Georgia's First 100 Years

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  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    The french and Indian war was a good battle on one there was the French and Indians, and on the other side were the British, Indians, and the colonist
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    It was the Treaty to the end of the French and Indian War. It restricted colonist to move land east of the Applachian Moutain.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    The Sugar Act was a tax on tea and molasses, and people did not like that. Cause tea was cheap and people didnt like to pay more for cheap things.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp act taxed anything that was liegized on paper. It wasnt that big of a deal and it was small.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    The Townshend Act taxed paper, glass, paint, tea, and lead. The act was named after a guy named Charles Townshend.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts
    The Intolerable acts were made for the punishment of the Patriots for throwing the tea in the harbour. It closed Boston Harber, No town meetings , the Quartering act, and finally British officers had a fare trail in Great Britian Instead of in the colonies.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Protesters threw snowballs at the British Soldiers. Only 5 citizens were killed, and they were shipped back to Great Britain for a trail.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The Parliament passes tea act, and east India tea company The Boston Tea Party included Paul Revere and Samuel Adams.
  • The Battle of Lexington and Concord

    The Battle of Lexington and Concord
    The battle of Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the Revolutionary war. It made the Britsh aggressor. After all of the fighting the patriots were the winners
  • Deeclaration of Independence

    Deeclaration of Independence
    It was signed by 4 Georgians people Hall, Walton, Button, and Gwinnett. it was approved July 4, 1776. It was written by Thomas Jefferson.
  • Headright System

    Headright System
    The headright system was that each white male of the family gets 1,000 acres of land and it is used to settle land.
  • Battle of Kettle Creek

    Battle of Kettle Creek
    It was the first colonial victory in Georgia. They were led by Elijah Clarke. The important thing was that they got weapons and horses from the British.
  • Siege Of Savannah

    Siege Of Savannah
    The attack only lasted 45min and cost the lives of 1,000 Patriots and 40 British lives. British controlled Savannah for the rest of the war.
  • Eli Whitney Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney Cotton Gin
    Eli Whitney was the inventer of the cotton gin. It was invented cause it saved alot of time and it took the seeds out of the cotton alot faster than by hand.
  • Land Lottery

    Land Lottery
    Land Lottery is White males could buy a "chance" at lots of varying sizes to be settled on.
  • Sequoyah invented Syllabary

    Sequoyah invented Syllabary
    Sequoyah invented the syllabary to know what people where saying and told them how to say it. It is the same thing as we call it these days is the alpahabet.
  • Cherokee Removal Act

    Cherokee Removal Act
    The Cherokee Removal Act was a said thing for the Indians. They had to leave their land and give up anything they built.
  • Worchester Vs Georgia

    Worchester Vs Georgia
    Was i guy who thought that it was unfair that the creek indians had to leave their land so he stood up for them in a court case called Worchester vs Georgia.
  • Dahlonega Gold Rush

    Dahlonega Gold Rush
    The Dahlonega Gold Rush was a good thing for the Americans and a bad thing for the Indians. The Indians would give them gold as long as they could stay on their land ,but the Americans wanted all their land and they had to leave.
  • Trail of Tears

    Trail of Tears
    The Trail of Tears was a bad time for the creek indians. They had to move out of Georgia and move to Oklahomo or Nebraska.