Georgia Old to New

By Shenetta

  • French establishment

    The French establish a settlement at what is now called Detroit, Michigan.

  • Georgia Day

    James Oglethorpe and a group of settlers crossed the Atlantic Ocean in the ship Anne to begin settlement of the colony of Georgia. They first arrived off the coast of Carolina. The settlers then entered the mouth of the Savannah River, finally disembarking at Yamacraw Bluff. The settlement they founded was named Savannah. This was included in my time line because this was the first day they started the colony of Georgia.

  • The Battle of Bloody Marsh

    This was an attempt by the Spanish to invade Georgia. The Spanish had Fort Frederica as their place to assess the landscape and plan their attack. They were met by Englishmen who opened fire from behind the deep marsh. This was included in my timeline because it shows how more countries wanted Georgia other than England.

  • Georgia a royal Colony

    Georgia became a royal colony. They did not want the trustee to govern them anymore. They went back to English ways but adapted new government rules of their own. This was included in my timeline because it shows Georgia moving forward to gain their own government.

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War was coming to an end because the French wanted eastern North America and so did Britain.

  • Boston Tea Party

    A group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three ships in the Boston Harbor and dumped more than 300 crates of tea overboard as protest against the British Tea Tax.

  • Stamp Act

    The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act. Georgia was the only colony that paid the Stamp Act. Georgia paid it because the Savannah River was packed with over sixty boats waiting. This was included in my timeline because it shows how Georgia was willing to compromise in order to keep their trade going.

  • Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia with 56 delegates representing every colony except Georgia.

  • Declaration of Independence for Georgia

    Provincial Congress declared that Georgia was formally independent from Britain Under this document there would be a one-house legislature, House of assembly. The assembly would choose the governor and his council. This was included on my timeline because it shows that Georgia was becoming more dependent on itself rather than Britain.

  • Declaration of Independence for U.S.

    The United States declared its independence from Britain.

  • Louisville is capital of Georgia

    The capital of Georgia is moved from Augusta to Louisville. The capital was in Savannah but the General Assembly said that Savannah was too far east. All of the business was going on in Augusta. At the first General Assembly in Augusta they said Augusta was also too far east, so they sent out a commission to find a “proper and convenient place” as the new capital. They settled on Louisville. This was included in my timeline because it shows the progression Georgia is making to settle.

  • Capital of US is Washington D.C.

    The U. S. capital is moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.

  • Compact of 1802

    Georgia ceded all of the lands west of its current boundary to the United States in exchange for $1,250,000 and the federal government assuming the responsibility of extinguishing all Indian claims to land in Georgia. This was put in my timeline because Georgia lost some of its land to the U.S.

  • Treaty of Fort Wilkinson

    The Indians and the U.S. signed The Treaty of Fort Wilkinson.

  • Treaty of Fort Jackson

    The Treat of Fort Jackson was signed. The Creek nations had to give up all their land, which is now Alabama, to Georgia. That was the largest land cession that the Indians ever had to give up. This was included on my timeline because it shows the growth of Georgia’s boundaries.

  • Treaty of Ghent

    The U.S. and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812.

  • Treaty of Indian Spring

    In February a group of Creek Indians signed the Treaty of Indian Springs, which ceded the rest of the Creek lands within the boundaries of Georgia A lot of the Creeks opposed the Treaty of Indian Springs so they killed the person, William McIntosh, who signed that treaty. This was put on my timeline because it shows Georgia’s land was still expanding.

  • The Broken Arrow Resolution

    The Broken Arrow Resolution forgave McIntosh for signing the Treaty of Indian Springs but asked the U.S. to return the land that had been ceded against their desire.

  • Indian Removal Act

    The Indian Removal Act forced the Indians out of the eastern part of the country to west of the Mississippi River.

  • Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia

    Georgia passed an act claiming sovereignty over all Cherokee lands within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees filed a protest against this act, and the case reached the U.S Supreme Court (Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia). But the high court ruled that the Cherokees were not a foreign nation as defined by the Constitution. Thus, the U.S. Supreme Court, though sympathetic with their situation, could not exercise original jurisdiction over the Cherokees’ lawsuit. This was put on my timeline becau

  • Compromise of 1850

    The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed that dealt with the issue of slavery.

  • Georgia Platform

    The Georgia Platform, which accepted the Compromise of 1850, contingent upon the northern states abiding by existing slave laws and the U.S. not attempting to restrict slavery in the western territories. This was included in my timeline because it shows that Georgia was willing to make up its own laws.

  • Dred Scott v. Sanford

    Landmark Supreme Court decision holds that Congress does not have the right to ban slavery in states and, furthermore, that slaves are not citizens.

  • Georgia Act of 1859

    The Georgia legislature passed an act prohibiting slave owners from freeing any slaves in the event of the owner’s death. Even more stringent laws were also passed which prohibited free blacks from entering the state (could be captured and sold into slavery if they did so); then for free blacks already in Georgia they could be sold into slavery. This was included in my timeline because it shows how Georgia wanted to maintain their slaves.

  • Abraham Lincoln president

    Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States.

  • Election of Jefferson Davis

    Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederacy states. This was the first time Georgian got to vote on a political person for office. Jefferson signed the Conscription Act drafting all men between 18 and 35 into Confederate service. This was included in my timeline because it was the first time Georgian got a chance to vote for a state official.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg is fought.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all the slaves in the southern states.

