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Jan 1, 1000
Paleo
The Paleo-Indians roamed the Earth over 12,000 years ago.The Paleo-Indians used spears ade by attaching a stone tip to a wooden stick to hunt.They hunted Big game animals such as wooly mammoths, large bison, wild horses, moose, elk, ground sloth, and the saber tooth tiger.They used the animals for food, clothing, and tools. -
Jan 1, 1000
Archiac
They improved fishing. They hunted deer, turkey, and bear. They made pottery and bowls. They traded the bowls to people in other reigions for tools and utensils. -
Jan 1, 1000
Woodland
Three interrelated innovations marked the end of the Archaic period and the beginning of the Woodland period: pottery-making, semisedentary villages, and horticulture. All had their origins in the Archaic but became the norm during Woodland times. -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Mississippian
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Mar 1, 1540
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto entered Georgia in search of gold.The effects of that were that many(thousands) of Natives died from European diseases.They captured and killed any Natives making them resntful of future explorers. -
James Oglethorpe
James Oglethorpe was born on December 22, 1696 in Londion, England. Oglethorpe decided to makes some changes when he found out t hat hie friend, Robert Castell, died in a prison. He formed his own colony to ones who wanted to be free. -
Salzburgers
Salzburgers were protestants who came to the colony of Georgia for religious purposes. The Salzburgers moved to Georgia for religious freedom. They settled in Georgia in 1732. They alsio settleled St. Simons Iland. -
Charter of 1732
The Charter of 1732 was the beginning of the original Georgia colony, the last of the 13 original colonies to be established. Georgia's charter of 1732 was meant to keep the settlement under control. Georgia was a social experiment at the time. -
Highland Scots
The Highland Scots were highly capable soldiers. They had military qualities. They are also known as highlanders. They protected the colony. -
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Henry Ellis
Second founder of Georgia.Developed self-government. He was also the first to develop counties in Georgia.Henry developed a friendship with the greek nation ( French and Indian War ) -
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James Wright
James Wright was the third and last royal governor of Georgia. Wright was a popular governor. He helped keep down the revolution after it started. He also enforced the stamp act in Georgia. -
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American Revolution
-The French and Indian war was a nine-year war between France and Great Britian.
-The proclamation of 1763 was a law by prohibiting settlement in the west.
*Quartering Act: colonists must provide housing and food for British troops.
-July 4,1776 = congress approved the Declaration of Independence
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Battle of Kettle Creek
This battle was the most important event to occur at Kettle Creek. 600 supporters (loyalists or tories) crossed the Savannah River into present-day Elbert County. -
Articles of Confederation Ratified by all 13 States
-The first form of connstitution for the new nation.
-Divided power between national and state governments.
-Each state had one vote regardless of population.
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University of Georgia Established
The University of Georgia was the first state-supported university in the U.S. Located in Athens ,Georgia. Named after the center of learning, Athens , Greece. Abraham Baldwin was the first presidentof the university. -
Constitution of 1787
The supreme law of the USA. Originally consisted of seven articles. The first three Articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers. The fourth and sixth frame the doctrine of federalism. These are part of the Articles of Confederation. -
Constitutional Convention
This involved many people. -
Yazoo Land Fraud
The Yazoo Land Fraud was the most widely known land fraud in 1975. It involved land in the western part of Georgia that now forms the states of Alabama and Mississippi. Companies bribed government officials. Law passed, allowing for land purchase one cent per acre. Georgia paid penalties and lost land. -
Capital moved to Louisville
The reason was moving to a more central location geographically and population wise. Louisville was named after King Louis xvlof France. He was a war ally. -
Missouri Compromise
Purpose was to maintain balance between free and slave states. Missouri admitted as a slave state. Maine admitted as a free state. The issue starting to divide the nation. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in Dahlonega in the summer of 1829. It was a single event that sped up Indian removal .
-Effects on Cherokee: Law would not allow Cherokee to speak against a white man (court) .
-Cherokee laws null and void.
-Land was under state control. Violence against Cherokee
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Indian Removal Act
Trade existing land in the states for unsettled land west of the mississppi River. Some Tribes willinglu left. Others were forced with federal troops. This event led to the Trail of Years. -
Worcester v. Georgia
All whites living on Cherokee land were required to take an oath of alliegamce to the governor. Eleven missionaries refused, including Samuel Worcester (jailed) . He took the case to the US Supreme court and the court ruled in favor of Worcester. President and governor refused to enforce the ruling.
