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Jan 1, 1000
Archaic
During the Archaic time period, Georgia was mostly covered by oak-hickory hardwood forests. Animals like horses, camels, bison, mastodons, and mammoths became extinct. -
Jan 1, 1000
Woodland
The Woodland time period was the time of development of certain trends from the Late Archaic time period. The Woodland time period is divided into 3 subperiods; Early, Middle, and Late. -
Jan 1, 1000
Paleo
The Paleo time period marks the first colonization of the New World by Homosapiens. Most people think the people came from Asia to America. Scientists think that the Paleo-Indians followed herds of big animals like Mammoths, Mastodons, Bison, and Camels. -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Mississippian
Mississippian people grew most of their food in small gardens with tools like fire, digging sticks, and stone axes. They grew many cultavated plants like corn, beans, squash, sunflowers, goosefoot, and sumpweed.They also ate wild plants and animals. -
Mar 3, 1540
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto was a spanish explorer who discovered parts of Central America and the Mississippi River. On April 6. 1538, Hernando de Soto and his crew traveled to North America where he explored Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. -
Charter of 1732
The Charter of 1732 was the start of the Georgia colony. Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be established. -
Salzburgers Arrive
The Salzburgers were a group of German speaking, protestant colonists. They founded a town called Ebenezer( Effingham County). -
Highland Scots Arrive
Hundreds of men and their families immigrated from the Scottish Highlands to Georgia. They went to Georgia to protect and settle the new British Colony. The men were recruited by the trustees and military governor, James Oglethorpe. -
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John Reynolds
John Reynolds was a captain in the British Royal Navy. He served as Georgia's first royal governor. -
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Henry Ellis
Henry Ellis was the second royal governor of Georgia. He carried cargoes of slaves from Africa to Jamaica in which he negotiated with Africans. -
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James Wright
James Wright was the last (and third) royal governor of Georgia. He played a major part in the revolution of Georgia. -
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American Revolution
Many Georgians hesitated to join the Revolutionary movement. Georgians thought that the Indians might attack them so they wanted to have protection from the British. -
Elijah Clarke/Kettle Cr.
Elijah Clarke led a charge in the rebel victory at Kettle Creek, Georgia. When the war was over Clarke served in the State Assembly from 1781-1790. -
University of Georgia Founded
Georgia was the first state to charter a state supported university. abraham Baldwin was president of the university. -
Austin Dabney
Austin Dabney (a former slave) became a private in the Georgia Militia. He also fought against the British in the Revolutionary War. He was the only African American to be given land by the state of Georgia. -
Constitutional Convention
The convention took place to fix the problems in the government of the United States. At the time, the US was uner the rule of Great Britain. -
Georgia Ratifies the Constitution
George Washington wanted to revise the Articles of Confederation. Instead of just revising it, they designed a completely different system of government. -
Georgia Founded
Georia was founded by James Oglethorpe. King George gave a charter to Oglethorpe to create a new colony called Georgia. Georgia's purpose was to be a prison for debtors. -
Eli Whitney and the cotton gin
Eli Whitney invented a machine to help clean cotton. His machine was called the cotton gin. The cotton gin revolutionized the southern economy. -
Yazoo land fraud
Governor George Mathews signed the Yazoo Act, which transferred 35 million acres in Alabama and Mississippi to four companies for $500,000. -
Capitol moved to Louisville
Louisville served as Georgia's capitol from 1796 to 1807. On January 26, 1786 the assembly made a law that Nathan Brownson, William Few Jr, and Hugh Lawson were to be commisioners charged with finding a site for the seat of government. -
Missouri Compromise
In 1819,Missouri requested for admission to the Union to be a slave state.Congress created a two-part compromise, it granted Missouri's request but kept Maine a free state. -
Dahlonega Gold Rush
By 1830 most of the gold was being mined. To transport the gold it usually had to be smelted. -
Worcester vs Georgia
Worcester was arrested by the Georgia authorities. A judge released him after his lawyers argued that he served as a federal postmaster at New Echota. His lawyers stated that he was legally under the Cherokee nation. -
Henry McNeal Turner
Henry was a minister, politician, and the first southern bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. -
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Trail of Tears
White Americans wanted Native american people off of their land. The Indians were driven off of the land and forced to go somewhere else. -
Compromise of 1850
The most controversial bill of the compromis was the Fugitive Slave Act. It required citizens to help the recovery of fugitive slaves. -
Georgia Platform
The Georgia Platform was instrumental in averting a national crisis. It was a final resolution of the sectional slavery issues while declaring that no further attacks on southern rights by the north would be acceptable. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The purpose of the act was to open up thousands of farms and make a realistic midwestern transcontinental railroad. -
