his death in 1927, he was also Atlanta's wealthiest black citizen, owning more property than any other African American -
eugene talmadge
A controversial and colorful politician, Eugene Talmadge played a leading role in the state's politics from 1926 to 1946. During his three terms as state commissioner of agriculture and three terms as governor, his personality and actions polarized voters into Talmadge and anti-Talmadge factions in the state's one-party politics of that era. -
great depression
he Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
Richard Russell, Jr
Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he briefly served as speaker of the Georgia house, and as Governor of Georgia (1931–33) before serving in the United States Senate for almost 40 years, from 1933 until his death from emphysema in Washington, D.C. in 1971. As a Senator, he was a candidate for President of the United States in the 1948 Democratic National Convention, and the 1952 Democratic -
social security
The Social Security Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt on August 14, 1935. In addition to several provisions for general welfare, the new Act created a social insurance program designed to pay retired workers age 65 or older a continuing income after retirement. -
agricultural adjustment act georgia
With more than 400,000 "member families," the Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) is Georgia's largest and most powerful general farm organization. The GFB is affiliated nationally with the American Farm Bureau (AFB). Both the state and national organizations have as their goals political advocacy and member services. -
world war 2
World War II (WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, though related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of "total war", the major participants threw their enti -
pearl harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, the Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, and Operation Z during planning, was a -
leo frank case
The Leo Frank case is one of the most notorious and highly publicized cases in the legal annals of Georgia. A Jewish man in Atlanta was placed on trial and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old girl who worked for the National Pencil Company, which he managed. -
rural electrification
Georgia was helped perhaps as much as any state by the New Deal, which brought advances in rural electrification, education, health care, housing, and highway construction. The New Deal also had a particularly personal connection to Georgia; Warm Springs was U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt's southern White House, where he met and worked with many different Georgians. -
civilian conservation crop
Among
A Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) work detail group is shown in Reidsville (Tattnall County) in 1935. During the Great Depression, New Deal programs like the CCC helped put thousands of Georgians back to work.
Work Detail, Civilian Conservation Corps
the numerous New Deal programs of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) is remembered as one of the most popular and effective. Established on March 31, 1933, the corps's objective was to recruit unemploy -
holocaust
The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was a genocide in which approximately six million Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime and its collaborators. -
web dubois
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) was an African American educator, historian, sociologist, and social activist who poignantly addressed the issues of racial discrimination, black social -
Highland scots arrive
a band of highlands scots recruited from the vicinity of inverness
General James Edward Oglethorpe founded the new Georgia colony -
eli whitney and the cotton gin
n 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.
