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Pedro Menedez de Aviles explores the coast of Georgia.
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The Creek and Cherokee nation form.
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The first settlement, Fort King George, is built
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James Olgethorpe and about 120 colonists arrive in Georgia
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Slavery becomes leagul in Georgia
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Three Georgians sign The Delcaration of Independence
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Georgia becomes the 4th state
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U.S. government forces all the Cherokees to bail Georgia
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Franklin D. Rossevelt dies in Warm Springs
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Shirly Franklin becomes the first African American elected to be the mayor of Atlanta
