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Jan 1, 1500
Birth of Hernando De Soto
He was born on the year of 1500 -
Jan 1, 1514
Hernando De Soto's Voyage to the Indies
He left home on a voyage to the Indies -
Jan 1, 1568
Spanish Mission in Georgia
This extended from 1568 through 1684. These were Catholic Missions -
Virginia colonization
Virginia was colonized by the British. -
Massachusetts colonization
Massachusetts was colonized. They were the first colonized colony. -
Georgia Colony founded with Charter of 1732, beginning the Trustee Period
Georgia Colony founded with Charter of 1732, beginning the Trustee Period has made Georgia supposedly a penal colony, but it did not work out that way thanks to Oglethorpe. -
Royal Colony
Georgia became a royal colony. -
John Reynalds
First royal governer of Georgia who was called back in 1757 because he was ineffective. -
Henry Ellis
He was great but went back to Grea Britain because he was sick. -
James Wright
Last royal governer. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris ended the Fench and Indian war. The British won the war. -
Boston Massacre
Many people were murdered in the Boston Massacre. This was a result of the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
Tea was dumped into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
These are laws passed by the Brittish that almost everyone in America opposed. -
Declaration of Independence
This was a "break up letter" written by the patriots and the peopole from Georgia Who signed it were: Lyman Hall, George Walton, and Button Gwinet. -
Georgia Constitution
Georgia's Constitution signed -
Siege of Savannah
Patriots teamed up with the French but failed to capture Savannah. -
Articles of Confederation Ratified
The articles of confederation was ratified and the AOC was the first government. -
Proclomation of 1763
This was a boundary that the Brittish were not alowed to cross and icreasewestward expansion. -
Cotton Gin
Cotton gin was invented. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
There was a scandal with the Yazoo land. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri wanted to become a state of the United States as a slave state. This was a problem because if Missouri became a state, then there would be more slave states than free states. Luckily Maine wanted to join as a free state, allowing there to be an equal amount of state and free states. No state above the Missouri line could be a Slave state and vice versa. -
GA Gold rush
Gold rush in Delhagana. -
Indian Removal Act
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Compromise of 1850
Legislation passed by Congress by which California entered the Union as a free state, slave trading was ended in the District of Columbia, Texas gave up its claims to New Mexico in exchange for money, residents of the territories of New Mexico and Utah would be able to determine whether they wanted slavery, and a stronger Fugitive Slave Act was enacted. -
Election of !850
The new president was Zachary Taylor. -
Nullification Crisis