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The first British settlement in Georgia is built.
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King George the 2nd grants a character for the colony of Georgia.
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England and France fight over North America colonial lands in the French and Indian war.By the end of the war France has ceded all of its land West of the Mississippi to spain and its Canada territories to England.
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The British leave forever!
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Georgia becomes the 4th state!
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The U.S. goverment forces the Cherokees to leave Georgia.
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Georgian Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Georgian Jimmy Carter is sworn in as president of the .U.S.
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Atlanta hosts the Summer olympic Games.
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Shirley Franklin becomes the first African American female mayor of Atlanta