Booker T Washington
Washington founded Tuskegee University, National Negro Business League, and the Calhoun colored school. He went to Wayland Seminary and Hampton University. -
Booker T Washington
Washington founded Tuskegee University, National Negro Business League, and the Calhoun Colored school. He went to Wayland seminary and Hampton university. -
Dred Scott Case
The case was a decision made by the US supreme court where african americans (slaves or not) couldn't be US citizens. Dred Scott tried to sue for his freedom but was denied by the court. -
Alonzo Herndon
Herndon was a businessman and founder and president of Atlanta Life. He was born into slavery but emancipated in 1865 when he was seven. -
Alonzo Herndon
Herndon was a businessman and founder and president of Atlanta Life. He was born into slavery. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected president on November 6, 1860. He became the first republican to become president. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
The blockade in the American Civil War was a naval strategy by the US to prevent the confederacy from trading. The Union commissioned 500 ships that destroyed or caught 1,500 blockade runners over the corse of the war. -
Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam is also known as the Battle of Shapsburg. A combined tally of dead, injured, and missing people was 22,717. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation freed 3 million slaves. It proclaimed freedom to slaves in the 10 rebel states. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The groups fighting were the union and confederate forces. -
Battle of Chickamauga
The battle marked the end of a union offensive in Tennessee and Georgia called the Chickanauga Campaign. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
A confederate prison was established in Macon to provide relief for the large number of Union prisoners concentrated in and around Virginia. In 1864, the camp was the largest prison of its time. -
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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
The Atlanta Campaign was a continuum of battles fought in the western theater of the American Civil War through Georgia. Sherman invaded Georgia from the vicinity of Chattanooga beginning in May 1864. -
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Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman's forces destroyed military targets, industry, infrastructure, and civilian property and disrupted the confederates economy and transportation networks. -
Freedman's Bureau
The Freedman's Bureau was a US federal government agency made in 1865 to help freed slaves in the south during the reconstruction era of the US. -
Thriteenth Amendment
The 13th amendment was the first of the three reconstruction amendments adopted following the American Civil War. -
Ku Klux Klan Formed
The KKK have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration. To get rid of things they didn't agree with they would express terrorism aimed at apposing groups. -
WEB DuBois
DuBois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. He graduated from Berlin University and Harvard. -
WEB BuBois
Dubois was an American socciologist, historian, civil rights activist,, pan-africanist, author, and editor. He graduated from university of benin and harvard. -
Fourteenth Amendment
The 14th amendment was a reconstruction amendment that addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws. -
Fifteenth Amendment
The 15th amendment was the third and last of the reconstruction amendments. The amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on the citizen's race. -
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team based in Atlanta. From 1991 to 2005 the Braves were one of the most successful franchises in baseball. -
John and Lugenia Hope
John and Lugenia were very important leaders in the civil rights movement. John became the first black president at Atlanta Baptist College. -
International Cotton Exposition
The international cotton exposition was a world's fair in Atlanta. The fair was near the western and atlantic railroad tracks. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
In 1892 an african-american train rider refused to sit in a Jim Crow car, which breaks a law in Lousiana. Homer Plessy's argument was rejected which violates his constitutional rights. -
Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Mays was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He was active working with world leaders, such as John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and John D. Rockefeller.He served as the president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia from 1940 to 1967. -
Tom Watson and the populists
Watson was elected vice president for the populist. His support was required for men to run for office in Georgia. He served a short term. -
1906 Atlanta Riot
The riot in Atlanta was a huge civil disruption. It was classified as a "racial massacre of negros." -
Leo Frank case
Mary Phagen was brutally murdered and possibly raped by her manager at work. Leo Frank was the last person to acknowledge her and suspision quickly grew. He was found guilty and hanged. -
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World War 1
World War 1 is classified as one of the largest wars in history. 7 million civilians were recorded dead as result of a massive genocide. -
County Unit System
The system was established when the Georgia Legislature passed the Neill Primary Act. The act made an informal system. -
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Great Depression
The depression started by a fall in stock market prices. On October 29th, 1929 the stock market crashed, putting many people out of a job. -
