Georgia's Place in the Founding of America

St. Augustine Settled (Spanish colony)

Jul 1, 1565

Jamestown

May 13, 1607

New Netherlands - Dutch Colony

Oct 3, 1614

Massachusetts Colony

Oct 3, 1620

New Hampshire Colony

Oct 3, 1623

Maryland Colony

Oct 3, 1634

Connecticut

Oct 3, 1635

Rhode Island

Oct 3, 1636

Delaware

Oct 3, 1638

North Carolina

Oct 3, 1653

British Trade Acts

Period: Oct 3, 1660 to Oct 3, 1774

1660 Navigation Act
1663 2nd Navigation Act
1669 Restraining Act
1733 Molasses Act
1763 Proclamation
1764 Sugar Act
1765 Stamp Act
1766 Declatory Act (Repealed Stamp Act)
1767 Townshend Acts
1773 Tea Act
1774 Intolerable Acts

South Carolina

Oct 3, 1663

New Netherlands becomes New York (British)

Jan 3, 1664

New Jersey

Oct 3, 1664

Pennsylvania

Oct 3, 1682

Georgia - Charter of 1732

Jun 7, 1732

Georgia is a Charter (Trustee) Colony

Period: Jun 7, 1732 to Oct 2, 1752

Georgia is a Royal Colony

Period: Oct 3, 1752 to Oct 3, 1776

French & Indian War Begins

Jul 3, 1754

French & Indian War

Period: Oct 3, 1754 to Oct 3, 1763

Treaty of Paris ends F & I War

Oct 3, 1763

Ends F & I War

Pontiac's Rebellion

Oct 3, 1763

British Troops defended Indian attack instead of colonial troops

Boston Massacre

Aug 3, 1770

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Lexington & Concord

Apr 18, 1775

First Battles of the Revolution

American Revolution

Period: Apr 18, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Treaty of Paris

Sep 3, 1783

War of 1812

Oct 3, 1812

War of 1812

Period: Oct 3, 1812 to Oct 3, 1814

American Civil War

Period: Apr 3, 1861 to Apr 3, 1865

Attack on Ft. Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Surrender at Appomatox Court House

Apr 9, 1865

World War I

Period: Oct 3, 1914 to Oct 3, 1918

US Declares War on Germany

Apr 6, 1917

World War II

Period: Oct 3, 1939 to Oct 3, 1945

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Today

Oct 9, 2012