-All sighned alliegance. -
Trail of Tears
May 1838, General Scott arrived with 2,000 troops. Many Indians died the first summer from diseases and starvation. Some Cherokee escaped and hid in the North Carolina mountains. The rest rounded up and moved out west. (4,000 or more died) -
Fugitive Slave Law
The fugitive Slave Law stated that a slave had to be returned if they had run away. -
Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay Proposed a compromise bill in early 1850. There was a strong opposition on both sides. Clay's compromise of 1850 was passed by congress. Many georgians did not like the compromise of 1850. -
Kansas - Nebraska Act
More people moved in the grassy plains west of Missouri and Iowa, there was a need for territorial government. In 1854, Stephen Douglas of Illinois brought about passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act. It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It also contained a clause on popular sovereignity. -
Dred Scott case
Dred Scott was taken by his slave owner from the slave state fo Missouri, to thde free state of Illinois. Later they went to Wisconsin, another free state. When Scott and his master returned to Missouri, Scott filed a lawsuit claiming he was free since he had lived in a free state. The Supreme Court ruled that Scott could not sue because he was a slave, and slaves were not citizens. -
Election of 1860
The main issue of the presidental election of 1860 was bound to be slavery. Battles over the spread of slavery to new territiories and states had gripped the United States throughout the 1850s, and were esspecially intensified by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. -
Union Blockade
During the Civil War, the Union attempted to blockade the southern states. A blockade meant that they tried to prevent any goods, troops, and weapons from entering the southern states. By doing this, the Union thought they could cause the economy of the Confederate States to collapse. -
Antietam
Near the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland, is a stream called Antietam Creek. The Northern and Southern armies collided here on September 17, 1862. It was the bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War. 230,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing after twelve hours of savage combat. -
Chickamauga
In late 1863, Union forces moved against the major confederate Railroad Center, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. On September 19, 1863, Union General William Rosecrans led his troops against confederate General Braxton Bragg seven miles south of Chattanooga at Chickamauga creek. Bragg's army defeated the Union forces, Bragg did not follow up on the Union retreat. -
Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania was a turning point in the Civil War. The battle was fought July 1-3, 1863, and recruited in a Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. The army of the Potomac, the union army led by General George Gordon Meade, collided with Lee's army of Northern Virginia in the town of Gettysburg. -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment freed all slaves and made slavery illegal. It also continued the work of the Emancipation Proclamation. it officialy abolished slavery.
-Abraham Lincoln was involved in this. -
14th Amendment
The 14th amendment made all free slaves citizens. It also promoted equal treatment. -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment stated that all black males over 18 could vote. -
The Great Depression
One factor causing the great depression was that the people of the United States had borrowed more money than they could afford to reapy.It hurt the buisnesses that had loaned money and the buisnesses that did not get paid had to lay off workers. Ths stock market also helped cause the great depression. Most people bought stock and only paid a portion. -
Black Tuesday
Share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression. -
FDR Elected
FDR was elected in 1932. -
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William B. Hartsfield
William B. Hartsfield was the mayor of Atlanta for an astonishing six terms (1937-1941 and 1942-1961). He was widely acknowledged for his leadership in making Atlanta an aviation hub of the southeast. He was the one who chose Candler Racetrack as the location for Atlanta's airport. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japenese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. All giant battleships were destroyed or severely damaged. More that 180 planes were destroyed, over 2,000 people were killed , and over 1,000 wounded. President Roosevelt called the attack "a day that will live in infamy." -
Holocaust
The Holocaust was the name given to the systematic extermination (killing) of 6 million Jews. An additional 5-6 million people labeled as "undesirables," were also killed by the Nazis before and during WW2. In the camps, many died from starvation. Others died from diseases, mistreatment, and medical experiments. -
Sibley Commision
Reporters gather at Atlanta's city hall on August 30, 1961, the day that the city's schools were officially integrated. The recommendations of the Sibley Commission to the state legislature in 1960 contributed to the desegregation of schools across Georgia.
Integration of Atlanta Schools
1960 Governor Ernest Vandiver Jr., forced to decide between closing public schools or complying with a federal order. -
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Ivan Allen Jr.
Buisnessman Ivan Alen Jr. served as Mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970. He continued mayor Hartsfield's approach to peaceful integration. For example, on the same day he took office, he ordered the removal of the "colored" and "white" signs on all entrances and exits to City Hall. He removed the restrictions on the african policeman. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. Attended by some 250,000 people, it was the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation's capital, and one of the first to have extensive television coverage. -
Invention of the Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin is a machine that could separate cotton from seeds very quickly.
Before: Hundreds of man hours to clean cotton.
After: 50 pounds of clean cotton daily, demand doubled every decade.
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Austin Dabney
Austin Dabney was a save who fought against the British in the American Revolutionary War. He was born a Mulato in Wake County, North Carolina. -
Shermans March to the Sea
The March
Ohio native and Union general William T. Sherman lost the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864. In September of that same year his army captured Atlanta before embarking on its March to the Sea, from Atlanta to Savannah, in November. Sherman later chronicled his wartime experiences in a memoir, published in 1875.
William T. Sherman
to the Sea, the most destrtive campaign. -
World War 2
World War 2, also known as the second war, was a global war. It lasted from 1939 to 1945. The ww2 memorial honors the 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S., the more than 400,000 who died, and all who suported the war. -
Amdersonvile
The military prison at Andersonville was one of the largest confederate military prisons during the Civil War.. During the 14 months the prison existed, more than 45,000 Union soldiers were captured here. Of these, almost 13,000 died here. Today, Andersonville National Historic Site is a memorial to all American prisoners of war throughout the nation's history.
