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Charter granted
King George II granted the charter allowing James Oglethorpe to go to Georgia and start a colony -
Starting the colony
James Oglethorpe took a ship to Georgia with 100 settlers. they were heading to go start the colony which they did making it the 13th colony. originally made for people in debt. -
Spanish presence
The colonists were scared that Georgia might try to force them out of there. They were scared of that cause Georgia was right next to the Spanish land. -
Slavery
Slavery was made legal for anyone in the colony which made it so Georgia had some of the biggest plantations in the colony's -
royal colony
John Reynolds was appointed to be the first royal governor of Georgia making it a royal colony. -
the people
The people of Georgia unlike everywhere else they did not really care about the British rule they were fine with it -
The declaration sighing
Three Georgians sighed the declaration
Button Gwinnett Lyman hall George Walton -
Constitution
Two Georgians Abraham Baldwin and William few Jr sighed the new us constitution at a constitutional convention in Philadelphia becoming the fourth sate to enter the union. -
military
The most serious military confrontation between the British and american troops with help from french forces unsuccessfully tried to liberate the city from its year long occupation from Britain -
Capitals
The capital moved from Savannah to Augusta (Georgia's second oldest city) -
start of black belt
with Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin during a visit to the plantation of Catherine Greene, That invention quickly led to the development of the Black Belt region, a wide geographical swath with a pronounced concentration of slaves and cotton cultivation. This belt spread from South Carolina through Alabama, Mississippi, -
gold rush
The old rush started in the north Georgia mountains in the 1830's which this was one of the most profitable gold rushes east of the Mississippi -
women's college
Wesleyan college in Macon is the first college to grant degrees to women in the whole world -
Atlanta
Atlanta originally named terminus, was founded in 1837 as the end of the rail systems line and grew into one of the Souths principal cities -
Civil War start
The civil war started and many people from the state had to decide what side they were on. there were many problems cause from the war -
during the war
Lots of land taken for fighting supplies scare people had a really hard life during the war, to try and survive was one of the hardest parts. Some Georgians decided to go with confederates others went with the union. -
The war ended
They beat the confederates and canceled slavery everywhere in the us. Many died, after having many battles in Georgia it took some time for them to fix the area but the did it. -
coca cola
Georgia had the first place to sell coke. It was at a small pharmacy in Atlanta named Jacobs pharmacy -
Hurricane
A hurricane struck the coast that put 30,000 people homeless and killed 2,000 -
public hangings banned
The state of Georgia and a few others banned public hangings and violators would be arrested or put on death penalty -
tornados
a bad tornado hit the city of Gainesville causing 106 people to die and a lot others to get injured -
bad fire
There was a massive fire in downtown Augusta the fire burned 32 city blocks, 600 homes, 6 blocks of businesses and left 3000 homeless -
flu outbreak
A large outbreak of the Spanish flu spread throughout Georgia which infected many and also killed many -
Bombing
There was a bad bombing in a Jewish temple in central Atlanta a couple killed and many injured -
no more segregated seating
Segregated seating was ended in Georgia because it was rule unconstitutional on Atlanta city buses -
civil rights movements
200 students stage sit ins in Atlanta martin Luther king Jr and others arrested in Atlanta for it -
Georgians NFL franchise
Atlanta is awarded there franchise by the NFL allowing them to start a team -
Georgian elected president
Jimmy carter was elected us president thus being the first person to be president in Georgia -
another bombing
The Olympic games were being held in Georgia at continental Olympic park 1 killed over 100 were injured -
MLK's wife
Martin Luther King Jr's wife passed away at the age of 78 because she had a heart attack and a stroke in 2005.