Rural Electrification
Rural Electrification is the system of bringing electricity to rural areas. One famous program was the New Deal's Rural Electrification Administration in the United States. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
The CCC was a public work relief program. It lasted from 1933-1942. It was part of the New Deal to give unmarried, unemployed men labor jobs. -
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge was a democratic politiian. He served as Georgia's 67th governor. His term lasted from 1933-1937. -
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Holocaust
The Holocaust was a massive genocide that killed 6 million Jews. Adolf Hitler and his Nazis are responsible for the many deaths. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The purpose of the act was to reduce crop surplus and raise the value of crops. The act reduced agricultural production. -
Social Security
Social security is a concept in Article 22 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which says:
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. -
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William B. Hartsfield
William B. Hartsfield served as mayor for six terms. He served longer than any other person in the city's history. -
Maynard Jackson
Maynard Jackson was an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. -
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World War ll
Warld War ll was the most widespread war in history. A total of 11 million people were killed. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
Hamilton Holmes is best known for desegregating Georgia's universities. One of the first two African American students admitted to the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens in 1961, Holmes was also the first black student admitted to the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta two years later. -
Pearl Harbor
The Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. 2,403 Americans were killed. -
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia.The Hawks play their home games at Philips Arena. -
1946 governor's race
In December 1946, Eugene Talmadge, the governor-elect of Georgia, died. The state constitution did not specify who would assume the governorship in such a situation. The situation became known as the three governors controversy. Eventually a ruling by the Supreme Court of Georgia settled the matter. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. As a result, de jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. This ruling paved the way for integration and was a major victory of the Civil Rights Movement -
1956 State Flag
The Georgia state flag that was used from 1956 to 2001 featured a prominent Confederate battle flag and was designed by Southern Democrat John Sammons Bell, a World War II veteran and an attorney who was an outspoken supporter of segregation.[4] During its official usage as the state flag, some Georgia residents found it offensive and objectionable. -
Herman Talmadge
Herman Eugene Talmadge, Sr. was a Democratic American politician from the state of Georgia. He served as the 70th Governor of Georgia. -
Sibley Commission
Commonly known as the Sibley Commission, the committee was charged with gathering state residents' sentiments regarding desegregation and reporting back to the governor. The report issued by the Sibley Commission laid the foundation for the end of massive resistance to desegregation in the state and helped avoid a showdown between Vandiver and the federal government. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was one of the most important organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. -
Carl Vinson
Vinson was a democratic United States representative from Georgia. He was the first person to serve for more than 50 years in the house. -
The Albany Movement
The Albany Movement mobilized thousands of citizens and attracted nationwide attention, but failed to accomplish its goals because of a determined opposition. However, it was credited as a key lesson in strategy and tactics for the American Civil Rights Movement -
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Ivan Allen Jr.
Ivan Allen Jr. served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970. He served two terms as the 52nd Mayor of Atlanta. -
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history. On Wednesday, August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech in which he called for an end to racism. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional football team from Atlanta, Georgia. The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965. -
Richard Russell
Russell was an American politician from Georgia. He served as speaker of the house and governor of Georgia. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox was an American politician who was the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. He served as Lieutenant Governor under Jimmy Carter. -
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter is an American politician and author who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Young is an American politician, diplomat, activist, and pastor from Georgia. He served as President of the National Council of Churches USA and was a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference -
1996 Olympics Games
From July 19 until August 4, 1996, Atlanta hosted the Centennial Summer Olympic Games, an event that was without doubt the largest undertaking in the city's history. Preparations for the Olympics took more than six years after the awarding of the bid to Atlanta and had an estimated economic impact on the city of at least $5.14 billion.
