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James Oglethorpe, British General and member of Parliament seeking to resettle debt prisoners in Georgia, arrives to the shores of what would become the Colony of Georgia
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James Oglethorpe goes to England and ends the alcohol restrictions that made the colony dry. They colony also demanded the ability to own slaves, the right to land reform, and self-government
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Revolutionary War begins, Georgia becomes a state thereafter adopting its constitution on February 5, 1777
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The city of Atlanta was founded. First named Marthasville in honor of the then-governor's daughter, and nicknamed Terminus for its rail location. It was changed soon after to Atlanta, the feminine of Atlantic in reference to the railroad.
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Temperance groups gained momentum as the social costs of alcohol consumption grew increasingly more apparent
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Civil War
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Reconstruction Era
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) established its first society in Georgia, and in three years later a statewide WCTU was organized
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An umbrella organization, called the Georgia Temperance Association, was created. It was superseded in 1905 when the Anti-Saloon League of America was organized in the state
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The City of Atlanta officials passed legislation that made liquor and beer licenses a luxury item few could afford
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Atlanta Race Riot allegations were made that blamed immigrant and African-American saloons for the riot and by 1908 prohibition was passed statewide
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Georgia ratified the Eighteenth Amendment for national prohibition
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Across the country, the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified banning the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. The era of prohibition in the United States began
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Federally, the the 18th Amendment was repealed by the 21st Amendment
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Georgia repeals its own statewide prohibition
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Atlanta's beer culture begins to take off
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Atlanta Brewing, now known as Red Brick, is the state’s oldest operating craft brewery. The brewery’s name change in 2010 was attributed to a speech from Atlanta Mayor James M. Calhoun during the Civil War, where he said the city would “rise from the ashes” and its infrastructure rebuilt “one red brick at a time.
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Cities and counties across Georgia were allowed to decide whether or not to sell alcohol on Sundays
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Georgia became the last state in the country to allow breweries to directly sell to customers