  • Battle of Chickamauga

    The main fighting of the Battle of Chickamauga took place, with a Confederate charge led by Gen. James Longstreet turning the tide in favor of the Confederate forces, sending about half of the Union army in a rout back to Chattanooga. But Union general George H. Thomas rallied the remaining Union troops on Snodgrass Hill, halting the Confederate advance, and allowing the Union army to retreat orderly and safely after dark. Though the battle was a Confederate victory, it was at the cost of over

  • Confederate Memorial Day

    The remaining Confederate and Georgia troops in Macon surrendered. This would mark the beginning of the end of the Civil War. This was included in my timeline because it shows how the Confederates were losing the war.

  • Proclamation of Slavery

    Georgia’s provisional governor James Johnson issued a proclamation abolishing slavery and called for an election for delegates to a constitutional convention in October. This proclamation was to free ALL slaves in Georgia. This was included in my timeline because this was the first open proclamation to free the slaves in Georgia.

  • Capture of Atlanta

    General William T. Sherman captures Atlanta for another win for the Union.

  • Georgia Equal Rights Association

    Black delegates, concerned about conditions after the Civil War, convened in Augusta, where they called for equal pay, voting rights, jury duty, and equal treatment in public accommodations, and public schools for both blacks and whites. This was included in my timeline because it shows that black also wanted the same rights as whites.

  • Georgia General Assembly

    A newly elected Georgia General Assembly held its first meeting under the new Constitution of 1868; it included 186 white legislators and 36 black legislators. But both the House of Representatives and Senate of Georgia soon thereafter removed the black members from office, on the grounds that the state constitution did not recognize the right of black citizens to hold public office. This was included in my timeline because it shows how Georgia was still unwilling to change.

  • Refused Georgia's seats

    The United States Congress again refused to seat Georgia’s elected delegation.

  • Fifteenth Amendment

    The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified giving blacks the right to vote.

  • Coca-Cola

    Druggist John Pemberton invented a syrup blend of extracts of coca and kola for use in treating headaches. When a customer asked for the treatment to be diluted with carbonated water, Coca-Cola was born. The first Coca-Cola fountain drink was sold in Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta. This was included in my timeline because it was the first soft drink to be developed in Georgia.

  • Pepsi Cola

    Caleb Braham invented Pepsi Cola.

  • Robert Charles Riots

    The Robert Charles Riots took place in New Orleans L.A.

  • North Georgia Electric Company

    The North Georgia Electric Company was incorporated to build a hydroelectric power plant on the Chattahoochee River near Gainesville, Georgia; this would be one of several companies that would later unite to form the Georgia Power Company. This was included in my timeline because it the first electrical company in Georgia.

  • Kissimmee Utility Authority

    Kissimmee Utility Authority was founded in Florida.

  • Snyder, Snyder, and Penton arrestted

    Under the charge of peonage, Sam Snyder, Albert Snyder, and R. S. B. Penton, three white citizens of Coosa county, were arrested last week by a deputy Untied Sates marshal and taken to Montgomery.

  • Edward McRee and brother Indicted

    Edward McRee and his brothers were Indicted for peonage. They were indicted on thirteen counts of holding African American men and women aginst their will.This was included in my timeline because it shows how Georgia still thought they could enslave blacks.

  • First theater

    The first theater was opened in Pittsburgh, Penn by Harry Davis and John P. Harris.

  • Atlanta Mutual Life Association

    Atlanta businessman Alonzo Herndon established the Atlanta Mutual Life Association, which later became the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, one of the first African-American owned businesses (and still a successful one) in the nation. This was included in my timeline because it shows the progression of blacks in Georgia.

  • The Atlanta Race Riots

    A group of white Atlanta youths and men decided to go searching for blacks to beat up after hearing reports that blacks had been attempting assaults on white women. The group quickly turned into a mob, attacking blacks at random. Before it ended, reports indicated that 25 blacks and 1 white were killed and many more wounded, but the actual casualty list was probably higher. This was included in my timeline because it shows whites still had a lot of control in the South.

  • Boy Scouts

    The Boy Scouts of America were incorporated.

  • Girl Scouts of America

    Juliette Gordon Low gathered 18 girls in her hometown of Savannah, Georgia, to share what she had learned abroad about a new outdoor and educational program for youth, and with this, the Girl Scout Movement was born. Along with Juliette, these first Girl Scouts blazed trails and redefined what was possible for themselves and for girls everywhere. This was included on my timeline because it shows different organizations for children in Georgia.

  • Nineteenth amendment in Georgia

    Georgia finally ratified the nineteenth amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote; it had been ratified by most states in 1920. Although women had a right to vote, Georgia kept registration barriers in place that prevented women from voting until 1970. This was included in my timeline because it shows how long women had to suffer in Georgia.

  • 26th Admendment

    26th Amendment ratified, allowing 18-year-olds to vote.

  • Jimmy Carter for President

    Georgia governor Jimmy Carter made a momentous announcement that he would be seeking the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States. Jimmy Carter made his announcement at an old train depot in his hometown of Plains, GA. This was included in my timeline because Jimmy Carter was the first person to run for president out of Georgia.

  • Gerald Ford lost his race

    Gerald Ford lost his presidency to Jimmy Carter.